Dietary Quotes

“Appetite is governed by our thoughts, but hunger is governed by the body.”
― Clement G. Martin, Low Blood Sugar: The Hidden Menace of Hypoglycemia

“Not that food which entereth into the moth defileth a man, but the appetite with which it is eaten. It is neither the quality nor the quantity, but the devotion to sensual savors; when that which is eaten is not a viand to sustain our animal, or inspire our spiritual life, but food for the worms that possess us.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

“Dietary patterns are set at a very early age—somewhere between four and eight years old. The research shows that children who have established a healthy diet are healthier in the longer range and less likely to develop cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and obesity.”
― Gabriel Cousens M.D., Conscious Parenting: The Holistic Guide to Raising and Nourishing Healthy, Happy Children

“We have some very suggestive evidence that the use of pesticides and herbicides affects our mental function and brain physiology, including increasing the incidence of Parkinson’s disease up to seven times in those most heavily exposed to them. This is not exactly a surprise when we realize that pesticides are designed to be neurotoxic to the pests.”
― Gabriel Cousens M.D., Conscious Parenting: The Holistic Guide to Raising and Nourishing Healthy, Happy Children

“Aida swung by with cookbooks, dietary stipulations, menus. To nouvelle and classique French fare we added Neolithic recipes free of dairy, medieval Italian recipes heavy on squash and almonds, early agrarian recipes so crammed with husky, fibrous grains that they would, in Aida's words, Make you shit till you see god. Modern additions included a vegan diet beloved of the world's best cricket player, astronaut supplements for bone density, foods charcoal-infused and nitrate-free.”
― C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey

“The scary thing about the protective properties of dietary intake regarding abnormal human radiation exposures is that NASA has understood this for decades!”
― Steven Magee

“I developed strange intestinal problems when working at very high altitude on Mauna Kea. Intestinal pains and bouts of loose stools. Dietary experimentation lead to the conclusion that eating a diet that comprised of lots of steamed vegetables when home would reduce the symptoms.”
― Steven Magee

“In 2018 I became aware through dietary changes that I was Gluten, Fructose and Lactose intolerant and was experiencing several hours of chronic fatigue after eating certain foods, which is consistent with Reactive or Functional Hypoglycemia.”
― Steven Magee

“By the end of 2018 it had become clear from experiments with supplements and dietary changes that I had been suffering from the long term effects of malnutrition.”
― Steven Magee

“You are not going on a diet—temporary, restrictive, reversible. You are adopting a new lifestyle—permanent, gradual, transformative.”
― Shawn Wells, The Energy Formula: Six life changing ingredients to unleash your limitless potential