Quotes About Health

A feeble body weakens the mind.

If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out.

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.

Doctors of ancient times used to recommend reading to their patients as a physical exercise on an equal level as walking, running, or ball-playing.

All in all, in-person social interaction is much better for mental health than electronic communication.

If an activity involves a screen, it's linked to less happiness and more depression. If it doesn't—particularly if it involves in-person social interaction or exercise—it's linked to more happiness and less depression.

Gracias a Dios por el jamón suave, el pan fragante, el vino fresco! ¡Por la salud del viejo mundo y de aquellos que todavía son felices en él!

we have forgotten its initial purpose, which was to ensure the worker's well-being.

information could destroy health insurance systems,

But now—I shall have a Great Big Worry all the rest of my life. Whenever you are away from me I shall be thinking of all the automobiles that can run over you, or the sign-boards that can fall on your head, or the dreadful, squirmy germs that you may be swallowing.

Pa gen lape nan tet, si pa gen lape nan vant (there is no peace in the head if there is no peace in the stomach).

Leurs cheveux pouvaient bien grouiller de poux, leurs gencives saigner, leurs ventres crier dans le vide, ils avaient l'éclatante santé des rêveurs.

Progressivement, l'alimentation est dominée par quelques céréales, voire une seule, ce qui entraîne parfois d'importantes carences. Les hommes du Néolithique et des périodes suivantes consomment moins de protéines, de vitamines et d'oligo-éléments que les chasseurs-cueilleurs du début du Paléolithique supérieur.

Temperance and labor are the two true physicians of man.

The body politic, like the human body, begins to die from its birth, and bears in itself the causes of its destruction.

Symptoms, then are in reality nothing but the cry from suffering organs.

I think skipping could be the answer to many of our adult health problems.

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.

You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out.

When you laugh and play, your body is calmed and energized by the release of natural opiates—endorphins that relax you physically and lift you up the ladder emotionally.

By protecting your nervous system and keeping you focused, laughter and play offer you opportunities to thrive even in inhospitable environments.

Not only does depression take away our spiritual and emotional health, it also undermines our physical health.

As psychologist Herb Goldberg reminds us in his book The Hazards of Being Male, 'The male has paid a heavy price for his masculine "privilege" and power.... He is out of touch with his emotions and his body. He is playing by the rules of the male game plan and with lemming-like purpose he is destroying himself--emotionally, psychologically, and physically.