Get inspired to optimize your nutrition with these amazing quotes! Stay motivated with help from famous nutritionists, cooks and historical figures.
- “If you keep on eating unhealthy food, then no matter how many weight loss tips you follow, you are likely to retain weight and become obese. If only you start eating healthy food, you will be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to lose weight.” – Subodh Gupta
- “One cannot think well, love well, or sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf
- “The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” – Ann Wigmore
- “I don’t think I’ll ever grow old and say, ‘What was I thinking eating all those fruits and vegetables?’” – Nancy S. Mure
- “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” – G. K. Chesterton
- “When you start eating foods without labels, you no longer need to count calories.” – Amanda Kraft
- “Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don’t eat.” – Gloria Swanson
- “People who love to eat are always the best people.” – Julia Child
- “Food is medicine, and the right kind of a relationship with food can make a positive impact on your health.” – Hayley Hobson
- “Exercise is king; nutrition is queen. Put them together, and you’ve got a kingdom.” – Jack LaLanne
- “All children should have the basic nutrition they need to learn and grow and to pursue their dreams, because, in the end, nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our children.” – Michelle Obama
- “If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food.” – Errick McAdams
- “By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity.” – David H. Murdock
- “The best and most efficient pharmacy is within your own system.” – Robert C. Peale
- “I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it’s common sense.” – Ellen Page
- “One should eat to live, not live to eat.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “My favorite thing to do is eat, and eat well.” – Lena Olin
- “We struggle with eating healthily, obesity, and access to good nutrition for everyone. But we have a great opportunity to get on the right side of this battle by beginning to think differently about the way that we eat and the way that we approach food.” – Marcus Samuelsson
- “Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel
- “Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it.” – Heather Morgan
- “Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.” – Nhat Hanh
- “In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff – surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.” – Carl Honoré, Author & Public Speaker
- “To change our eating habits, we must learn to eat mindfully, being more aware of chewing and tasting what we eat so that the brain can register the incoming nutrients.” – John M. Poothullil
- “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” – Hippocrates
- “By cleansing your body on a regular basis and eliminating as many toxins as possible from your environment, your body can begin to heal itself, prevent disease, and become stronger and more resilient than you ever dreamed possible!” – Dr. Edward Group III
- “Don’t eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn’t recognize as food. Stay away from these.” – Michael Pollan
- “To a significant degree, we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth.” –Ezra Taft Benson, 15th Secretary of Agriculture, Religious Leader
- “The produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician.” – Meryl Streep
- “What most people don’t realize is that food is not just calories; it’s information. It actually contains messages that connect to every cell in the body.” – Dr. Mark Hyman
- “Those who think they have no time for healthy eating, will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” – Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
- “Any food that requires enhancing by the use of chemical substances should in no way be considered a food.” – John H. Tobe
- “You are what you eat. What would YOU like to be?” – Julie Murphy
- “I believe in eating real food.” – Martha Stewart
- “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
- “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
- “Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.” – Julia Child
- “Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” – Anthony Bourdain
- “Sorry, there’s no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story.” – Morgan Spurlock
- “To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” – Buddha
- “To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” –Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Author
- “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn
- “The first wealth is health.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.” – Ayurvedic Proverb
- “Proper nutrition is the difference between feeling exhausted and getting the most out of a workout.” – Summer Sanders
- “Came from a plant, eat it; was made in a plant, don’t.” – Michael Pollan
- “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “Health is like money. We never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.” – Josh Billings
- “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.” – Adelle Davis
- “Healthy eating isn’t about counting fat grams, dieting, cleanses and antioxidants; it’s about eating food untouched from the way we find it in nature in a balanced way.” – Pooja Mottl
- “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” – Thomas Edison
- “Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food.” – Hippocrates
- “I try to stay out of the mindset of needing to fix myself. I do whatever seems fun to me.” – Taylor Schilling
- “The reason lifestyle is such an important issue is 75 percent of all our chronic diseases are due to lifestyle issues. If you’re really not addressing lifestyle, you’re not going to move the needle in terms of health.” –Dexter Shurney, Chief Medical Director/Executive Director Global Health, Cummins Inc.
