Grains Quotes

My daughter is intolerant of some grains...like mother like daughter.

— Anonymous

“Forget not the Sacred Sands... The grains that pass through Time’s ancient hands!”

— Nishi Singh

“Grains: Barley, corn, durum, fonio, Job’s tears, kamut, millet, oats, rice, rye,”

— Sarah Ballantyne

There's no guilt in eating fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains.

— Jane Velez-Mitchell

“Grains are NOT healthy! Be they whole or half a grain.”

— Robb Wolf

It may seem draconian, but the best recommendation I can make is to completely avoid grains.

— David Perlmutter

“I do not know myself sometimes, or how to measure and name and count out the grains that make me what I…

— Virginia Woolf

I have frequently pointed out that the future belongs to nations with grains and not guns.

— M. S. Swaminathan

“which turn into grains. After harvest time, these grains are removed from the stalks by threshing them. They are then hulled in…

— N.T. Alcuaz

Though not a true cereal but a fruit, buckwheat seeds resemble cereal grains and are often used in a similar way to…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Most grain foods, whether we're talking about quinoa, amaranth, the very popular grains of the day - the reality is they still…

— David Perlmutter

I am a huge fan of quinoa, not only for its health benefits but because it tastes the best out of all…

— Hannah Teter

People need to eat whole food plant foods, primarily... whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. That diet supports our lives. We…

— John Mackey

“eating lots of processed grains has contributed to a host of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, and gluten sensitivity.”

— Deborah Kesten

If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot…

— Nellie McKay

“Grains are a starvation food – they provide cheap calories without the vital nutrients of meats, fruits, and vegetables.”

— Abel James

“Indeed, grains—especially wheat and corn—are in salad dressings, seasoning mixes, licorice, frozen dinners, breakfast cereals, canned soups, dried soup mixes, rotisserie chickens,…

— William Davis

In the past, mushrooms were maligned as nutritionally poor. Since they are about 80 to 90 percent water when fresh, their net…

— Paul Stamets

“They are complex carbohydrates; fiber is the indigestible part of plant foods. Most grains are similar, being made up of endosperm, the…

— Ruby Parker Puckett

Make sure that when you look at your plate, it's a beautiful blank canvas to start with, and you want lots of…

— Summer Sanders

Whole foods like grains and beans release their sugar very, very slowly because of the fiber in them, and they don't give…

— Kathy Freston

“One final note: soaking whole grains, such as brown rice, buckwheat, and quinoa, for a day before cooking them increases their nutritional…

— Joel Fuhrman

Instead of trying crazy diets now, I just live by a few easy rules: I try to stay away from white flour…

— Jenna Ushkowitz

“Grains Grains, including all breads, pasta, rice, oats and barley, are agricultural products; you are embarking on a pre-agricultural diet. Later this…

— John Chatham

“Sourdough isn't only for bread. Any grain-based baked good- from crackers to waffles, from muffins to pasta, can be made with a…

— Christa Parrish

“Beans, peas, corn, wild rice, barley, steel-cut oats, oatmeal, tomatoes, squashes, berries, and fresh fruits are examples of the most favorable carbohydrates…

— Joel Fuhrman

“The popular media and conventional wisdom, including the medical profession's traditional approach to nutrition, have created and continue to perpetuate this problem…

— Ron Hoggan

“ The moment I put it in my mouth and bit down... ... an exquisite and entirely unexpected flavor exploded in my…

— Yuto Tsukuda

Give up grains and fried restaurant foods. Doing that pretty much gets you most of the way there.

— Mark Sisson

Grains are essentially sugar with enough opioids to make them addictive.

— Lierre Keith

“Wheat, soy, grains and beans contain anti-nutrients that are impossible for our bodies to digest.”

— James Adler

“consumption of grains is probably responsible for most, if not all, of the noncommunicable diseases we face as a civilization today, we”

— Sarah Ballantyne

My mother's family raised grains and crops. My father's grew sugarcane and mangos. So I knew more about the basics of farming…

— Margot Robbie

In Kenya, where there isn't the luxury of feeding grains to animals, livestock yield more calories than they consume because they are…

— Tristram Stuart

I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

“Oatmeal, for instance, whether “stone-ground,” Irish, or slow-cooked, will cause blood sugar to skyrocket. No diet should be dominated by any of…

— William Davis

We need to take vegetables out of the role of side dish, even in low-fat, vegetarian diets, whose calories are generally derived…

— Joel Fuhrman

“Intact grains include wild and black rice, steel-cut oats, bulgur wheat, wheat berries, and hulled barley (also known as barley groats, scotch…

— Joel Fuhrman

The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It…

— Mencius

There is not a single health-promoting substance present in grains that you can’t also get from vegetables and fruit.

— Melissa Hartwig