Carbs Quotes

• When in doubt, ingest carbs.

  Rachel Cohn

  Food, Doubt, Eating

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.28, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I am blessed with a good metabolism, and as long as I work out, carbs don't add to my weight. If I need a leaner, meaner look for a film, I go off carbs for a bit.

  Arjun Rampal

  Blessed, Work Out, Long

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• I don't do faddy diets any more. I once did a no-carbs diet a few years ago but it made me depressed. I couldn't be doing with that!

  Jennifer Ellison

  Years, Fad Diets, Made

  "Jennifer Ellison: My ex told me I was ugly and fat.. but look at me now! - Exclusive pictures". www.mirror.co.uk. February 7, 2009.

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• I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.

  Barry Bonds

  Sports, Ties, Max

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.

  Bobby Flay

  Moderation, Fast Food, Kicks

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• It starts with your diet and then to your exercise... you have to make the right decisions as a consumer and learn about carbs and proteins as well as watching your portion control, and from there you have to stay active as much as possible.

  Apolo Ohno

  Exercise, Decision, Protein

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• I eat egg whites a lot. Aside from that, I eat everything. I try to avoid too much oily food, but I do eat carbs. I have to have a balanced diet.

  Genelia D'Souza

  Eggs, Trying, Too Much

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• I love eating sushi and eating raw and clean - no pasta and bread. Low carbs is what works for me.

  Chrissy Teigen

  Pasta, Sushi, Bread

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• When I'm training for 'True Blood,' I don't eat any sugar except for some fruit here and there. So it's no sugar, no bread, no real carbs all day.

  Joe Manganiello

  Real, Blood, Training

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• If I'm playing in the morning, I'll get some carbs early: porridge with chopped banana. If I'm playing in the afternoon, I'll start with less carbs and have some eggs and fruit for breakfast, then a light lunch about 90 minutes before I play, so I don't feel sluggish or full.

  Rory McIlroy

  Morning, Light, Play

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• My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.

  Ted Allen

  Thanksgiving, Vegetables, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wasn't eating the right kinds of calories. I didn't know about healthy carbs such as brown rice and lentils. Now I eat small meals throughout the day: oatmeal with cinnamon to start, fruit and yogurt as a snack, and vegetables or with chicken or tuna, and a healthy carb, like a yam, for lunch.

  Alison Sweeney

  Vegetables, Snacks, Lunch

  "Alison Sweeney's Stay-Slim Secrets". Interview with Ashley Mateo, www.self.com. August 13, 2011.

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• I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated.

  Avril Lavigne

  Ice Cream, Junk, Sugar

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• I drink protein shakes nonstop - three or four a day - and I run a lot, so you get rid of the bad carbs and keep the rest so you have the energy to make it through.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Running, Energy, Three

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• I usually have my protein at lunch and my carbs at night - I don't mix protein and carbs.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Night, Lunch, Protein

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• I refrain from lots of things I love, like cheese and carbs. I eat plenty of greens every day, my favorite being watercress.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Things I Love, Cheese, My Favorite

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• I don't have anything to fix! I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't eat carbs. My life is just great now. Normal. Vanilla.

  Jason Bateman

  Vanilla, Normal, Life Is

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• When you are doing endurance swimming you just need to take in as many carbs as possible to put on as much weight as you can. Basically you can eat whatever you want, which can be quite fun. Everything is guilt-free.

  David Walliams

  Fun, Swimming, Guilt

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, 'Do you really want to eat those carbs?' It was like, 'Thanks a lot!'

  Ashley Tisdale

  Want, Dinner, Thanks

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• Carbs are devastating for the brain.

  David Perlmutter

  Brain

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• Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, 'Oh, I don't eat gluten. I don't eat cheese. I don't eat this. So I eat cardboard.'

  Olivia Wilde

  Art, People, Gluten

  "Olivia Wilde: Her Allure Photo Shoot" by David Denicolo, www.allure.com. September 16, 2013.

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• I try not to deprive myself of anything. I don't do the low-carb thing or anything like that.

  Alicia Sacramone

  Trying, Lows

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• Any kind of advice that I've been given to cut out carbs forever, don't do it. It just doesn't work. You do okay for a while and then you just overcarb.

  Erica Durance

  Cutting, Forever, Advice

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• The only secret to food combination is a balance of protein, carbs and fat - they all play a key role in our health.

  Jorge Cruise

  Keys, Play, Secret

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• Cutting carbs, fats, or calories (dieting) is like trying to hold your breath.  The longer you do it, the more your body resists it until you finally gasp for air – taking in more than ever to overcome the short-term deficit you induced.

  Matt Stone

  Cutting, Air, Trying

  Matt Stone (2014). “Diet Recovery: Restoring Hormonal Health, Metabolism, Mood and Your Relationship with Food”, p.19, Matt Stone

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