Quotes About Health

all people with fair opportunities to attain their full health potential to the extent possible" (Braveman, 2006, p. 167).

Blum notes that, in reality, there are four major determinants of health: environment, heredity, lifestyle, and health care services. Of these four, Blum found that "by far the most potent and omnipresent set of forces is the one labeled 'environmental, ' while behavior and lifestyle are the second most powerful force" (p. 43).

women are the greatest consumers of health-related products and services. Women are often first to take responsibility, not only for the health and well-being of themselves and their offspring, but also for the health of men. This helps explain why single men have the greatest health risks—and why the benefits of marriage are consistently found to be greater for men than for women (who can suffer substantial stress in caring for their spouses) (Courtenay, 2000a).

Breast cancer deaths in America have been declining for more than a decade. Much of that success is due to early detection and better treatments for women. I strongly encourage women to get a mammogram.

When our focus is toward a principle of relatedness and oneness, and away from fragmentation and isolation, health ensues

Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.

It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.

I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.

I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.

Why listen to me? I can only predict epidemics and plagues.

The tyranny of the blood test.

Do you think they'll find a cure before I. . . How strange that sounds when you say it out loud for the first time.

Government research at the National Institutes of Health did not commence in reality until January 1983, eighteen months after the same government had declared the epidemic.

Nobody listens for very long anyway. There's a new disease of the month every day.

Unfortunately, the immune system is the system we know least about.

Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.

People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage.

I did not know there was any controversy. I don't get a lot of time to read the fan forums, etc. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to have more storylines. I was just so happy to step in and pick up some of the slack for Emily while she was pregnant. It was so important for Emily to concentrate on her health and the well-being of her baby. In the end ... she is a great mother and her baby is adorable. I did not realize there was any controversy. LOL!

When Joe and I got married two years ago, we were both super strictly Paleo and we were shredded for the wedding! All of our wedding pictures consequently turned out fantastic. I wish I could say I was as thin now as I was then!

I walk into the clubhouse and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol and by the seventh inning he had drunk it all.

I was told to stay away from pasta and bread for two weeks. Not eating pasta? That'll kill me. Anything else, but why pasta?

I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.

Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.

The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.