Quote by Deborah Kesten

People eating the western diet of heavily processed food, of lots of meat and added sugar and added fat, and very little whole grains…

— Michael Pollan

“The three irrefutable facts about health and foods are these: Vegetables, beans, seeds, fruits, and nuts are good for you. Excessive amounts of meat…

— Joel Fuhrman

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

— John Chatham

When it comes to wheat, my main goal is to inform people, including farmers, that the prevailing notion that cutting fat and eating whole…

— William Davis

“And just as agriculture has displaced species-dense communities with its monocrops, its diet has displaced the nutrient-dense foods that humans need, replacing them with…

— Lierre Keith

“Bulgur, kamut, barley, triticale, and rye share genetic heritage with wheat and therefore have at least some of the potential effects of wheat and…

— William Davis

“The profound and primal cause of obesity will one day be recognized to be the use of cereal and starch foods.”

— Emmet Densmore

“The pandemic of chronic disease has been ascribed in part to the near-universal shift toward a diet dominated by animal-sourced and processed foods—in other…

— Michael Greger

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

— Melissa Hartwig

“The consequences for public health have been nothing short of tragic, Teicholz said. It’s quite likely, she argued, that by shifting towards a greater…

— Tim Noakes

Processed foods cause inflammation, a source of most chronic illnesses as well as stress.

— Kris Carr

“Whole-grain products have a profound impact on blood glucose: for example, two slices of multigrain bread increase blood glucose as much as six spoonfuls…

— Sarah Ballantyne