Quotes About Health

Like it or not, in the end, it's one's body. It's literally what carries you through life. There's a reason for the saying, 'If you have your health, you have everything,' and it's true. Old age, disease - these are the great equalizers.

Both my parents developed dementia in their old age. Everyone I know whose parents had dementia feel that they didn't deal with it very well.

The doctor said that every man will have cancer if he lives to be old enough. I don't know why I got it - I ain't old.

My 'new' knee now feels like a bionic knee compared with my old one.

I was born with chronic asthma, and when I was about five or six years old, one day I had an asthma attack so bad I began to become comatose.

I'm really old-fashioned. An Epsom salt bath, that's genuinely better than any massage.

I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.

As you get older, your metabolism slows down. You've got to admit it. It's nothing to be ashamed of if you have lived your life to the full.

I don't want to know I'm getting older. Then I'll start to think about getting checkups and insurance. I don't want that.

As you get older, you start trying to eat a little bit better, and just do a little better.

I'm, like, a compulsive eater. I'm going to be so fat when I'm older, it's ridiculous.

Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.

I was allergic to milk as a child. My older brother would always get a big glass and drink it in front of me all the time.

I don't think people really take pneumonia seriously when they hear it. But people really die from pneumonia: kids, older people, even just regular-aged people. They just die from pneumonia.

While the olive is high in fat, it's monounsaturated fat, which, in a balanced diet, can help control heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels.

I make sure to eat dishes made in olive oil, whether virgin or extra virgin; the dish has to be made in olive oil. I believe it's the healthiest oil that you can consume to stay fit.

I'm half Italian, and on my mom's side, they've aged amazingly, and all they've put on their faces is olive oil.

After the Olympics I was going to a lot of functions and found that if I was eating badly my energy levels dropped.

Throughout my life of having Crohn's, I've been on and off prednisone when other stuff was not working.

I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.

I'm not really a big 'working out' person, but I definitely like to do cardio when I do. I guess I run sometimes, drink green juices once a week.

I oil my hair once a week at least!

My hair can get quite dry, so I condition it in olive oil once a week.

To avoid dry skin on my feet, I exfoliate them at least once a week with Scholl Dry Skin Exfoliator which has been created to care for the unique characteristics of the skin on the foot.