Quotes About Nutrition

Is there anything sadder than the foods of the 1950s? Canned, frozen, packaged concoctions, served up by the plateful, three meals per day, in an era in which the supermarket was king, the farmer's market was, well, for farmers, and the word 'locavore' sounded vaguely like a mythical beast.

Shop the peripheries of the supermarket; stay out of the middle.

A lot of what you see in the supermarket I would argue is not really food. It's what I call edible, food-like substances.

I used to have this superstition where I had to eat steak every night before I played, and my nutritionist told me don't do that. So after I lost that one, the other ones fell off pretty quickly.

Instead of a sandwich, you're much better off enjoying a delicious and filling supper of around 400 calories - and that will see you right through until bedtime.

I'm not having any problems with my body so I don't need to supplement. Growing older you don't recover as fast, but all-in-all I'm doing well.

Low levels of vitamin D in the population as a whole suggest that most people need to take a vitamin D supplement. This may be especially true for seniors, as the ability to synthesize vitamin D in the skin declines with age.

I supplement a lot. So I'll take a probiotic, and I mostly eat green food.

I eat steak primarily. That's pretty much what my diet consists of. Sometimes I supplement that with other steaks.

I try to get about 300 grams of protein a day, and I carry probably about a half-pound of whey protein on the road to supplement in-between meals. For the most part, I try to keep my carbs down and eat a decent amount of protein.

It's important to remember that because these athletes exercise so beyond what even a normal active person would, they generally must also supplement their diet.

An athlete is responsible whatever she takes - be it food supplement or whatever.

I only take a protein supplement and it is called Whey protien.

My 4 key ingredients for success are my coach, my Forza supplements, my daily food deliveries and my gym.

I take protein and amino acid supplements, but I honestly don't know if they do anything.

One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements.

I stay away from things that I know break me out - I am weirdly allergic to mango and almonds. I take evening primrose and supplements that have EFA fatty acids in them to just balance out my hormones and skin, and I take a lot of vitamin C. I drink a lot of water, try to eat really organic, and try to eat things that benefit my skin.

I don't take supplements - I get nutrition from food.

I'm all about the supplements. I take fish oil every single day, as well as vitamin D, magnesium, B complex, vitamin C.

I started reading and learned that we don't need any of it - meat, dairy products. We get everything we need without those things - except maybe B12, but there's this whole controversy that maybe we're only getting B12 because the animals are being fed B12 supplements.

Observational studies show that exercise, nutritional supplements and reducing psychological stress can help. Chronic high stress and smoking can lead to accelerated telomere shortening.

I've never eaten eggs or taken muscle building supplements. I eat less and work out more.

I don't do a lot of fad diets or supplements and don't recommend that.

Gifted Nutrition was able to show me that they had FDA-compliant ingredients in their supplements. I thought that was really huge, especially when you are trying to show people that you are a natural athlete.