Mark Bittman Quotes

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• The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for…
• Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them on the throne.…
• This evidence is overwhelming at this point. You eat more plants, you eat less other stuff, you live longer.
• Vegan or not, gluten-free or not, Erin McKenna's donuts are the best I've had in 20 years, without exception.
• I'll never stop eating animals, I'm sure, but I do think that for the benefit of everyone, the time has come to stop raising them…
• The current health crisis, however, is a little more the work of the evil empire. We were told, we were assured, that the more meat…
• Junk food companies are acting very much like tobacco companies did 30 years ago.
• 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 me…
• We need to demonise soda, the way we've demonised cigarettes.
• We are already eating less animal foods since a few years ago, but we are still eating 8-9 billion animals per year.
• Your 'Pringle' contains 30% potato, that yoghurt has the same amount of sugar as ice cream, that whole grain cereal bar may be no better…
• 1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight.
• Meatless Mondays is a dead-simple strategy. Anyone can do it, and it doesn’t require major sacrifice. Even if you eat a typical American diet replete…
• I got into cooking out of self-defense.
• People need help to change the way they eat... this is what government is for in my opinion.... We should make food an issue for…
• The truly healthy alternative to that chip is not a fake chip; it’s a carrot.
• We need real farmers who grow real food, and the will to reform a broken food system. And for that, we need not only to…
• If you embrace moderation, eat whole foods instead of junk, live within your physical, monetary, and environmental budget rather than constantly exceeding it, you will…
• Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates - the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day - our demand for…
• Let me pose you a question. Can farm-raised salmon be organic when its feed has nothing to do with its natural diet, even if the…

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