«1860s - William Banting loses 50 pounds on a high-protein regimen of lean meat, dry toast, soft-boiled eggs and vegetables»

That's so not true!! The meat in the banting diet was anything but lean, as anybody but a journalist or a dietetician knows!!

Here's his menu, from his site:
Typical menu:

Breakfast 4-5 ounces of beef, mutton, kidneys, broiled fish, bacon or cold meat of any kind except pork.
1 small biscuit or 1 ounce of dry toast. 1 large cup of tea without milk or sugar.
Lunch 5-6 ounces of any fish except salmon, any meat except pork, any vegetable except potato.
Any kind of poultry or game. 1 ounce of dry toast. Fruit. 2-3 glasses of good claret, sherry or Madeira.Tea 2-3 ounces of fruit. 1-2 rusks*. 1 cup of tea without milk or sugar.
Supper 3-4 ounces of any meat except pork, or any fish except salmon. 1-2 glasses of claret.
Night-cap 1 tumbler of grog* or 1-2 glasses of claret or sherry.

I'm sorry but anyboy but an idiot can see that «lean meat» is not what was consumed by Banting...
It's so annoying when they refer to a low-carb plan as high protein...it's high fat, not high protein!