Quotes About Health

Come rain or shine I walk short distances rather than taking my car.

AIDS is the revenge of the rain forest.

I don't leave my house - I don't care if it's raining or scorching hot out - without a face cream with a minimum of SPF 15, if not more.

Diabetes is a serious illness that touches the lives of so many of our family members, friends and communities and we must do all that we can to raise the awareness of this disease.

It's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough.

Well, because lots of questions had been raised about the toxicity of the drug, which is very serious.

I'm concerned about heart disease. I've raised money to fight heart disease; my dad died of it.

I think we're in a time when everyone's afraid to have sex. But I was raised being beautiful and healthy.

Like most North Americans, I'd been raised on the notion that milk is the first food, and everybody must like it because it's so good and so important for growing up and for being healthy.

I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world.

There is often a simplistic view that HDL is good, so that anything that raises HDL is good for you, and anything that lowers it is bad for you. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Like so many new moms, I felt anxiety over the impending birth of my daughter. However, most of the anxiety I felt was around the idea of raising a child. I wasn't focused on potential risks to my health or hers that could occur during the actual birth.

Without enough nitric oxide, your arteries can stiffen, raising blood pressure and your risk of heart attack.

Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family's story. That's why I am so passionate about raising awareness, because I have seen firsthand how it can impact others.

Exposure to harmful, cancer-causing chemicals in our personal care products, cosmetics, cleaning agents and foods is raising our risk for cancer.

Anybody can play football if they're healthy - that's easy. But at the professional level, injuries are part of the game. Aches and pains are bound to happen when you use your body like a battering ram for a living.

Obsession with the market seem to prevent ministers looking at the huge problem and all its ramifications in health, education and employment that come from the housing insecurity that too many face.

Obesity among young Americans is a serious problem that can have serious ramifications in the long run.

I'm pretty consistently fit because I think it's an important part of my work, but I will ramp it up just because I have been enjoying myself a little bit too much.

I started running outside when I was at 'Biggest Loser.' Then I got runner's knee, and thought I was never going to be able to shake it. When I overcame that and ran the L.A. Marathon, it was such an amazing thing, and now running is such a part of my routine.

I run every day now. I never ran before.

When I ran across America, for 75 days I ate 10,000 calories a day. I still lost about five pounds.

I ran over 10 years without missing a day, averaging close to 15 miles. I loved being able to run a long distance and get that feeling of strength and exhilaration from being in good shape. There was a meditative quality about it. Almost effortlessness. That's a special feeling.

When I ran away from the 'Octomom' persona, I went right back into my healthy lifestyle.