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The Banting Diet
Low Carbohydrate and Healthy Fats
In 2013 when we began to build this site, there was little known about the Banting diet (Now commonly called a Ketogenic Diet.). Today we are much better informed. Dietitians who once opposed the principles of this diet, now see that it makes sense, especially if you have weight issues, or type II diabetes, or concerns about Alzheimer's disease.
Today Open Future Health would say that there is an obligation on everyone who intends to be healthy, to take on board the idea that a Banting Diet is the Gold Standard in human nutrition.
Of course you will choose your own diet. There are many versions of Banting. There are also other diets that you may choose, but you can't escape the science, some animal fats are essential for health, animal protein is more nutritionally dense than plant protein, and carbohydrates are very energy rich, for most people excessively so.
Generally protein content in a human diet doesn't change much, although older people in particular tend to eat too little animal protein. The worse diet that causes fatty liver, obesity and diabetes is one that is high in carbohydrates and/or alcohol and also fat. You can't outrun a bad diet.
The Benefits of the Banting Diet
A mental health specialist described Banting as the obligatory human diet (2025) for brain health.
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This directory was built in 2015, guided by The Real Meal Revolution, in South Africa. There is also a directory built in 2025 about the Ketogenic Diet, the same principles with a different name. You might find both usseful.
What is in this Directory?
The Basic Banting Diet
An Overview or Introduction
Banting on One Page (Returns to Overview)
Banting on Two Pages (Returns to Overview)
Who was William Banting?
Banting v Paleo Diet
A Banting Lifestyle
Start Slowly
To Breakfast or Not?
Build Your Knowledge
Technical Video Presentations - Banting Science in 2024
Health Journal, Write Things Down
Your Own Data, Understand Yourself
Reinvent Yourself, Change Your Self Perception.
Get Support
Keep Engaged
Banting Courses - Banting with The Real Meal Revolution
Banting Courses - For Medical and Nutritional Specialists
Banting Courses - For the Public
Understanding Ketones
Nutritional Ketosis
