Mike Anderson > Quotes

“If you compare what the government spends promoting whole plant foods versus what it spends promoting animal and refined foods, I doubt it would amount to a tenth of one percent. Compared to the billions of dollars spent subsidizing the meat, dairy, egg and sugar industries, for example, fruits and vegetables destined for human consumption receive zero subsidies. (Even feed crops destined for farm animal consumption receive subsidies, but those destined for human consumption do not. This, of course, is the result of meat and dairy industry lobbying.)”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Now, why would the U.S. Government – or anyone else for that matter – recommend anything greater than five percent? Unfortunately, any protein standard higher than five percent is due to money and lobbying, not science.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Instead of using one exam as the primary summative assessment, he told teachers to use multiple formative assessments along the way—assignments, discussions, observations, and conversations—to inform semester grades. Instead of focusing on getting a grade on a specific exam, he wants students to focus on doing interesting work and teachers to focus on providing meaningful feedback throughout the semester.”
― Mike Anderson, Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems

“To work off a Snickers candy bar, you’d have to spend 51 minutes jogging or two hours walking just to get back where you were before you had a few minutes of pleasure eating that candy bar.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Vegetable oils constitute a whopping 11 percent of the calories Americans consume.[112] Putting two tablespoons of oil in your salad has the fat equivalent of two scoops of ice cream. From a weight loss perspective, eliminating vegetable oils is a very easy – and healthy – way to cut calories. (See Rave Diet Guidelines – Cooking Without Oil.)”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“This is what RAVE stands for: No R efined foods No A nimal foods No V egetable oils No E xceptions & Exercise”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“When we say “21 days to a new you!” we’re not talking about losing 21 pounds in 21 days, but changing your tastes for food in just three weeks. That’s how long it takes most people to make a complete switch in their taste buds.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Today, only seven percent of our calories come from natural, whole plant foods, yet these were the foods where the bulk of our ancestors calories came from, in the form of whole grain breads, potatoes, brown rice, corn, oats, rye, barley meals, beans and other vegetables, fruits and whole grains.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Don’t worry about your total cholesterol getting too low. Despite what you may have heard, this has never happened to any human being. The typical rural Chinese peasant has total cholesterol levels around 80 – 90 and they would consider a total cholesterol level of 150 to be very high.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“The following should be goals to make sure you are heart-attack proof. And these are goals that should be met without any medication. Total Cholesterol: below 150 LDL: below 90 Triglycerides: below 150 Homocystein: below 10 Blood Pressure: 110/70 – 125/80 Weight: Ideal/Good”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Dr. Joel Fuhrman reports that over 90 percent of his patients who were on insulin at the time of their first visit, were taken completely off their medications within the first month!”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“There are people who have money, and there are people who are rich.” – Coco Chanel”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Genes load the gun. Lifestyle pulls the trigger.” - Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“On that basis alone, one has to conclude that exercise is the most important factor affecting bone density.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“A recent study showed that varying levels of calcium intake, ranging from 500 mg a day to 1800 mg a day, had absolutely no effect on bone strength. It was the exercise women got that was the key determinant in building strong bones.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Blood acid levels are measured on a pH scale from 1 to 14. Ideally, your blood should be slightly alkaline at 7.4. A soda, for example, has a pH of 2 and is highly acidic, whereas tap water has a pH of 8.4, which is very alkaline.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“5’ 5” 150-180 6’ 2” 194-233 5’ 6” 155-186 6’ 3” 200-240 Obese 4'10” 143+ 5’ 7” 191+ 4'11” 148+ 5’ 8” 197+ 5’ 0” 153+ 5’ 9” 203+ 5’ 1” 158+ 5’10” 209+ 5’ 2” 164+ 5’11” 215+ 5’ 3” 169+ 6’ 0” 221+ 5’ 4” 174+ 6' 1” 227+ 5’ 5” 180+ 6' 2” 233+ 5’ 6” 186+ 6' 3” 240+”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Although olive oil is healthier than butter or margarine, that's not saying much. It's probably the worst way to get heart-healthy fats because there's almost no nutritional bang for the calorie buck. In fact, olive and other oils are so nutritionally bankrupt that Joel Fuhrman, M.D., gives oils a score of 1 out of 100, just above refined sweets, which score a zero.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“Ideal 4'10” 91-105 5’ 7” 121-140 4'11” 94-109 5’ 8” 125-144 5’ 0” 97-112 5’ 9” 128-149 5’ 1” 100-116 5’10” 132-153 5’ 2” 104-120 5’11” 136-157 5’ 3” 107-124 6’ 0” 140-162 5’ 4” 110-128 6' 1” 144-166 5’ 5” 114-132 6' 2” 148-171 5’ 6” 118-136 6' 3” 152-176 Good 4'10” 105-119 5’ 7” 140-159 4'11” 109-124 5’ 8” 144-164 5’ 0” 112-128 5’ 9” 149-169 5’ 1” 116-132 5’10” 153-174 5’ 2” 120-136 5’11” 157-179 5’ 3” 124-141 6’ 0” 162-184 5’ 4” 128-145 6' 1” 166-189 5’ 5” 132-150 6' 2” 163-194 5’ 6” 136-155 6' 3” 176-200 Overweight 4'10” 119-143 5’ 7” 159-191 4'11” 124-148 5’ 8” 164-197 5’ 0” 128-153 5’ 9” 169-203 5’ 1” 132-158 5’10” 174-209 5’ 2” 136-164 5’11” 179-215 5’ 3” 141-169 6’ 0” 184-221 5’ 4” 145-174 6’ 1” 189-227”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle

“If you are trying to maintain a diet at 10 percent fat (which reverses heart disease), anything more than 1 gram of fat per 100 calories is higher than you want. If you are trying to prevent heart disease and do not have any risk factors, then 2 grams of fat per 100 calories is your maximum for a 20 percent fat diet.”
― Mike Anderson, The Rave Diet & Lifestyle