- “Eating healthy food fills your body with energy and nutrients. Imagine your cells smiling back at you and saying: ‘Thank you!’” – Karen Salmansohn
- “To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness and maintain an interest in life.” – William Londen
- “By choosing healthy over skinny, you are choosing self-love over self-judgment.” – Steve Maraboli
- “This is what people don’t understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It’s not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising. It’s because kids – and this is the problem with the school lunch right now – are getting sugar, fat and empty calories – lots of calories– but no nutrition.” – Tom Colicchio
- “He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.” – Arabian Proverb
- “Man is what he eats.” – Lucretius
- “Life is a tragedy of nutrition.” – Arnold Ehret
- “Diet is the essential key to all successful healing. Without a proper balanced diet, the effectiveness of herbal treatment is very limited.” – Michael Tierra
- “Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet, but one of the most vital.” – Julia Child
- “Life is not living, but living in health.” – Martial
- “Most people don’t have a problem going on a diet. The problem is being consistent on their diet.” – Karen Sessions
- “Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.” – Denis Waitley
- “Good food ends with good talk.” – Jules Renard
- “Maybe we should stop asking why real food is so expensive and start asking why processed food is so cheap.” – Anonymous
- “Sugar is the sociopath of food. It acts sweet but it’s really poison.” – Karen Salmansohn
- “The excitement of vitamins, nutrition, and metabolism permeated the environment.” – Paul D. Boyer
- “Diets don’t work but a healthy lifestyle does.” – Cheshire Nutrition
- “Intermittent fasting is not about deprivation, it’s about giving your body the time it needs to heal and rejuvenate.” – DoFasting
- “Until you get your nutrition right, nothing will change.” – Anonymous
- “Nature is the best physician.” – Hippocrates
- “The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day, you’re off it.” – Jackie Gleason
- “Eat healthy day and night, to keep your future looking bright.” – Unknown
- “Our body is the only one we’ve been given, so we need to maintain it; we need to give it the best nutrition.” – Trudie Styler
- “Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.” – Joseph Addison
- “Eating well is a form of self-respect.” – Anonymous
- “How can you expect your body to last for a long and enjoyable time if you don’t put the proper building blocks in there?” – Dr. Dan Rogers
- “Just like keeping a healthy diet is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eating the right foods is just as important for getting the most out of your workout.” – Marcus Samuelsson
- “The way you eat, the way you think, and the way you behave can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.” – Deepak Chopra
- “Add more foods without labels so that you can focus on counting nutrients over calories.” – Food Matters
- “Our body doesn’t know how to digest these food-like products resulting in stress and weight gain. Nourish your body with real food, and it will shine for you.” – Jason Fale
- “Nutrition isn’t just about eating, it’s about learning to live.” – Patricia Compton
- “Nature is so smart, it puts medicine in the food.” – David Wolfe
- “The problem is that we are not eating food anymore, we are eating food-like products.” – Dr. Alejandro Hunger
- “Eat less from a box and more from the earth.” – Anonymous
- “Healthy living isn’t restrictive, it’s healing. Your health is something worth fighting for.” – Anonymous
- “Healthy cooking is the best preventive medicine.” – Unknown
- “Real food doesn’t have ingredients. Real food is the ingredients.” – Jamie Oliver
- “Let nothing that can be treated by diet be treated by any other means.” – Maimonides
- “Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels.” – Eat Real Food
- “It’s never too late or never too early to work towards being the healthiest you.” – Anonymous
- “Train your body to crave healthy food.” – Unknown
- “Good nutrition creates health in all areas of our existence. All of our parts are interconnected.” – T. Colin Campbell
- “Nutrition is so important. It can’t be stressed enough.” – Dwayne Johnson
- “It’s all about nutrition. You can train, train, train all you want but I always say you can’t outtrain a bad diet.” – Joe Wicks
- “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.” – Michael Greger
- “If you don’t recognize an ingredient, your body won’t either.” – Anonymous
