Quotes About Nutrition And Food

#1. Eat for nutrition and food value. Emphasize natural foods, avoid processed foods and eliminate junk entirely.

Vince Gironda

#2. When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems.

Jon Fishman

#3. We must go beyond organic, as it is currently defined in the National Organic Standards, and strive for food that is not only healthful and natural but also local ... Buying locally means farmers get more of the food dollar, we get better nutrition, and less fuel is consumed in transport.

Kathleen Merrigan

#4. Our ancestors went for days without anything to eat, and carbohydrates were extremely scarce for two million years. The truth is, fat is the preferred fuel for human metabolism.

Mark Sisson

#5. The crusade is never off my mind
the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think
all this and how I can help make my profession better-respected. To me, this one thing
physical culture and nutrition
is the salvation of America.

Jack LaLanne

#6. We need a new definition of malnutrition. Malnutrition means under- and over-nutrition. Malnutrition means emaciated and obese.

Catherine Bertini

#7. Eat your food slowly and chew each bite completely (20-30 chomps is ideal) to facilitate proper digestion.

Mark Sisson

#8. I'm nutty for nutrition. I've become one of those people who can't stop talking about the connection between food and health. Now that I know how much changing what you eat can transform your life, I can't stop proselytizing.

Robin Quivers

#9. There's probably no subject with quite so many conflictin' opinions about it as there are about food, and 'tis better to swap bubble gum with a rabid bulldog than challenge a single one o' the varyin' beliefs your average human holds about nutrition.

Tom Robbins

#10. School is where children spend most of their time, and it is where we lay the foundation for healthy habits. That's why New Jersey is the first state to adopt a comprehensive school nutrition policy that bans candy, soda, and other junk food.

Richard J. Codey

#11. Nutrition is the only remedy that can bring full recovery and can be used with any treatment. Remember, food is our best medicine!

Bernard Jensen

#12. We struggle with eating healthily, obesity, and access to good nutrition for everyone. But we have a great opportunity to get on the right side of this battle by beginning to think differently about the way that we eat and the way that we approach food.

Marcus Samuelsson

#13. Our ancestors, who were able to survive and reproduce under unimaginably harsh environmental circumstances, refined and perfected the human genetic recipe.

Mark Sisson

#14. All mankind lives in a state of terrible ignorance. In the opinion of food addicts, the consumption of cooked food is something quite natural, while nourishment by the laws of nature is an experiment, and a dangerous experiment at that.

Arshavir Ter Hovannessian

#15. That anyone should need to write a book advising people to "eat food" could be taken as a measure of our alienation and confusion. Or we can choose to see it in a more positive light and count ourselves fortunate indeed that there is once again real food for us to eat.

Michael Pollan

#16. Exercise stimulates an increase in appetite and calorie consumption such that it results in a draw when it comes to weight management.

Mark Sisson

#17. Nonetheless, we experience a sense of freedom when we feel that we have the ability to make choices and satisfy our primal instincts.

Ori Hofmekler

#18. Switching to all organic food production is the single most critical (and most doable) action we can take right now to stop our climate crisis.

Maria Rodale

#19. If you keep on eating unhealthy food than no matter how many weight loss tips you follow, you are likely to retain weight and become obese. If only you start eating healthy food, you will be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to lose weight.

Subodh Gupta

#20. Natural, organic and unrefined foods speak a language your genes understand. And when your food communicates nicely with your genes, they'll express themselves properly and healthily so you can begin feeling that you're actually living and not just surviving.

Thorbjorg Hafsteinsdottir

#21. No single food will make or break good health. But the kinds of food you choose day in and day out have a major impact.

Walter Willet

#22. Foodstuffs absolved of the obligation to provide vitamins and minerals cavorted with reckless abandon.

Michael Lewis

#23. When you look at nutrition from a purely scientific point of view, there is no place for consciousness. And yet, consciousness could be one of the crucial determinants of the metabolism of food itself.

Deepak Chopra

#24. The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children.

Tom Vilsack

#25. He's not a food fascist," I say, feeling an immediate need to defend Eric. "He just ... cares about nutrition." "He's Hitler. If he could round up every loaf of bread and put it in a camp, he would.

Sophie Kinsella

#26. Food comas - known as postprandial somnolence by people who liked to get bean up during recess - are fine when you're relaxing with friends or family, but they're a major setback when you have exams and papers to write.

Stefanie Weisman

#27. I think you can find a lot of joy and inspiration through food. I think when you find depression and sadness and hopelessness, many times it's connected to certain food and access to quality and nutrition.

Adrian Grenier

#28. The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science is that it takes the nutrient out the context of the food, the food out of the context of the diet, and the diet out of the context of the lifestyle.

