176 Quotes by Michael Greger

We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it – because they do.

The most ethical diet just so happens to be the most environmentally sound diet and just so happens to be the healthiest.

The foods we choose make a difference.

Be a shining role model of the best qualities humane eating embodies: caring, compassion, and empathy.

I ask the internist why there aren’t more Ornish-like studies. ‘There aren’t any financial interests involved.’

Women with the highest saturated fat intake had a 60–70 percent greater chance of cognitive deterioration over time. Women with the lowest saturated fat intake had the brain function, on average, of women six years younger.

You know you’re grown up when summer is just a season.

Supplements don’t appear to work. Studies have repeatedly shown that antioxidant supplements have no beneficial effects on respiratory or allergic diseases, underscoring the importance of eating whole foods rather than trying to take isolated components or extracts in pill form.

The primary reason diseases tend to run in families may be that diets tend to run in families.