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Quotes About Plant-based

Whether or not you are a strict vegetarian, your diet must be plant-predominant for optimal health and to maximally reduce your cancer risk.
~ Joel Fuhrman
If you don't have time to cook, I have developed a line of boxed soups and salad dressings to make it convenient for even the busiest person to eat the Nutritarian way. Today, more and more healthy options are arising that meet these guidelines, making the Nutritarian diet-style easier than ever before. And if you need to eat on the go, you will find a steadily growing number of food establishments that offer healthy, plant-based options.
~ Joel Fuhrman
Based on an exhaustive look at research data from around the world over the past fifteen years, my recommendation is that your diet should contain over 90 percent of calories from unrefined plant foods. This high percentage of nutrient-dense plant foods in the diet allows us to predict freedom from cancer, heart attacks, diabetes, and excess body weight. Fruits
~ Joel Fuhrman
GOMBBS Greens, onions, mushrooms, berries, beans, seeds Greens, onions, mushrooms, berries, beans, seeds Greens, onions, mushrooms, berries, beans, seeds
~ Joel Fuhrman
Natural plant foods, though usually carbohydrate-rich, also contain protein and fats. On average, 25 percent of the calories in vegetables are from protein. Romaine lettuce, for example, is rich in both protein and essential fatty acids, giving us those healthy fats our bodies require.
~ Joel Fuhrman
satisfy our sweet tooth with fresh, natural fruits and other plant substances that supply us not just with carbohydrates for energy but also with the full complement of indispensable substances that prevent illness.
~ Joel Fuhrman
Natural plant foods, though usually carbohydrate-rich, also contain protein and fats. On average, 25 percent of the calories in vegetables are from protein. Romaine lettuce, for example, is rich in both protein and essential fatty acids, giving us those healthy fats our bodies require. For more information about essential fats and the protein content of vegetables and various other foods, see chapter five.
~ Joel Fuhrman
You can close this book and put it away right now as long as you can incorporate this crucial dietary change into your life: consume high levels of fruits, green vegetables, and beans.
~ Joel Fuhrman
Americans consume less than 10 percent of their calories from unrefined plant foods such as fruits, beans, seeds, and vegetables. However, that 10 percent figure is misleading, because about half the vegetable consumption in America is white potato products, including fries and chips! If you remove the white potato from consideration (not a particularly nutritious food), the other produce would amount to less than 5 percent of the American diet.
~ Joel Fuhrman
people have enzymes to convert the plant-derived omega-3 fat rapidly into EPA and DHA.17
~ Joel Fuhrman
Using a computer dietary-analysis program, I tried to compose a natural-foods diet deficient in any required amino acid. It was impossible. Almost any assortment of plant foods contained about 30 to 40 grams of protein per 1,000 calories. When your caloric needs are met, your protein needs are met automatically. Focus on eating healthy natural foods; forget about trying to get enough protein.
~ Joel Fuhrman
I prefer not to call the diet-style I recommend a "Fuhrman" diet; instead, I call the nutrient-dense, plant-rich (NDPR) diet that I recommend a Nutritarian diet.
~ Joel Fuhrman
Black Cherry Sorbet Serves: 3 3 cups frozen sweet black cherries 1 cup vanilla soy, hemp, or almond milk 1 ripe banana, frozen ½ cup walnuts 3 Medjool or 6 Deglet Noor dates, pitted Blend all ingredients in a high-powered blender.
~ Joel Fuhrman
Ask for "pure-vegetarian, no-oil" meals or a fruit plate. On
~ John A. McDougall
The more rice, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and beans we eat, the trimmer, more energetic, and healthier we become.
~ John A. McDougall
Eliminate All High-Fat Plant Foods High-fat plant foods include nuts, nut butters (such as peanut and almond butter), seeds, seed spreads (tahini), avocados, olives, coconut, and soybean products, including tofu (which is 54 percent fat). These vegetable foods are high in fat, which is effortlessly stored in your adipose tissue. They provide only meager amounts of carbohydrate to satisfy your hunger. Because
~ John A. McDougall
There's no question that largely vegetarian diets are as healthy as you can get. The evidence is so strong and overwhelming and produced over such a long period of time that it's no longer debatable.
~ Marion Nestle
People need to eat whole food plant foods, primarily... whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. That diet supports our lives. We ought to live to be 90 or 100 without getting any diseases.
~ John Mackey
I swear it's so easy. You don't have to have a diet mentality at all if you eat healthily, plant-based food.
~ Alicia Silverstone
What I've been developing is a vegan fast food chain and vegan food markets.
~ Heather Mills
As people move further away from a meat-based diet, I think the focus will shift to using grains as the central focus of our food supply.
~ Daniel Humm
The best way to minimize your exposure to industrial toxins may be to eat as low as possible on the food chain, a plant-based diet.
~ Michael Greger
a study comparing thousands of omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans found that those eating strictly plant-based diets are three times more likely to have daily bowel movements.28 Looks like vegans are just regular people.
~ Michael Greger
The top-five sources of arachidonic acid in the American diet are chicken, eggs, beef, pork, and fish, although chicken and eggs alone contribute more than the other top sources combined.17 Just a single egg's worth of arachidonic acid a day may significantly raise arachidonic acid levels in the blood.18 Overall, omnivores appear to consume about nine times more arachidonic acid than those eating plant-based diets.
~ Michael Greger