Quotes That Motivate Me
Quotes help motivate me to live a healthy lifestyle.
I hope some of these quotes motivate you to learn more and do more about living a healthy life.
To learn more about how lifestyle impacts disease click: Chronically Chronic
Michael Greger
MD, FACLM – Lifestyle Medicine / Nutrition
“A plant-based diet is like a one-stop shop against chronic disease.” To learn more click: Diseases We Eat
“Nutrition is the leading cause of premature death and disability.”
“The best diet is the one backed by evidence.”
“We have tremendous power over our health destiny.”
“More plants, less processed food.”
Michael Klaper
MD – Internal Medicine / Preventive Health
“Your body is rebuilding itself from the food you eat.”
“Every bite is a biological event.”
“The body wants to heal if we stop interfering.”
“Food can be medicine every day.”
“Health starts on the end of your fork.”
Caldwell Esselstyn
MD – Cardiovascular / General Surgery
“Heart disease is a food-borne illness.”
“Genetics loads the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger.”
“Some people think plant-based diet, whole foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme.” To learn more click: Whole-Food, Plant-Based
“Plants can restore endothelial health.”
“If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”
Dean Ornish
MD – Preventive Medicine / Cardiology Research
"Your genes are not your fate... if you change your lifestyle, you change your genes".
“Lifestyle medicine can reverse disease.”
“Love and intimacy are healing.”
“The power to heal is within you.”
“What is good for your heart is good for your brain.”
"When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it's easier to make different choices".
Kim Williams
MD – Cardiology
“There are two kinds of cardiologists: vegans and those who haven’t read the data.”
“I don’t mind dying. I just don’t want it to be my fault.”
“Diet matters more than many realize.”
“Prevention should be first-line medicine.”
“Food choices shape cardiovascular outcomes.”
T. Colin Campbell
PhD – Nutritional Biochemistry
“Nutrition can create or destroy health.”
“Furthermore, a pattern was beginning to emerge: nutrients from animal-based foods increased tumor development while nutrients from plant-based foods decreased tumor development.”
“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.”
“You should not assume that your doctor has any more knowledge about food and its relation to health than your neighbors and coworkers.”
“So, what is my prescription for good health? In short, it is about the multiple health benefits of consuming plant-based foods, and the largely unappreciated health dangers of consuming animal-based foods, including all types of meat, dairy and eggs.”
John Scharffenberg
MD, MPH – Public Health / Nutrition
“Exercise may be the most powerful anti-aging tool.”
“Walking daily changes health trajectories.”
“Simple habits produce major gains.”
“Longevity is lifestyle-dependent.”
“You’re never too old to improve.”
Ellsworth Wareham
MD – Thoracic Surgery / Longevity Advocate
“I never cared for any animal products, so with me it was a very easy thing to become vegan.”
“Keep moving and keep serving.”
“Plant food supports long life.”
“Purpose keeps people alive.”
“I have a philosophy, you do the best you can, and the things you can't do anything about, don't give any thought to them..”
John McDougall
MD – Internal Medicine / Nutrition
“It’s the food.”
“Encourage your present friends to be active so that you can continue to enjoy recreation with them.”
“People thrive on simple meals.”
“Rich food creates poor health.”
““The more rice, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and beans we eat, the trimmer, more energetic, and healthier we become.” “Starch is the traditional fuel of civilization.”
“If your partner rejects your efforts to regain your health, he or she should consider what it would feel like to be sleeping next to an empty place at night, instead of you.”
Neal Barnard
MD – Psychiatry / Nutrition Research
“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of "real food for real people" you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.”
“Exercise is beneficial, and I strongly recommend it. But a lack of exercise is not the primary reason for weight problems, and exercise can never take the place of a healthful diet.”
“Many people have grown up with the notion that cow’s milk is a healthful beverage for children (or adults). I would encourage you to set this idea aside.” To learn more click: Cows Don’t Drink Milk
“When you follow a vegan diet, there is much less need for surgeons to clean out your arteries or intestinal tract!”
“While many of us grew up being taught to make sure we got enough protein, the fact is we have gotten too much.”
Joel Fuhrman
MD – Family Medicine / Nutritional Medicine
“Health is normal.”
“You cannot buy your health; you must earn it through healthy living.”
“Medicines cannot drug away the cellular defects that develop in response to improper nutrition throughout life.”
“Today the link between animal products and many different diseases is as strongly supported in the scientific literature as the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.”
“Beans or legumes are among the world’s most perfect foods. They stabilize blood sugar, blunt the desire for sweets, and prevent mid-afternoon cravings.”
Will Bulsiewicz
MD, MSCI – Gastroenterology
“Diversity on the plate creates diversity in the gut.” and “Gut health affects whole-body health.”
“Plants are prebiotics.”
“The single greatest predictor of a healthy gut microbiome is the diversity of plants in one’s diet.”
“Fiber is foundational.” “95 percent of us are not even getting the minimum recommended amount of fiber in our diets”
“We have a health care system that’s great at identifying problems once they exist and then trying to manage them with a combination of pills and procedures. Sure, we can improve symptoms or slow disease progression in some cases, but it always comes at a cost. It’s sick care, not health care. There is little to no focus on prevention.”
Kristi Funk, MD
MD - Breast Cancer Surgeon & Women’s Health
“So antioxidants come in one and only one form and that is in whole food plant-based form. It comes from fruits and vegetables, and whole grains, and healthy fats like avocados and olives.”
“Let plants be like, little self-dispensing pharmacies, right? They dispense molecules that kill off bacteria and viruses, and fungi before those attackers kill them. Plants are powerful.”
“About 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single relative with breast cancer.”
“Alcohol is a straight up carcinogen. It raises estrogen, impairs immune function, and fuels cancer growth.”
Your health destiny is, to a large degree, at the end of your fork.”
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Wishing you health and happiness with your every day actions.
Be well,
Dominic