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Nutrition Quotes
"An important fact to remember is that all natural diets—including purely
vegetarian diets without a hint of dairy—contain amounts of calcium that are above
the threshold for meeting your nutritional needs." "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." "I will no longer drink milk from cows or consume products made from that milk.
Cow's milk is a superbly engineered fluid that will turn a 65-pound calf into a 500-pound
cow in a year. That is what cow's milk is for" "When you step back and look at the data, the optimum amount of red meat you eat
should be zero." "Vegetarians have the best diet. They have the lowest rates of coronary disease of
any group in the country….Some people scoff at vegetarians, but they have a fraction
of our heart attack rate and they only have 40 percent of our cancer rate. They outlive
other men by about six years now." "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." "An African woman can have ten babies, nurse each of them for ten months, and
still be expected to have good solid bones when she reaches the age of 70, bones which are
comparable to those of a 20-year-old woman in America. Eskimos, who daily consume 250 to
400 grams of proteins in fish, walrus, or whale meats and 2,200 milligrams of calcium from
fish bones, have the highest incidence of osteoporosis of any population in the
world." "In essence, the fat taste is just a habit, created by conditioning. All too
often, high-fat foods, or ‘sweets,' are held out as rewards to children for
‘good' behavior. Dr. Leann Birch at the University of Illinois Child Development
Laboratory has found that in Western countries, young children are conditioned or taught
to like animal-based foods. For example, how many times have you heard parents say,
‘You can have your ice cream, if you eat your spinach?' They quickly assume that if
ice cream is the reward, then spinach must be the punishment. By contrast, most children
in rural China and Japan, who haven't been offered such a deal, are repulsed by the
thought of eating animals or foods made from them." "When you see the golden arches, you are probably on your way to the pearly
gates." "There is strong medical evidence that complete freedom from eating animal flesh
or cow's milk products is a gateway to optimal nutritional health." "Whether industrialized societies…can cure themselves of their meat
addictions may ultimately be a greater factor in world health than all the doctors, health
insurance policies, and drugs put together." "Less than 70 years ago, more than 40 percent of the protein in the American diet
came from grains, bread, and cereal. Currently, only 17 percent comes from these sources,
along with another 15 percent from legumes, fruits, and vegetables, while two-thirds is
from animal products. This trend, also noted in other industrialized Western countries,
has been accompanied by a steady increase in heart-disease and cancer deaths." "I found out that doctors typically aren't given much training in nutrition and
that some so-called nutrition experts are not well qualified in that field. A large sample
of physicians were asked how much training they got in nutrition in medical school. The
average was less than three hours, with many having only one hour or less. That's out of
nearly 3,500 hours of medical training. The truth is that doctors may get their nutrition
information from the same newspapers and TV programs we do, and unless they have taken
extra training in nutrition, they may not know much more about nutrition than the rest of
us." "I will be 63 in February. I make no attempt to hide my age because I believe that
as a vegan, a female, a 'senior citizen,' and a competitive athlete, I serve as a role
model for a large constituency who need to identify with someone who is 'like them.'" "A fat rampage has existed since the late 1980s. This has been encouraged
by fast-food restaurants and the snack food industry. Serving sizes are increasing.
Example: McDonald's created larger burgers with more beef, and the relatively lower-fat
McLean burger was discontinued in 1996." "Documented benefits of a pure vegetarian (vegan) lifestyle include permanent
reduction in weight, blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and blood sugar, as well as risk
reduction for cardiovascular disease and half a dozen common forms of cancer. Allergies,
arthritis, and asthma also respond to vegan nutrition, which means no meat, fish, chicken,
dairy, eggs, or even honey." "Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the
major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support
them." "Economics and politics simply intertwine in shaping conventional medicine's
approach to cancer. Very simply put, treating disease is enormously profitable, preventing
disease is not." |
