Quotes About Diet

Food is really and truly the most effective medicine.

The truth is, for highly competitive bodybuilders, everyone eats the same - oatmeal, chicken, rice - and everyone cuts carbs out at night.

If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.

Hate is a draining bottomless pit from whence nothing good or of any value can come. Try to eat a balanced diet. Guys only want one thing.

The last 10 years I have had to bulk up for roles and I'm naturally skinny, so I have eaten and killed so many chickens! I wouldn't even want to count. I need to balance that out.

I will never eat fish eyeballs, and I do not want to taste anything commonly kept as a house pet, but otherwise I am a cinch to feed.

Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, 'Do you really want to eat those carbs?' It was like, 'Thanks a lot!'

I'm constantly feeding my metabolism. But at the same time if I want to go one night and have a nice dinner then I won't sweat it the next day.

I don't have to follow any special diet or count calories. I try to eat healthily and before a match I load up on pasta and salads. But I pretty much do what I want.

How you eat tells your genes what type of body you want to have later.

I'm not trying to win an award for being the best vegetarian, just want to be healthy.

I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor - herbs and spices - to everything because I don't want them getting used to starchy, bland food.

I'm not the healthiest, but I am healthy. I'm healthy to the point where there are things that I have to eat that I don't want to eat, but I eat it because I'm enjoying staying alive.

I've been tiny since I was four, and I eat whatever I want.

I think about what I'm eating every day. I still have burgers and stuff that's not good for me sometimes, but I'm always trying to be careful. I don't just eat whatever I want.

I feel like you can eat everything that you want in moderation.

Everybody likes to indulge in a bit of ice-cream and junk food. If you want to be a top player you've got to be sensible in terms of what you eat.

Beans SIDEKICKS: All beans are included in this SuperFood category, though we'll discuss the most popular and readily available beans such as pinto, navy, Great Northern, lima, garbanzo (chickpeas), lentils, green beans, sugar snap peas, and green peas TRY TO EAT: at least four ½-cup servings per week Beans contain: Low-fat protein Fiber B vitamins Iron Folate Potassium Magnesium Phytonutrients

Blueberries SIDEKICKS: Purple grapes, cranberries, boysenberries, raspberries, strawberries, currants, blackberries, cherries, and all other varieties of fresh, frozen, or dried berries TRY TO EAT: 1 to 2 cups daily

Oats SUPER SIDEKICKS: wheat germ and ground flaxseed SIDEKICKS: brown rice, barley, wheat, buckwheat, rye, millet, bulgur wheat, amaranth, quinoa, triticale, kamut, yellow corn, wild rice, spelt, couscous TRY TO EAT: 5 to 7 servings a day

Tomatoes SIDEKICKS: red watermelon, pink grapefruit, Japanese persimmons, red-fleshed papaya, strawberry guava TRY TO EAT: one serving of processed tomatoes or sidekicks per day and multiple servings per week of fresh tomatoes

Oranges SIDEKICKS: lemons, white and pink grapefruit, kumquats, tangerines, limes TRY TO EAT: 1 serving daily

Pumpkin SIDEKICKS: carrots, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, orange bell peppers TRY TO EAT: ½ cup most days

Yogurt YOGURT SIDEKICKS: kefir TRY TO EAT: 2 cups daily