American Quote by Joel Fuhrman

The abundance of cheap food with low nutritional value in the Western diet has wreaked havoc on our health; in America, one third of…

— Ellen Gustafson

in America, far too large a portion of the diet consists of animal food. As a nation, the Americans are proverbial for the gross…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

I really do believe that America has this weight problem - obesity issues - and we have all these diseases that we get -…

— John Mackey

In fact, the number one reason for obesity in North America is simple: over consumption. And we over consume because we're hungry.

— Brendan Brazier

Since the foods Americans consume are so calorie-rich, we have all been trying to diet by eating smaller portions of low-nutrient foods. We not…

— Joel Fuhrman

Paradoxically Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and…

— Mark Hyman

Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well.

— Andrew Weil

The American diet causes disease. It is composed of 25 percent animal products and 62 percent processed foods and only 5 percent of calories…

— Joel Fuhrman

“The high level of meat and saturated fat consumption in the USA and other high-income countries exceeds nutritional needs and contributes to high rates…

— Polly Walker

Americans have more food to eat than any other people and more diets to keep them from eating it

— Yogi Berra

America isn't as lucky as you guys (Europeans), who for the most part have this quality of food that keeps you slim. We're over-eaters…

— John Travolta

“Giving up animal fats has also meant shifting over to vegetable oils, and over the past century the share of these oils has grown…

— Nina Teicholz