The simple answer as to why we get fat is that carbohydrates make us so; protein and fat do not

The laboratory evidence that carbohydrate-rich diets can cause the body to reain water and so raise blood pressure, just as salt consumption is supposed to do, dates back well over a century

The point to keep in mind is that you don't lose fat because you cut calories; you lose fat because you cut out the foods that make you fat-the carbohydrates.

We don't get fat because we overeat; we overeat because we're getting fat.

[T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart] disease beginning in the 1920s coincided with the budding of an epidemic or simply better technology for diagnosis.

Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.

We sealed it with a kiss, and with the kiss, we sealed what would eventually become an engagement, a marriage, a Cape Cod, a dog, grilled cheese sandwiches on Mondays, and everything in between.

W- WhenA- All seemsL- Lost...K- Keep the faith!WALK on… There's a bulb at the end of your tunnel. Your faith will light it up when you get there! Don't drop the faith

Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.

Never offer unsolicited advice. The receiver might not know that you are smarter than him.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

If I could say something to everyone on this planet, I'd tell them to follow their dreams.

Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.

Walk, first, through the fire, then philosophize.

A horse's skull always looks scary, even if someone has put lipstick on it.