The first diets came from the traditional war against sin. Since gluttony was considered to be one of the seven deadly sins, there were religious institutions that preached on eating healthy and the perils of sickness. The first known preacher of this principle was Sylvester Graham. He was ordained in 1826 and by 1830 he was preaching about the benefits of having a vegetarian diet.
During the 1850’s a physician named Doctor Harvey in England had to treat a patient named William Banting regarding obesity. Harvey advised him to cut down the sugars and starches. In fact, he told him not to eat more than the minimum daily amount that was required. This came to be the very first low-carb diet.
During the end of the 19th Century, Willam Gladstone, Britain’s 4 times Prime Minister, had advised that food must be chewed 32 times, before it is swallowed. The theory was based on the principle that it can lessen ones appetite, which would lead to weight loss.
Wilbur Atwater, a chemist, was the one to discover the calorific value of food. However, it was only 2 decades after his discovery, 1918, that the concept went mainstream and left the academic world.
A doctor from California, Lulu Hunt Peters, was the first to introduce the calorie counting diet. Since it was a scientific method of losing fat, people were enthusiastic about it and it sold like pancakes.
Today, there is more and more food around and diet is getting complicated. The boom in food industry has led to the boost in diet industry and we hear about innovations and new techniques to curb the diet on a daily basis.
Hope we attain a balance soon.
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