- “Eat to fill your stomach, not your heart.” – Anonymous
- “Remember when your body is hungry, it wants nutrients not calories.” – Nourishing Children Org
- “As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims.” – Lynda Resnick
- “I cannot stress a greater importance than to teach the young generation about the risks of unhealthy eating. A great way to pique their interest in nutrition is to involve them more in the cooking process. They not only will learn to cook for themselves, but also develop a lifetime of healthy habits.” – Marcus Samuelsson
- “I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It’s crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age.” – Cat Cora
- “Our pets rely on us entirely for their nutrition. So if you’re making your own judgments, that could lead to a mistake. At the same time, we have more control over our pet’s diet than we do with our children or with ourselves, so your vet can tell you what is appropriate for your dog and you can assign them that.” – Alison Sweeney
- “Our bodies are our gardens; our wills are our gardeners.” – William Shakespeare
- “The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown or locally produced food into one’s nutrition plan, is of great importance.” – Tyler Florence
- “If I could give one tip for people – it’s not an exercise or nutrition regimen. It’s to walk your talk and believe in yourself, because at the end of the day, the dumbbell and diet don’t get you in shape. It’s your accountability to your word.” – Brett Hoebel
- “Having balanced nutrition is also very important to keep my body in shape and healthy.” – Cintia Dicker
- “As women slowly gain power, their values and priorities are reshaping the agenda. A multitude of studies show that when women control the family funds, they generally spend more on health, nutrition, and education – and less on alcohol and cigarettes.” – Dee Dee Myers
- “Hunger, inadequate medical care, poor housing, and inferior schools are enemies of the sense of wonder. It is easier and less expensive in the long run to prevent a loss of imagination by providing adequate nutrition, housing, medical care, and schooling than it is to try to restore that loss.” – Margaret Geller
- “School is where children spend most of their time, and it is where we lay the foundation for healthy habits. That’s why New Jersey is the first state to adopt a comprehensive school nutrition policy that bans candy, soda, and other junk food.” – Richard J. Codey
- “Developing a diet that is healthful, balanced, and appropriate for your particular caloric needs is easy enough and is absolutely critical to establishing a healthful lifestyle that incorporates proper nutrition, adequate fitness, and mental resilience.” – Daphne Oz
- “I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we’ve been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.” – George McGovern
- “To be a nutritionist in France, you must be a doctor, seven years studies, and then three more years in nutrition.” – Pierre Dukan
- “My best nutrition tip is to eat things you like that are low in calories and fat. Some of my favorites are chicken, rice, assorted veggies, egg white omelets, turkey sandwiches, and protein shakes.” – Nate Holland
- “The sweetest thing we ever had was, like, animal crackers in the pantry. I think my parents sort of passively made sure that we didn’t have a lot of junk food at our disposal, and I think that helped me and all my siblings growing up with how to approach nutrition and eating right.” – Andrew Luck
- “I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.” – Daniel Boulud
- “Nutrition doesn’t have to be complicated. It goes back to the lessons you learned as a kid. Start with a real breakfast; don’t ever skip that. If you’re waking up early for a run, make sure you drink at least a glass of water and put something healthy into your stomach before you go out the door.” – Summer Sanders
- “It’s all about how you treat your body. It’s proper rest and proper nutrition.” – Tony Gonzalez
- “I had quite a chaotic home life, it wasn’t stable, my diet wasn’t great. I was never an overweight child, but I had behavioral issues. I think that was linked to my upbringing and not having a great start with my nutrition.” – Joe Wicks
- “It’s important to get maximum nutrition in the mornings – that’s very important. I eat healthy, nutritive stuff that is full of fiber and which fills me up.” – Lara Dutta
- “Nutrition is very important to me for both my own health and wellness, but also for my children.” – Christina Anstead
