--- title: "10 Human Diet Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Human Diet quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Human Diet sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/liz-wolfe-30644_history_paleo-is-not-a-diet-it-s-not-a-fad-it-s_881600.jpg" --- > [“Paleo is not a diet. It’s not a fad. It’s not a rigid set of rules to follow. It’s not a sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-wolfe/paleo-is-not-a-diet-it-s-not-a-fad-it-s-not-a-rigid-set-of-rules-to/) [Liz Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/liz-wolfe-30644_history_paleo-is-not-a-diet-it-s-not-a-fad-it-s_881600.jpg) > [I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/i-do-not-see-any-reason-why-animals-should-be-slaughtered-to-serve-as/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/dalai-lama-89_animal_i-do-not-see-any-reason-why-animals-shou_447883.jpg) > [The human diet consists of just nine plants: corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye and oats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/the-human-diet-consists-of-just-nine-plants-corn-rice-wheat-potatoes/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/bill-bryson-340_barley_the-human-diet-consists-of-just-nine-pla_975704.png) > [The human diet, for millions of years, did not contain any added salt - only the sodium present in natural foods, adding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-fuhrman/the-human-diet-for-millions-of-years-did-not-contain-any-added-salt/) [Joel Fuhrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-fuhrman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/joel-fuhrman-1525_about_the-human-diet-for-millions-of-years-did_290292.png) > [One way to identify the optimal human diet, pretty obvious to all but fundamentalist reductionists, is to survey and compare populations as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-colin-campbell/one-way-to-identify-the-optimal-human-diet-pretty-obvious-to-all-but/) [T. Colin Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-colin-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/t-colin-campbell-5387_compare_one-way-to-identify-the-optimal-human-di_2181523.png) > [“In New Mexico in 2012, a human 5:2 Diet study took place and after just 8 weeks on the 5:2 Diet, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-daniels/in-new-mexico-in-2012-a-human-5-2-diet-study-took-place-and-after/) [Sharon Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-daniels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/sharon-daniels-70503_diet_in-new-mexico-in-2012-a-human-5-2-diet-s_2770700.jpg) > [The ideal human diet looks like this: Consume plant-based foods in forms as close to their natural state as possible (“whole” foods).…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-colin-campbell/the-ideal-human-diet-looks-like-this-consume-plant-based-foods-in/) [T. Colin Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-colin-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/t-colin-campbell-5387_aim_the-ideal-human-diet-looks-like-this-con_749955.png) > [“the introduction of cereal and grains into the human diet was associated with a dramatic reduction in human height and the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-noakes/the-introduction-of-cereal-and-grains-into-the-human-diet-was/) [Tim Noakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-noakes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/tim-noakes-12730_food_the-introduction-of-cereal-and-grains-in_532094.jpg) > [I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/i-do-not-see-any-reason-why-animals-should-be-slaughtered-to-serve-as-2/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e4/dalai-lama-89_adventure_i-do-not-see-any-reason-why-animals-shou_554829.jpg) > [“All of our uncertainties about nutrition should not obscure the plain fact that the chronic diseases that now kill most of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/all-of-our-uncertainties-about-nutrition-should-not-obscure-the-plain/) [Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/michael-pollan-408_food_all-of-our-uncertainties-about-nutrition_228501.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-diet/#itemlist", "name": "Human Diet Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Paleo is not a diet. 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It is diets high in cereals and grains and low in fat-soluble vitamins, especially Vitamin D, which cause osteoporosis”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Noakes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-noakes/the-introduction-of-cereal-and-grains-into-the-human-diet-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/tim-noakes-12730_food_the-introduction-of-cereal-and-grains-in_532094.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/tim-noakes-12730_food_the-introduction-of-cereal-and-grains-in_532094.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/tim-noakes-12730_food_the-introduction-of-cereal-and-grains-in_532094.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the introduction of cereal and grains into the human diet was associated with a dramatic reduction in human…” — Tim Noakes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat. It is only some carnivorous animals that have to subsist on flesh. Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventures, and for hides and furs is a phenomenon which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging in such acts of brutality . . . Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. 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