Quotations

“Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”
Albert Einstein

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”
Thomas Edison

“The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live.”
Socrates

“I don’t understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people open and put them on cholesterol lowering drugs for the rest of their lives.”
Dean Ornish, MD

“In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.”
Benjamin Franklin

“Tell me what you eat, I’ll tell you who you are. “
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. “
Alfred E. Newman

“My belief is that illness is created by toxins we put into our bodies. Eating raw foods helps me detoxify, stay healthy, strong, fit, maintain my ideal weight and look my best. When I eat whole fresh organic foods, manufacturers can’t sneak chemicals, preservatives, artificial colours, flavourings, or other toxins into my diet. I go straight to Mother Nature as my source for nutrient-rich foods.”
Ani Phyo

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The standard four food groups are based on American agricultural lobbies. Why do we have a milk group? Because we have a National Dairy Council. Why do we have a meat group? Because we have an extremely powerful meat lobby.”
Marion Nestle

“If we’re not willing to settle for junk living, we certainly shouldn’t settle for junk food.”
Sally Edwards

“Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.”
Hippocrates

“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. “
Hippocrates

“Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital.”
Kelly Barton

“We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.”
Adelle Davis

“You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I’ll buy you a new car.”
Harvey Diamond

“Excessive animal protein is at the core of many chronic diseases.”
Dr. Campbell

“Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like people.”
Elizabeth Berry