Thursday, January 01, 2009

Quotes about healthy eating

"I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand."
- Benjamin Franklin

"The King who cannot rule his diet, will hardly rule his realm in peace and quiet."
- Passage from the "Rule of Health of Salerno", author unknown

"We never repent of having eaten too little."
- Thomas Jefferson

"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art."
- La Rochefoucauld

"He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skill of the physician."
- Chinese Proverb

"The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine."

Healthy eating

Quotes By Hippocrates

  1. Your food shall be your medicine.
  2. Walking is  man's best medicine.
  3. Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. 
  4. Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
  5. To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
  6. Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
  7. It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.
  8. Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.