Here are some quotes and links that may help you on your whole food plant-based (WFPB) journey.
“Carbs are not a food group. This is one of the ideas that makes nutrition and food so confusing. All whole foods contain some ratio of carbs, protein, and fat…the three macronutrients that provide energy to our body. Lumping all carbs together like white sugar and broccoli is utterly misleading. Fiber – one of the most health promoting, disease fighting nutrients – happens to be carbohydrates. Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes are rich in carbohydrates, but also contain protein and fats. All in just the right amounts. All packaged perfectly with vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals. Carbs are not the enemy for weight loss and good health. Emphasizing whole plant foods is the key to success.”
“Everything in food works together to create health or disease. The more we think that a single chemical characterizes a whole food, the more we stray into idiocy.”
“Here are the facts. Coronary artery disease is the leading killer of men and women in Western civilization. In the United States alone, more than half a million people die of it every single year. Three times that number suffer known heart attacks. And approximately three million more have “silent” heart attacks, experiencing minimal symptoms and having no idea, until well after the damage is done, that they are in mortal danger. In the course of a lifetime, one out of every two American men and one out of every three American women will have some form of the disease.”
“It’s The Food”
“Even among groups of Americans consuming meat and processed food-based diets, there are likely to be survival benefits to accrue from incorporating more plant-based sources of protein.”
“America is a constipated nation…If you pass small stools, you have to have large hospitals.”
“If we then follow the evidence and the logic, we can assume that the solution is to subtract foods of excess from our daily fare. And, as we subtract meat, fish, fowl, eggs, dairy products, oil, salt, sugar, and refined carbohydrates from our diet, what remains are foods that promote health. Fresh fruits and vegetables, tubers, whole grains, legumes, and nuts and seeds fill the void after the subtraction has taken place. In response, the previously overburdened body begins to regain its health.”
“Health is normal. The human body is a self-repairing, self-defending, self-healing marvel. Disease is relatively difficult to induce, considering the body’s powerful immune system. However, this complicated and delicate machinery can be damaged if fed the wrong fuel during the formative years. … Healthy living with nutritional excellence throughout life can slow the decline of aging. It can prevent the years and years of suffering in ill health that is so common today as people get older and become dependent on medical treatments, drugs, and surgery. Nutritional excellence is the only real fountain of youth.”
“The human body has no more need for cows’ milk than it does for dogs’ milk, horses’ milk or giraffes’ milk.
“Eat Whole Food. As much as you want. Only plants.”
“All I’m trying to do is wipe out heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and obesity.”
“The top reason doctors give for not counseling patients with high cholesterol to eat healthier is that they think patients may “fear privations related to dietary advice.” In other words, doctors perceive that patients would feel deprived of all the junk they’re eating. Can you imagine a doctor saying, “Yeah, I’d like to tell my patients to stop smoking, but I know how much they love it”?”
“At the end of the day, the only thing that needs to be addressed as far as the time issue goes is honesty. Honesty with yourself. See, time is just another excuse, it’s just another way to justify poor choices and destructive behavior. The real issue here is about priorities. So, maybe the next time you want to spew out the words “I don’t have time,” you should just be honest and say, “it’s just not a priority” because that’s what is really going on here. Ya know, maybe preparing veggies and moving your body isn’t a priority in your life, that’s fine, but please don’t make this about not having enough time. Please be honest with yourself and say, “it’s just not a priority”. Maybe, just maybe, by being honest with yourself you will start to contemplate what should become priorities instead of just writing it off as not enough time.”
E Excerpt from Laurie Endicott Thomas’s amazing book Thin Diabetes – Fat Diabetes by clicking here!
Fantastic quotes! Thanks for posting them, Dom.