Joel Fuhrman

“Cutting back on calories is not the answer to successful weight loss and successful health... you have to increase the quality of what you eat, not just reduce the quantity.”

“Three of the most beneficial, longevity promoting anti-cancer foods are green vegetables, beans, and onions.”

“The right raw materials can... double or triple the protective power of the immune system.”

“Girls of 7, 8 or 9 years old are not emotionally or psychologically equipped to handle puberty.”

“The problem with the standard American diet, a primary cause of our current obesity epidemic, is the fact that the majority of foods consumed are high in calories and low in micronutrients.”

“There is simply not enough money available to support a system in which the lion's share of expenditures is devoted to acute care, with virtually nothing being spent on preventive medicine, i.e. health care.”

“If you eat the standard Western diet that most people eat in the modern world, it's quite likely you will develop heart disease.”

“The human body is a miraculous self-healing machine, but those self-repair systems require a nutrient-dense diet.”

“Meeting the body's micronutrient needs helps to suppress food cravings, and high-nutrient foods do not produce dangerous, addictive craving.”

“Certainly adding fats in the form of oils is fattening and unhealthy, but naturally fat-rich foods like nuts and seeds have profound cardiovascular benefits.”

“The vast preponderance of evidence in modern epidemiology shows that those who eat more whole plant foods and fewer animal products and processed foods have lower rates of chronic disease and longer lifespans.”

“What are the physical sensations you associate with hunger? For most people, these sensations include stomach grumbling, headaches, light-headedness, irritability, fatigue and inability to focus.”

“I have serious concerns about the potential risks of taking lots of fish oil capsules. So much fish oil can have paradoxical effects, reducing immune function in later life.”

“Excess body fat alters the levels of the hormones insulin, leptin, and estrogen, and these factors are believed to be responsible for the acceleration of pubertal timing by obesity.”

“If we get kids eating right, we could decrease cancer rates by 90 percent.”

“The diet, to be healthy, has to be mostly fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds.”

“The key to excellent health and longevity is to eat a high ratio of micronutrients to macronutrients.”

“What you eat matters. It influences the quality of your life.”

“The modern diet is grossly deficient in hundreds of important plant-derived immunity-building compounds which makes us highly vulnerable to viruses, infections and disease.”