This whole food experiment has made me quite curious about food & food history, and while I think "banting" might be the first popular diet, I thought I'd do a bit of research, so I went to Google and typed in "history of dieting."
Google promptly provided me with a timeline, and now I can definitively state that the history of dieting began in 1495 in Germany, with the Diet of Worms. So obviously, my historical education has been lacking. I thought the Diet of Worms was called to respond to Martin Luther's attacks on the Catholic church. Apparently, it was really called to discuss the merits of low carb dieting.....
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