- “Food is more than a commodity. It’s also a community. What you eat literally becomes you. Every bit connects you to the whole world.” Ocean Robbins, CEO, Food Revolution Network
- “I have learned a valuable lesson from my own mother: Good nutrition starts in the home. In my home, it takes some negotiating: eat a vegetable and you may get a special treat. It seems to work for my five children.” – Mercedes Schlapp
- “Children, who receive the right nutrition early on in life, learn much more effectively when they start school. This in turn has a huge knock-on effect on their ability to thrive in the workplace as an adult.” – Penny Mordaunt
- “Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.” –Hippocrates, Ancient Greek Physician
- “People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” –Wendell Berry, Novelist and Activist
- “Want to be healthy? Cook. the food industry has done a great job of convincing eaters that corporations can cook better than we can. The problem is, it’s not true.” –Michael Pollan, Author and Activist
- “Would we like to see our children lead long and healthy lives? If so, we should support the maintenance of the child nutrition bill, and strive to give our children the most nutritious food that America has to offer.” – Margaret Cuomo
- “I know all about nutrition and how you can change your body if you want to.” – Chloe Madeley
- “Definitely, I am a firm believer that we are what we eat and proper nutrition improves our skin, nail, hair, and energy levels.” – Hilaria Baldwin
- “Nutrition is a big part of my life and it always has been.” – J. J. Redick
- “Good nutrition must be at the core of all that you do training and health wise.” – James Haskell
- “I feel the times I’ve missed weight, it’s been an immaturity thing and not knowing or understanding the right way to handle my nutrition.” – Kelvin Gastelum
- “It’s tempting to make nutrition feel restrictive. But rather than count calories or macros in a meal, I simply avoid most processed foods and focus on the distance between its origin and my plate. If the distance is short, I’m OK with eating it.” – Laird Hamilton
- “There hasn’t been one diet in the history of diets that has worked on a large scale. That’s because good nutrition has to be part of a whole lifestyle shift.” – Laird Hamilton
- “I learned how to cook, began reading books on food. I began to understand about nutrition. It never had occurred to me that what you ate could affect how you felt. It could affect your health.” – John Mackey
- “I make a fair amount of my food choices for environmental-type reasons than nutrition or taste. I’m trying to minimize impact, which is something most people don’t necessarily think about when they’re shopping.” – Alex Honnold
- “I think a lot of wrestling revolves around the bodybuilding-type perspective on nutrition, whereas I have a different approach; I’m way more focused on longevity and making sure I get those micronutrients in and eating a bunch of organic good as often as I can.” – Pete Dunne
- “The consequences of poor nutrition and a lack of exercise are serious.” – Amy Klobuchar
- “There is one thing on which most athletes and experts seem to agree. If you want to be an elite athlete, good nutrition at a young age is an important place to start.” – Chuck Norris
- “I want to work on changing the way this country views exercise and nutrition.” – Marc Veasey
- “Good nutrition and regular exercise definitely help you cope with life’s dramas.” – Terri Irwin
- “Studies on cherries, raspberries, and strawberries suggest that most of their nutrition is retained when they’re frozen, so it’s a good idea to keep some in the freezer.” – Michael Greger
- “People don’t become obese overnight. Allowing our children to have treats in moderation – as in trick-or-treating – is one thing, but good nutrition involves discipline that must be learned and practiced on a daily basis.” – Amy Klobuchar
- “Diets don’t come into it. You need variety and to have a good source of greens, protein, and nutrition. It is about health rather than looking right.” – Darcey Bussell
- “For exercising, you need to maintain your nutrition and proteins, and I’ll usually eat some chicken breast, a lot of greens, maybe some milk, and some fruits. Then I just thought to myself, Why don’t I put everything in the blender? Because when you eat it, it goes into your stomach and it’s going to be the same anyways.” – Jackson Wang
- “I wish more people understood about nutrition and eating foods that are good for you instead of focusing on diets. Because the better you eat, the better you can do anything.” – Marlon Vera
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