Carbohydrates Quotes

• The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Motivational, Work, Creativity

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.39, Random House

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• It is more important to eat some carbohydrates at breakfast, because the brain needs fuel right away, and carbohydrate is the best source.

  Andrew Weil

  Brain, Important, Needs

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• The lack of carbohydrates can make you a little crazy.

  Tom Hardy

  Crazy, Littles

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• I don't combine proteins and carbohydrates.

  Ruby Wax

  Protein

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• Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates - the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day - our demand for these things, not our need, our want - drives us to consume way more calories than are good for us.

  Mark Bittman

  Way, Coke, Meat

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• I started reading and talking and interviewing nutritionists and a thread was starting to form for me which is - a protein digests in a different rate of speed than a carbohydrate.

  Suzanne Somers

  Reading, Talking, Starting Over

  "A Conversation with Suzanne Somers". Interview with Cheri Sicard, fabulousfoods.com. August 6, 2007.

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• A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease.

  Robert Atkins

  Heart, Risk, Disease

  "Atkins diet author home after cardiac arrest". www.cnn.com. April 25, 2002.

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• The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I've been making it right for myself.

  Ina Garten

  Mother, Dirty, Home

  "Celebrity Chefs' Christmas Treats & Traditions". Interview with Andrew Eccles, www.goodhousekeeping.com. November 8, 2010.

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• I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy.

  Deborah Bull

  People, Dancer, Energy

  "Nutrition" by Kate Smith, www.ascendingstardance.com.

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• The whole nature of man presupposes woman, both physically and spiritually. His system is tuned into woman from the start, just as it is prepared for a quite definite world where there is water, light, air, salt, carbohydrates etc.

  Carl Jung

  Men, Light, Air

  Carl Gustav Jung, Richard Francis Carrington Hull (1992). “Two Essays on Analytical Psychology”, p.190, Psychology Press

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• I like meat and carbohydrates.

  Gabrielle

  Meat

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• I eat 230 grams of protein daily, 308 grams of carbohydrates, maybe 70 grams of fat. I can have one cheat meal a week but it can't be that I eat until I'm stuffed; I eat until I'm satisfied.

  Tyson Gay

  Meals, Cheat, Week

  "Tyson Gay" by Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

  Andrew Weil

  Weight, Well Being, Wells

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• I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.

  Christina Ricci

  Attention, Pay

  "Hidden Depths". Interview with Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2004.

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• There's no such thing as a bad carbohydrate.

  Don Kardong

  Running, Distance Runner

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• The simplest way to look at all these associations, between obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, and Alzheimer's (not to mention the other the conditions that also associate with obesity and diabetes, such as gout, asthma, and fatty liver disease), is that what makes us fat - the quality and quantity of carbohydrates we consume - also makes us sick.

  Gary Taubes

  Cancer, Heart, Alzheimer's

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• Everything we eat begins with a plant turning solar energy into carbohydrates. Everything. Whether we're eating meat or eating vegetables, it all begins there. So I'm always interested in taking things back to the beginning.

  Michael Pollan

  Vegetables, Energy, Meat

  "Michael Pollan: The Omnivore’s Dilemma". Interview with Anne E. McBride, leitesculinaria.com. March 20, 2007.

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• The simple answer as to why we get fat is that carbohydrates make us so; protein and fat do not

  Gary Taubes

  Simple, Answers, Protein

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• The brain's preferred source of fuel is glucose/carbohydrates. And when you go on a low-carb/high-protein diet, your brain is using low-octane fuel. You'll be a little groggy, a little grumpy.

  Jack LaLanne

  Brain, Glucose, Goes On

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

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• Carbohydrate is the bad guy. You have to see that.

  Robert Atkins

  Guy, Bad Guys

  "Robert Atkins" by William Leith, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2003.

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• Here are some questions I am constantly noodling over: Do you splurge or do you hoard? Do you live every day as if it's your last, or do you save your money on the chance you'll live twenty more years? Is life too short, or is it going to be too long? Do you work as hard as you can, or do you slow down to smell the roses? And where do carbohydrates fit into all this? Are we really all going to spend our last years avoiding bread, especially now that bread in American is so unbelievable delicious? And what about chocolate?

  Nora Ephron

  Years, Smell, Long

  "No one has suffered like Nora Ephron -- well, except for me" by Ms. Gonick, www.sfgate.com. September 16, 2006.

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• Carbohydrates, and especially refined ones like sugar, make you produce lots of extra insulin. I've been keeping my intake really low ever since I discovered this. I've cut out all starch such as potatoes, noodles, rice, bread and pasta.

  Cynthia Kenyon

  Cutting, Pasta, Sugar

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• I was gaining weight very rapidly and read about the idea of restricting carbohydrates as an alternative to going hungry. I had a big appetite, so that was the only thing I would even consider.

  Robert Atkins

  Ideas, Alternatives, Weight

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• Researchers have known for some time now that the cornerstone of all degenerative conditions, including brain disorders, is inflammation. But what they didn’t have documented until now are the instigators of that inflammation—the first missteps that prompt this deadly reaction. And what they are finding is that gluten, and a high-carbohydrate diet for that matter, are among the most prominent stimulators of inflammatory pathways that reach the brain.

  David Perlmutter

  Brain, Gluten, Matter

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• I've been to therapists my whole life. I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am. Any obsession is dangerous. And a whole country that's obsessed with one thing, unless it's, like, jeans, it's very dangerous. Everyone's obsessed right now with carbohydrates in this country. It's ridiculous.

  Christina Ricci

  Country, Jeans, Attention

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