Nutrition is the study of nutrients in food, how the body uses them, and the relationship between diet, health, and disease. Nutritionists use ideas from molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics to understand how nutrients affect the human body. Inspirational nutrition quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. – Hippocrates
The first wealth is health. – Emerson
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein
Food is an important part of a balanced diet. – Fran Lebowitz
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 school lunch right now – are getting sugar, fat and empty calories – but no nutrition. – Tom Colicchio
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food. – Hippocrates
The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison. – Ann Wigmore
Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are our gardeners. – William Shakespeare
Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. – Hippocrates
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day-in and day-out. – Robert Collier
By choosing healthy over skinny, you are choosing self-love over self-judgement. – Steve Maraboli
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything. – Arabian Proverb
Diet is the essential key to all successful healing. – Joseph Raynauld Raymond
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
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
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are. – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Don’t eat anything your great-great grandfather wouldn’t recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn’t recognize as food (Go-Gurt? Breakfast-cereal bars? Non-dairy creamer? Stay away from these. – Michael Pollan
Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. – Jim Rohn
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. – Margaret Thatcher
Man is What He Eats – Lucretius
Our bodies are our gardens; our wills are our gardeners. – William Shakespeare
Eating smart will not only make you smart, it’s the smart thing to do. You will be at a much lower risk of needing to rely on doctors and medicines to maintain your health. – Unknown
Everyone needs positive reinforcement when they do something well. After hard workouts or long weeks, there is a huge temptation to reward yourself with food. Cheat meals are ok ever so often, but don’t fall into habit. Try rewarding yourself with fun activities. – Unknown
Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being. – Nhat Hanh
Life is a tragedy of nutrition. – Arnold Ehret
The doctors of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition. – Thomas Edison
Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward. – Victor Kiam
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu
Life is a tragedy of nutrition – Arnold Ehret
Nutrition is the only remedy that can bring full recovery and can be used with any treatment. Remember, food is our best medicine! – Bernard Jensen
The best and most efficient pharmacy is within your own system. – Robert C. Peale
Diet is just as important, if not more, then exercise. Don’t waste your time and sweat in the gym by not fueling your body with good food. It only makes sense. – Unknown
Life is more than just eating. Food is foolishly a popular past time, and one of the most common anti-depressants. Don’t fall into that sink hole. View food as a way to fuel your body so that you can feel good, look good, and live your life to the fullest. – Unknown
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 Honore
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not. – Mark Twain
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
Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one. – Astrid Alauda
One should eat to live, not live to eat. – Benjamin Franklin
Eating right is a lifestyle. With anything in life we hit bumps in the road. Especially in the beginning it may be tough to keep up, but NEVER give up. – Unknown
Eating right does wonders for your body. Some of the benefits include higher energy levels, leaner body composition, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and lower frequency of sickness. – Unknown
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
Even in this high-tech age, the low-tech plant continues to be the key to nutrition and health. – Jack Weatherford
Eating healthy nutritious food is the simple and the right solution to get rid of excess body
weight effortlessly and become slim and healthy forever. – Subodh Gupta
One should eat to live; not live to eat. – Socrates
The produce manager is more important to my children’s health than the pediatrician. – Meryl Streep
Discipline is far from easy but if you have a relentless attitude and master the power of will, you will see many rewards. Hold yourself accountable to the best of your ability and you will never have any regrets. – Unknown
Your body doesn’t have the ability to turn garbage into a high quality product. All of your cells, muscles, skin, bones, etc. are built by the food that you supply. Choose wisely. – Unknown
Good nutrition and vitamins do not directly cure disease; the body does. You provide the raw materials and the inborn wisdom of your body makes the repairs. – Andrew W. Saul
Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom. – Jack Lalanne
Those who think they have no time for healthy eating, will sooner or later have to find time for illness. – Edward Stanley
Today more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies, and lack of physical exercise. – Mike Adams
Every time you eat or drink, you are either feeding disease or fighting it. – Heather Morgan
You only get one body. Show yourself some respect. You and your body deserve the best so make it a priority to keep it clean. Eat unprocessed foods that are high in nutrition. If you treat your body right it will treat you right. In the long run your body will either be your best friend or your own worst enemy. It’s all up to you! – Unknown
