Veggie Quotes
Vegetable-made bones
One farmer says to me, ‘You cannot live on vegetable food solely, for it furnishes nothing to make the bones with;’ and so he religiously devotes a part of his day to supplying himself with the raw material of bones; walking all the while he talks behind his oxen, which, with vegetable-made bones
No Genetic Tampering
Even minor tampering with nature is apt to bring serious consequences, as did the introduction of a single chemical (DDT). Genetic engineering is tampering on a monumental scale, and nature will surely exact a heavy toll for this trespass.
The optimum amount of red meat you eat should be zero
If you step back and look at the data, the optimum amount of red meat you eat should be zero.
Respect and Love for Life
Part of my reason for being vegetarian was because it practices respect and love for life all through the day, so three times a day, you make a decision to eat things that have not been killed.
Vegetarians have the best diet
Vegetarians have the best diet. They have the lowest rates of coronary disease of any group in the country.... Some people scoff at vegetarians, but they have a fraction of our heart attack rate and they have only 40 percent of our cancer rate. They outlive other men by about six years now.
Meatless Meals
Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying.
Go Veggie
Raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined.
Optimizing Your Health
For me, it's about optimizing health. It's about lifestyle and longevity. Then you think about what vegetarian diets can do for the mass population, in terms of lower consumption of resources. When you look at the numbers, it's pretty staggering.
Reduced Risk Factors
Using a balanced, plant-based diet, I have dramatically reduced risk factors for heart disease in countless patients.
Animal protein is one of the most toxic nutrients of all
In the next ten years, one of the things you're bound to hear is that animal protein is one of the most toxic nutrients of all that can be considered. Quite simply, the more you substitute plant foods for animal foods, the healthier you are likely to be.