Quotes from Daphne Oz

My dad, who is a heart surgeon, works with many adult patients who did not take good care of their bodies in their formative years. He is able to teach them how to break old eating and exercise habits and reshape their bodies, but not without a great deal of resistance.

My mom is a great cook, and family dinners were a must growing up, even if that meant eating at 10 p.m. when my dad got home from the hospital. It's where we did our family bonding.

Figuring out how to eat healthfully on your own without your parents' guidance is one of the hardest lessons you must learn when you leave home for college.

Worrying is just a prayer for the worst possible scenario.

While fad diets might seem like the quick-fix solution to lose weight, they won't help you get healthy in the long run.

Ultimately, it's how you approach things in life that puts a smile on your face.

After my first week of no wheat, my stomachaches were gone, my mucous cleared up, and I felt incredibly energetic. My headaches were also less frequent and less severe, and I had lost 3 pounds, most of it swelling and water weight my body had been holding onto as part of its response to the wheat products in my diet.

My parents always wanted me to know why eating healthfully was important to overall performance, probably to drown out my whining for junk food.

Everyone has their own definition of a healthy lifestyle, and mine has come to mean making health a priority but not an obsession.

Tell your kids they are perfect the way they are, but they shouldn't stay where they are forever because growing, testing the limits, and evolving make life better and more fulfilling.

Your life shouldn't be anything short of spectacular.

If you live your life all out today, not only is it fun, but you are preventing a midlife crisis.

This moment is precious and full of great potential: all we have to do is figure out the little changes that will make a huge impact on how wonderful life can be in this moment.

I was a good 30 pounds overweight throughout high school, and it wasn't until I was going away to college that I really wanted to make sure I was doing everything possible to feel as confident as I could.

More than anything, having adventures with my siblings and spending time with my family and my husband make me happy.

Anyone who knows our family knows this: we eat ALL the time!

A 'diet' is simply an individual's eating regimen: it doesn't have to mean the restrictive plan we've come to associate this word with.

Developing a diet that is healthful, balanced, and appropriate for your particular caloric needs is easy enough and is absolutely critical to establishing a healthful lifestyle that incorporates proper nutrition, adequate fitness, and mental resilience.

I learned that pretending you don't have feelings makes you feel unhappy and unfulfilled and, ultimately, is what really makes you vulnerable because you are hiding from the truth.

I tried every diet under the sun and none of them worked but, more importantly, they were robbing me of my love of food.

I get to help people create lives that make them happier and healthier than they were yesterday. I knock on wood that my family is healthy and happy and love each other.

I have been very, very lucky because I have my health, a wonderful husband, family, and friends, and I get to do what I love.

I love to look at my life and look at what I can do better, how I can contribute more and where I can push myself.

The only reason I write at all is because I am going through, and growing through, something in my life I want to share with others through my personal experiences.