238 private quotes tagged diet

“I was starting to become impotent through this diet and couldn't perform. How many people who are taking the little blue pill, if they started to change what they are eating most of the time, could change the way their sex life is?” — Morgan Spurlock

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“Getting as much sleep as possible and following a healthy diet will stop you from feeling run-down if, like me, you're super-stressed.” — Elizabeth Hurley

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“Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best.” — Robertson Davies

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“But I can only take so much TV, because there is so much advice. I find people will preach about virtually anything - your diet, how to live your life, how to improve your golf. The lot. I have always had a thing against the Mister Know-It-Alls.” — Bill Murray

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“The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet.” — Virginia Foxx

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“I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.” — Ben Harper

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“In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year.” — Arabella Weir

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“Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth.” — Arabella Weir

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“I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say.” — Britt Ekland

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“My mom was always really healthy and cautious about her diet, so I'm not a big sugar guy.” — Paul Walker

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“Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.” — Jack Black

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“Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea on a basic diet - tomatoes, chillis, peppers of every size and rice, which is a Mexican staple. The Pacific coast has a huge array of seafood.” — Gael Garcia Bernal

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“I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition.” — Eric Stoltz

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“I'm an emotional eater. When I get upset, my diet goes out the window.” — Kelly Osbourne

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“I like starting off the new year fresh. I'm excited to see how 2013 turns out. Maybe because I'm an actress and I am always on a diet and fitness program, but my New Year's resolution is to let myself be nice to myself about my body.” — Busy Philipps

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“I like food too much to go on some crazy diet. French fries are my favorite downfall.” — Holly Madison

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“Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and that a vegetarian diet reduces our risk of heart disease by 40 percent and adds seven or more years to our lifespan.” — Ingrid Newkirk

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“Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation.” — Ingrid Newkirk

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“Look at the average American diet: ice cream, butter, cheese, whole milk, all this fat. People don't realize how much of this stuff you get by the end of the day. High blood pressure is from all this high-fat eating.” — Jack LaLanne

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“I won't sit here and say I've never had a pimple, but I try to have a really great diet, you know, lots of vegetables and fish. And I think stress plays a huge part too.” — Janelle Monae

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“And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.” — Justin Cronin

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“I don't have a problem with my body. I don't diet, and I'm not hiding anything. I'm not going to be the subject of a movie of the week 10 years from now.” — Lara Flynn Boyle

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“You can't exercise your way out of a bad diet.” — Mark Hyman

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“The very fact that we are having a national conversation about what we should eat, that we are struggling with the question about what the best diet is, is symptomatic of how far we have strayed from the natural conditions that gave rise to our species, from the simple act of eating real, whole, fresh food.” — Mark Hyman

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“Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long-term complications.” — Mark Hyman

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