Quotes About Food

Children deprived of food in an attempt to be thin become preoccupied with food, afraid they won't get enough to eat, and are prone to overeat when they get the chance.

We define healthy eating as having a healthy balance of foods and having a healthy relationship with food.

Honestly, unless you killed the chef or the farmer, there should be no guilt about your eating choices.

The moment you banish a food, it paradoxically builds up a "craving life" of its own that gets stronger with each diet, and builds more momentum as the deprivation deepens.

Although physically eating the food, they were emotionally depriving themselves in the future.

When underfed—whether from a self-imposed diet or starvation—you will obsess about food.

Using food to cope with emotions comes in degrees of intensity. For some, food is simply a means of distraction from boring activities or a filler for empty times. For others, it can be the only comfort they have to get through a painful life.

Call a truce; stop the food fight! Give yourself unconditional permission to eat. If you tell yourself that you can't or shouldn't have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that build into uncontrollable cravings and, often, bingeing. When you finally "give in" to your forbidden foods, eating will be experienced with such intensity, it usually results in Last Supper overeating and overwhelming guilt.

We have become a nation riddled with guilt based on how we eat.

Forget Being Obedient. A well-meaning suggestion by a spouse or significant other, such as: "Honey, you should have the broiled chicken . . ." or "You shouldn't eat those fries . . ." can set off an inner food rebellion. In this type of food combat, your only weapon to fight back becomes a double order of fries. Our clients call this forget-you eating.

For some, the trust issue goes even deeper. Several studies have shown that the regulation of food intake has its foundation in early eating experiences. If as a child your parents took control over most of your eating without respecting your preferences or hunger levels, you easily got the message that you couldn't be trusted with food.

Eat more beans to produce more gas.

I don't like to generalize but I've had nothing but bad experiences with Mexican food in Europe.

Doing things like playing music, something that's so natural and basic to human function, running around in nature, eating delicious food. These things are intrinsic in basic, primordial to human beings, so that's sort of a way to return to a blank canvas, allowing my true personality to return.

we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth...

Artichoke is a real dish for the poor..; it's the only one that, when you have finished eating, you have more in your plate than when you started. (Michel Colucci known as Coluche)

God once said :"You have to share: the rich will have the food and the poor will have... appetite".

You know how to cook steak?" he asked, his voice warming slightly. "Light a match under it. If it doesn't kick, it's dead and done.

Jenny beamed at him. She liked to see a man eat. Well, she liked to see anybody eat.

Miss Starling's first priority is always food, apparently.

food should be enjoyed when at its premium.

Martha had never trusted skinny cooks.

duchess potatoes

pear and Camembert tarts