“I think cooking is really key because it’s the only way you’re going to take back control of your diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. The fact is, so far, corporations don’t cook that well. They tend to use too much salt, fat, and sugar – much more than you would ever use at home.”
"We learn from other people’s cooking, then we start making our own."
- Michael Pollan
Learning
"The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture."
- Michael Pollan
Connection to Earth
"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
Health
"Came from a plant, eat it; was made in a plant, don't."
- Michael Pollan
Health
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
- Michael Pollan
Health
"Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together."
- Diane McLaren
Health
"Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart."
- Gene Tunney
Health
"Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out."
- Jack LaLanne
Health
"Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you’ve got a kingdom."
- Jack LaLanne
Health
"To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise."
- Gene Tunney
Health