Food Quote by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“Conception is not some genteel, quiet pastime; it’s a fierce and unforgiving team sport.”

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“In a world where no creatures are truly isolated and diseases spread around as fast as jets can fly, we are all canaries and…

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“Preventive medicine isn’t just for people. Keeping animals healthy ultimately helps keep humans healthy.”

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“Grooming actually alters the neurochemistry of our brains. It releases opiates into our bloodstreams. It decreases our blood pressure. It slows our breathing. Grooming…

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“Modern parents can take comfort from the fact that most of our teenagers come through adolescence, too—perhaps a little bruised, maybe a little humiliated,…

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“Our essential connection with animals is ancient, and it runs deep. It extends from body to behavior, from psychology to society—forming the basis of…

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“One thing is clear: cancer is not unique to humans. And neither is it a product of our modern times.”

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“Deep inside every animal colon, ours included, thrives an entire cosmos of creatures more strange and wondrous than any dreamed up in a Hollywood…

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“Of course, all animals have different things to learn while traversing the arc that takes them from sexually immature, vulnerable child to reproductively capable,…

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“When Richard Jackson calls obesity a “disease of the environment,” the setting he’s taking issue with is the one we’ve built with human ingenuity.…

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“The mature Charley—Charles Darwin—even later forgave his father’s tough parenting, saying, “My father, who was the kindest man I ever knew and whose memory…

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

“Circadian rhythms, together with the diurnal rhythms of Earth’s yearly trek around the sun, influence hunger, appetite, ingestion, and even digestion.”

— Barbara Natterson-Horowitz