Quotes About Diet

There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet.

I was really inspired by lots of people I came across who were managing various illnesses through diet and lifestyle. I kind of figured, you know, if it worked for them, then I might as well try it and see if it works. So I did.

What Olympians eat can vary tremendously depending not only on the events they're competing in, but also their body type and lifestyle outside the Olympic arena. Their diets are affected not only by the demands of their sports, but by everything else in their lives, things that are almost impossible to accurately measure and factor in.

In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.

The vast preponderance of evidence in modern epidemiology shows that those who eat more whole plant foods and fewer animal products and processed foods have lower rates of chronic disease and longer lifespans.

For the vast majority of those who are obese - those with a Body Mass Index over 30 - their size is their choice. They choose to take in more calories than they burn. They choose to take in high fat calories over low-fat ones. They choose to fad diet, if they choose to diet at all.

When we consume vastly more protein than we need, our kidneys struggle to process it, resulting in protein in the urine. Too much protein from meat may also contribute to kidney stones.

When you're vegan, you spend your time chasing protein, and you're eating food that's way too high in carbs. I could never catch up on protein.

I'm a vegan, but you can be really unhealthy as a vegan, too.

Most people think if you are vegan you eat just green stuff, you just eat salad and lettuce and veggies the whole day... I'm eating beans, legumes, lentils and peas and rice and potatoes and a lot of things that have calories to give me the energy to do what I do.

I'm a vegan. It makes me feel really good and bright.

I have been following a vegan diet now since the 1980s, and find it not only healthier, but also much more attractive than the chunks of meat that were on my plate as a child.

I thought a vegan diet would be too difficult, being on the road so much, but it's been far easier than I thought.

For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals.

Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.

Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.

I'm a raw vegan, and I perceive pharmaceuticals to be poison.

Clearly, nutrition is great. I was a vegan, so being an athlete and a vegan certainly sounds like it would be the right thing to prevent something like heart disease, but it's highly genetic.

I am not vegan, but I am obviously looking into all of these things.

I try to only eat animals that are vegan. I'm probably the opposite of a vegan.

I got into being vegan because I was simply looking to benefit from being more compassionate. I have since come to learn that it is an animal-based diet that is responsible for the overwhelming majority of cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, multiple sclerosis, and all kinds of other problems.

I'm part-time vegan. I try to be vegan when I can. But I dip and dive in everywhere.

People's choice to become vegan, from people I've spoken to, seems motivated by fear.

Going vegan was the best choice I could have made because I've learned so much about what you can do to help animals.