Marion Nestle

#29. I did this book 'Harvest for Hope,' and I learned so much about food. And one thing I learned is that we have the guts not of a carnivore, but of an herbivore. Herbivore guts are very long because they have to get the last bit of nutrition out of leaves and things.

Jane Goodall

#30. The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.

Ann Wigmore

#31. On need of supplement & vitamins- If you eat a balanced diet you get all the vitamins and minerals you need and you don't need any supplement and overdosing can actually be more harmful.

Subodh Gupta

#32. (Sir Albert)Howard put it this way:Artificial manures (synthetic fertilizers)lead inevitably to artificial nutrition, artificial food, artificial animals and finally to artificial men and women.

Michael Pollan

#33. Food is one part. Love is another part. So, the food will give them physical nutrition. The love and affection which you show, will give them mental nutrition.

Narayan

#34. Instead, choose decaf for your second cup of the day, engage in good sleeping habits, moderate insulin production in your diet, exercise Primally and boost energy naturally with cold water plunges, deep breathing sequences, napping or quick exercise breaks after long periods of inactivity.

Mark Sisson

#35. HEALTHY EATING isn't about counting fat grams, dieting, cleanses, and antioxidants; Its about eating food untouched from the way we find it in nature in a balanced way; Whole foods give us all that we need to perfectly nourish ourselves.

Pooja Mottl

#36. You see, most people gain weight because they give into cravings. But when you easily (and without feeling like you're depriving yourself) gain control, the extra weight comes off.

Josh Bezoni

#37. Real nutrition comes from soybeans, almonds, rice, and other healthy vegetable sources, not from a cow's udder.

Ingrid Newkirk

#38. Cracker Jacks don't count as junk food because they're corn and peanuts, which we know to be high in nutrition. And they have a prize inside.

Janet Evanovich

#39. Cooking with your kids and engaging them in hands-on activities are two ways to begin to educate children about the healthy eating, and kick start the important task to help change how the younger generation looks at food and nutrition.

Marcus Samuelsson

#40. Adjust your mentality to make veggies a centrepiece of your meals and snacks. Get comfortable with occasionally consuming larger quantities than typical Western diet traditions call for.

Mark Sisson

#41. The usage of proper salt is really just a small piece of education. However, I want people to really get the proper nutrition from food for them and their family.

Wolfgang Puck

#42. Life is too short not to eat raw and it's even shorter if you don't.

Marie Sarantakis

#43. Eat beautiful foods, which are nutritionally dense, wholesome and natural.

Bryant McGill

#44. Organic food production has existed for thousands of years (since the beginning of agriculture) and it will continue as long as humans live on the planet.

David Wolfe

#45. Eating cholesterol and bad fat will contribute to heart disease if and only if you bathe them in a massive lifelong overdose of insulin and glucose.

Mark Sisson

#46. Emeril is a one-in-a-million Renaissance man. In 2002, he established his foundation to support children's educational programs to inspire and mentor young people through culinary arts, school food and nutrition.

Robin Leach

#47. Probably the biggest thing around not training correctly is eating. You've got to fuel your system correctly, and I think what we're very unfortunate with in this country [UK] is the [lack of] education around food and nutrition.

Greg Rutherford

#48. The Warrior Diet is the only diet today that challenges all common dietary concepts and offers a real alternative - guidelines that are not based on superficial restrictions, but rather on true principles of human nutrition.

Ori Hofmekler

#49. Your Primal efforts must be fun, energising and easy to maintain at all times, otherwise, you are destined to fail.

Mark Sisson

#50. There's a difference between nutrition knowledge and food knowledge.

Matt Fitzgerald

#51. The "civilized" man of today ridicules the idolatry of bygone ages, but he does not realize that he is a far worse idolater than the idolaters of the past. In former times, men set up images of various animals and adored them; today they slaughter those animals and worship their putrefied carcasses.

Arshavir Ter Hovannessian

#52. Eating healthy nutritious food is the simple and right solution to get rid of excess body weight effortlessly and become slim and healthy forever.

Subodh Gupta

#53. Nutrition ... has been kicked around like a puppy that cannot take care of itself. Food faddists and crackpots have kicked it pretty cruelly ...

Adelle Davis

#54. Nourishment is not just "nutrition." Nourishment is the nutrients in the food, the taste, the aroma, the ambiance of the room, the conversation at the table, the love and inspiration in the cooking, and the joy of the entire eating experience.

Marc David

#55. The sweetest thing we ever had was, like, animal crackers in the pantry. I think my parents sort of passively made sure that we didn't have a lot of junk food at our disposal, and I think that helped me and all my siblings growing up with how to approach nutrition and eating right.

Andrew Luck

#56. The nutritional composition of beef provides much-needed protein, vitamins and iron.... Let us also not gloss over what is beef's most obvious benefit: Livestock take inedible and untasty grains and convert them into a protein-packed food most humans love to eat.

Jayson Lusk