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Quotes About Carbohydrates

I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy.
~ Deborah Bull
Her voice is as warm and soothing as the carbohydrates they will share.
~ Emily Giffin
Excessive eating and lack of exercise are to blame for weight gain, not carbohydrates.
~ A. J. Odudu
It was when my American coach Dan Pfaff came over from the States in 2009 and started working with me that we really began to look at my diet. He decided I was eating too many carbohydrates, so I cut back on bread. Over the next year I lost weight and became leaner.
~ Greg Rutherford
If you want to lose weight, whole-wheat bread, couscous, and quinoa are evil.
~ Jorge Cruise
I was gaining weight very rapidly and read about the idea of restricting carbohydrates as an alternative to going hungry. I had a big appetite, so that was the only thing I would even consider.
~ Robert Atkins
I see girls who haven't had a carbohydrate in three years. The second you go back to eating right, you're going to put that weight on. You eat one piece of bread and you are screwed, lady!
~ Ginnifer Goodwin
The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.
~ Andrew Weil
After weigh-ins you're doing wheat pasta or you're trying to carb back up. This was actually really throwing me off, causing an inflammatory response in my digestive system, in my brain, in my body. Throwing off my mind.
~ Diego Sanchez
I'm a carboholic, so I'm always keen to get my teeth around a ribbon of al dente tagliatelle.
~ John Whaite
It used to be standard practice that the pre-match meal consisted of egg, steak and chicken. But I talked them into changing to complex carbohydrates. So now they will sup on porridge, pasta or rice.
~ Craig Johnston
The really faddish diets — like subsisting solely on bananas —seem to have gone out of vogue. […] We need a little of everything, including some at. The only thing it's all right to skip is starchy food, because there's a healthy amount of carbohydrate in fruits and vegetables.
~ Joan Crawford
sodium chloride, citrate, bicarbonate, monopotassium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, or l-lactate—all of these are components of electrolytes. It should also have a high percentage of carbohydrates.
~ Ann Marie Brown
Our brain is essentially programmed to enjoy carbohydrates because they give us a sense of fullness and a rush of pleasure. When people go on low-carb diets, they start to almost subconsciously experience distress from eating carbohydrates.
~ Charles Duhigg
I keep my diet low in carbohydrates and high in protein.
~ Sullivan Stapleton
It's not the fat that's making you fat: it's not understanding separating carbohydrates from protein and fat.
~ Suzanne Somers
Eat carbohydrates: All these protein diets may help you twirl prettily in a size-2 dress, but if you want your mind to take a few marvelous leaps, then you have to give it the food it needs.
~ Twinkle Khanna
When I was training for the Olympics, I didn't eat the way I should have. I missed out on much-needed protein and opted for every easy carb.
~ Summer Sanders
During the season, one of the most important things to eat is the carbs. Protein's really important, too, but it's the carbs that are important because I have to consistently refuel for the next day.
~ Mikaela Shiffrin
I avoid carbohydrates-rich food like rice and rice products. Instead, eat fluids, proteins and fibre-rich food items.
~ Navya Nair
I eat healthy and don't go by a diet chart. The breakfast is usually heavy, complemented with short frequent meals. My dinner is high on proteins and low on carbohydrates.
~ Vijender Singh
The trees in a forest are often interconnected by subterranean networks of mycorrhizae, fungal strands that inhabit tree roots. The mycorrhizal symbiosis enables the fungi to forage for mineral nutrients in the soil and deliver them to the tree in exchange for carbohydrates. The mycorrhizae may form fungal bridges between individual trees, so that all the trees in a forest are connected. These fungal networks appear to redistribute the wealth of carbohydrates from tree to tree.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
The three irrefutable facts about health and foods are these: Vegetables, beans, seeds, fruits, and nuts are good for you. Excessive amounts of meat or animal products cause disease. Eliminating refined carbohydrates will aid in sustainable weight loss and overall health.
~ Joel Fuhrman
Fruit is carb-based, and I limit carbs when training hard.
~ Greg Rutherford