Quotes About Health

Counterbalancing is not only about your sense of well-being, it's essential to your being well.

The brain makes up l/50th of our body mass but consumes a staggering 1/5th of the calories we burn for energy.

Foods that elevate blood sugar evenly over long periods, like complex carbohydrates and proteins, become the fuel of choice for high-achievers—literal proof that "you are what you eat.

Pero un día te acabas dando cuenta de que el trabajo es una pelota de goma: si la dejas caer, rebotará y volverá a subir. Las otras cuatro bolas —familia, salud, amigos e integridad— son de cristal. Si dejas caer alguna de ellas, irremediablemente se rayará, se agrietará o incluso se hará añicos».

you don't take care of your body, where will you live?" It

The brain makes up 1/50th of our body mass but consumes a staggering 1/5th of the calories we burn for energy.

the food we eat is also a key player in our level of willpower.

The brain makes up l/50th of our body mass but consumes a staggering 1/5th of the calories we burn for energy. If your brain were a car, in terms of gas mileage, it'd be a Hummer.

Resting is as important as working. There are a few examples of successful people who violate this, but they are not our role models. They succeed in spite of how they rest and renew—not because of it.

long hours are neither virtuous nor healthy; and that we usually succeed in spite of most of what we do, not because of it.

Full-strength willpower requires a full tank. Never let what matters most be compromised simply because your brain was under-fueled. Eat right and regularly.

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.

In the end, I found that physical fitness offered to God, surrendered to God, pursued in cooperation with God has enormous spiritual, emotional, and physical benefits.

Getting fit can be an arduous, even painful process; living fit is filled with much joy.

What we can control is where we're going. If we've been less than healthy, we can commit ourselves, as a spiritual exercise, to deal with the spiritual issues behind the physical problem.

What if exercise and discipline in eating isn't as much about physical health as about honoring the God who made us?

You have to train your mind like you train your body. —BRUCE JENNER

A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement" - Jess C. Scott

By the mid-1980s the health craze had swept the country, and the cocktail scene was all but dead.

You really don't have to change what you eat that much," she told me. "You just have to be careful not to eat too many concentrated sweets, fats, or very large portions of anything." Apparently, she had no idea whom she was talking to.

How do you show up for your relationships? Are you healthy or crippled? Are you prepared or needy? Are you ready to give or too tired to talk?

Your body is built for walking.

The body is the instrument of the soul. If the piano player is sick, does it help to repair his or her piano?

Veganism is not a "sacrifice." It is a joy.