You can count calories and keep journals all you want. Your body will show exactly how hard you work and how nutritiously you eat. You are a walking testament of your own diet. Keep a diet that you are proud of, so you can have a body that you are proud of. – Unknown
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
When in doubt, use nutrition first. – Roger Williams
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. – La Rochefoucald
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have the safest way to health. – Hippocrates
We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are. – Adelle Davis
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. – G. K. Chesterton
Today more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies, and lack of physical exercise. – Mike Adams
Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. – G.K. Chesterton
Processed foods not only extend the shelf life, but they extend the waistline as well. – Karen Sessions
Any food that requires enhancing by the use of chemical substances should in no way be considered a food. – John H. Tobe
People who love to eat are always the best people. – Julia Child
Exercise is king; nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom. – Jack LaLanne
Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork. – English Proverb
I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration. – Matt Cameron
Fake food-I mean those patented substances chemically flavored and mechanically bulked out to kill the appetite and deceive the gut-is unnatural, almost immoral, a bane to good eating and good cooking. – Julia Child
When you start eating foods without labels, you no longer need to count calories. – Amanda Kraft
If you keep on eating unhealthy food than 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
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. – Doug Larson –
These small things – nutrition, place, climate, recreation, the whole casuistry of selfishness – are inconceivably more important than everything one has taken to be important so far. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Life is not living, but living in health. – Martial
I’m a product of good nutrition, cutting edge supplementation and hard training, and I’m an old guy. – Warren Cuccurullo
If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food. – Errick McAdams
Health food makes me sick. – Calvin Trillin
Most people don’t have a problem going on a diet. They 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
When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less. – Richard Armour
You are what you eat. What would YOU like to be? – Julie Murphy
Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don’t eat. – Gloria Swanson
One man’s poison ivy is another man’s spinach. – George Ade
Exercise is king, nutrition is Queen, put them together and you’ve got a kingdom. – Unknown
Good food ends with good talk. – Jules Renard
Plain fare gives as much pleasure as a costly diet, while bread and water confer the highest possible pleasure when they are brought to hungry lips. – Epicurus
I don’t think I’ll ever grow old and say, ‘What was I thinking eating all those fruits and vegetables?’ – Nancy S. Mure
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
Old people shouldn’t eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get. – Robert Orben
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
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have the safest way to health. – Hippocrates
Managing perfect body weight is not a complicated rocket science. Our body is made up of food which we eat during our day to day life. If we are overweight or obese at the moment then one thing is certain that the food which we eat is unhealthy. – Subodh Gupta
I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it’s common sense. – Ellen Page
One cannot think well, love well, or sleep well, if one has not dined well. – Virginia Woolf
Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrition are set, and you’re working out, you’re going to feel good. – Jason Statham
The lack of access to proper nutrition is not only fueling obesity, it is leading to food insecurity and hunger among our children. – Tom Vilsack
By eating many fruits and vegetables in place of fast food and junk food, people could avoid obesity. – David H. Murdock
I believe in eating real food. – Martha Stewart
But eating carbohydrates is like eating hungry pills. – Dana Carpender
Nutrition is so important. It can’t be stressed enough. – Dwayne Johnson
Food is medicine, and the right kind of a relationship with food can make a positive impact on your health. – Hayley Hobson
Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments. – Bethenny Frankel
The first wealth is health. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high. – Anne M. Mulcahy
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
There is nothing unhealthy about educating youngsters about nutrition. – Pierre Dukan
The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you’re off it. – Jackie Gleason
I’m really into nutrition from the inside out. – Nicole Ari Parker
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it. – Josh Billings
If you eat a balanced diet you get all the vitamins and minerals you need and you don’t need any supplement and overdosing can actually be more harmful. – Subodh Gupta
Processed foods not only extend the shelf life, but they extend the waistline as well. – Karen Sessions
The healthy man is the thin man. But you don’t need to go hungry for it; remove the flours, starches and sugars; that’s all. – Samael Aun Weor
It breathes reassurance, it offers consolation; after a weary day it promotes sociability…There is nothing like a bowl of hot soup. – Louis Degouy
Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. – Sophia Loren
