Banta Diet plan, tried by over 1300 participants since 2002, yielded satisfactory and lasting weight loss. The program is based on the scientific fact that different combinations of macro-nutrients -- carbohydrates, fats, and proteins -- tend to trigger one of two different metabolic pathways. These pathways use either carbohydrates or lipids (fats) for fuel and it is possible to calculate, with mathematical precision, which pathway will prevail.