Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates - the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day - our demand for these things, not our need, our want - drives us to consume way more calories… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
I live full-time in the world of omnivores, and I've never wanted to leave. But the Standard American Diet (yes, it's SAD) got to… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
Junk food companies are acting very much like tobacco companies did 30 years ago. — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
“All across Italy, as Parasecoli tells me, food is used to identify who is Italian and who is not. But dig a little deeper… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
People need help to change the way they eat... this is what government is for in my opinion… We should make food an issue… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
If price spikes don't change eating habits, perhaps the combination of deforestation, pollution, climate change, starvation, heart disease and animal cruelty will gradually encourage… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
50-100 years from now we are all going to be eating a plant based diet. Whether that happens through a catastrophe or a peaceful… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
The truly healthy alternative to that chip is not a fake chip; it’s a carrot. — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them on the… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
If you embrace moderation, eat whole foods instead of junk, live within your physical, monetary, and environmental budget rather than constantly exceeding it, you… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
If you're a progressive, if you're driving a Prius, or you're shopping green or you're looking for organic, you should probably be a semi-vegetarian. — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
