Michael Greger Quotes
We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do.
The most ethical diet just so happens to be the most environmentally sound diet and just so happens to be the healthiest.
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If [you are] over the age of 10, the question isn't whether or not to eat healthy to prevent heart disease, it's whether or not you want to reverse the heart disease you already have.
Be a shining role model of the best qualities humane eating embodies: caring, compassion, and empathy.
I ask the internist why there aren't more Ornish-like studies. 'There aren't any financial interests involved.'
As a physician specializing in nutrition, my priority is to the health of the public.
You can be in excellent physical shape, with low cholesterol, a healthy body weight and good overall physical fitness - but that doesn't necessarily mean you're healthy.
Everyone feels sad occasionally. A full range of emotions is part of what makes us human.
While positive mental states may be associated with less stress and more resilience to infection, positive well-being might also be accompanied by a healthy lifestyle.
Berries have a lot of soluble fiber. That's why they gel up when you're making your Thanksgiving cranberry sauce, with the pectin.
The typical Western diet is the number-one cause of premature death and the number-one cause of disability. In other words, a long and healthy life is largely a matter of choice.
Mental health can be just as important as physical health - and major depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses.
Nutrition is an exciting, dynamic field - there are more than 10, 000 articles published on human nutrition in medical journals every year.
Simply switching to a healthy, plant-based diet can lessen stroke risk by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure, flooding your body with antioxidants and improving blood flow.
The benefits of a healthier diet are far-reaching because they also equate to fewer animals being bred into inhumane factory farm conditions and fewer greenhouse gas emissions.
One of the reasons it's so difficult to study the relationship between diet and disease is because many dietary behaviors are associated with non-dietary behaviors.
A good way to adjust to a healthier diet is to think of three meals you enjoy that are largely plant-based. Pasta with tomato sauce can be tweaked to whole-grain pasta with added vegetables.
Eating a varied plant-based diet - and avoiding all meat, fish, chicken and dairy products - may have much to recommend it, but it's certainly not for everyone.
Popeye was right about spinach: dark green, leafy vegetables are the healthiest food on the planet. As whole foods go, they offer the most nutrition per calorie.
