“The American fast food diet and the meat eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that diverts food resources from the hungry. A diet higher in whole grains and legumes and lower in beef and other meat is not just healthier for ourselves but also contributes to changing the world system that feeds some people and leaves others hungry.” PeopleWorldWholeWealthSupportHabitHigherEatingResourcesHungerHungryAround The WorldMeatDietsChanging The WorldWealthyVegetarianVeganGrainVegetarianismBeefFast FoodWorld HungerVegan DietEating HabitsVegan HealthMeat EatingVegan FoodEnding HungerHunger For FoodFood BanksWhole GrainsHunger In AmericaAmerican Food Author:Walden Bello
“It takes 16 lbs of grain to make 1 lb of beef. It takes 1 lb of grain to make 1 lb of bread. So, how many more plants are you eating if you eat a pound of beef? Secondly, I've harvested cabbages and pulled up carrots out of the ground and I've been in slaughter-houses and seen the animals have their brains bashed out with sledgehammers and their throats cut - the experiences are not comparable.” IfsHouseAnimalBrainCuttingEatingPlantBreadPoundsThroatGrainSlaughterBeefCarrotsCabbage Author:John Robbins
“Fitness and proper nutrition truly go hand-in-hand. Focus on eating clean and filling your plate with veggies, fruits, whole grains and lean proteins. And, everyone hates to do it, but calorie counting is crucial to weight loss as well as maintaining a healthy physique.” WellsWholeHandsHateLossFocusHealthyEatingWeightCleanFruitCrucialNutritionGrainPlatesFillingMaintainingWeight LossCountingHand In HandProteinCaloriesPhysiqueWhole GrainsProper Nutrition Author:Jillian Michaels
“I would, if I could, always feed to music. The singularly graceless action of thus filling one's body with roots and dead animals and powdered grain is given some significance then. One can perform as a ritual what one is shamed to do as a utilitarian action.” IfsBodyActionGivenAnimalEatingRootsIf I CouldSignificanceRitualGrainFillingUtilitarian Book:Letters to a Friend Source: Letters to a Friend
“People eating the western diet of heavily processed food, of lots of meat and added sugar and added fat, and very little whole grains and fruits and vegetables.Populations who eat that way have seriously high incidences of chronic diseases.” PeopleWayLittlesWholeDiseaseEatingFruitWesternPopulationFatsMeatDietsVegetablesSugarGrainFruits And VegetablesIncidenceProcessed FoodWhole Grains Author:Michael Pollan
“Theres no guilt in eating fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains.” EatingGuiltFruitNutsVegetablesGrain Author:Jane Velez-Mitchell
“Let us remember that we are all Indians eating Indian grain and salt, and living on the dumb Indian masses.” RememberEatingMassIndiaDumbIndianSaltGrainLiving On Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Claims have been made that I've been on a strict workout routine regulated by co-stars, whipped into shape by trainers I've never met, eating sprouted grains I can't pronounce and ultimately losing 14 pounds off my 5'3" frame. Losing 14 pounds out of necessity in order to live a healthier life is a huge victory. I'm a petite person to begin with, so the idea of my losing this amount of weight is utter lunacy. If I were to lose 14 pounds, I'd have to part with both arms. And a foot.” IfsPersonsHas BeensMadeI CanIdeasLife IsOrderStarsLosesFeetHugeArmsAmountVictoryMetsShapesEatingLosingWeightClaimsPoundsRoutineGrainStrictWorkoutTrainersLunacyPetiteHealthier Life Author:Scarlett Johansson
“When it comes to wheat, my main goal is to inform people, including farmers, that the prevailing notion that cutting fat and eating whole grains will make you healthy is not only wrong, it's destructive.” PeopleWholeGoalCuttingHealthyEatingNotionIncludingFatsDestructiveFarmersGrainWheatPrevailingWhole Grains Author:William Davis
“Eating vegetables, fruits and grains rarely causes total destruction of the plant or tree on which the food grew; after harvesting, seeds remain to be replanted the next season. But this certainly does not happen when an animal is slaughtered - death is final; that animal will not reproduce again!” DoeHappensNextCausesAnimalTreeGrewEatingDestructionSeasonsPlantFruitFinalsSeedsVegetablesGrain Author:Sharon Gannon
“We've all seen chicken portrayed as the low-fat, heart-healthy alternative to red meat for years, but it no longer adds up. You might want to lean away from eating birds and lean toward more plant-based options of protein like black beans, lentils, tofu, chickpeas and whole grains.” WantYearsHeartWholeMightBlackHealthyEatingLowsBirdRedAddPlantFatsAlternativesMeatChickensGrainBeansProteinRed MeatTofuWhole GrainsLentils Author:Kathy Freston
“People often think that they are eating really healthy when all the food they are eating is genetically modified. So nothing genetically modified, only real food, grains, brown rice.” PeopleThinkingRealHealthyEatingBrownGrainRiceReal FoodGenetically Modified Author:Diamond Dallas Page