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“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of "real food for real people" you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.”
― Neal Barnard

“You will find that your taste buds have a memory of about 3 weeks.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs

“The most powerful bond we know of is the bond between mother and child, and we break it in order to make "comfort foods" for ourselves" Michael Schwarz”
― Neal D. Barnard, The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy

“Americans now eat more than one million chickens per hour.”
― Neal D. Barnard, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health

“The word triglyceride is derived from the fact that when your body transports fat molecules from one place to another, it generally attaches three fat molecules to a glycerine molecule (hence, tri-glyceride) before sending them into the watery environment of the bloodstream.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs

“Exercise is beneficial, and I strongly recommend it. But a lack of exercise is not the primary reason for weight problems, and exercise can never take the place of a healthful diet.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

“Many people have grown up with the notion that cow’s milk is a healthful beverage for children (or adults). I would encourage you to set this idea aside.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health

“What I have found over and over is that, once we have made short-term changes, they tend to change our long-term habits.”
― Neal D. Barnard, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health

“Between 1909 and 2007, meat intake rose from 124 pounds to more than 200 pounds per person per year. That’s more than seventy-five pounds of extra meat for every person every year.”
― Neal D. Barnard, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health

“When you follow a vegan diet, there is much less need for surgeons to clean out your arteries or intestinal tract!”
― Neal D. Barnard, Vegan Starter Kit: Everything You Need to Know About Plant-Based Eating

“So, if people in Asia or Africa who eat lots of carbohydrates have very little diabetes, and if the disease becomes more and more common as carbohydrates are excluded from the diet, researchers have had to conclude that a high-carbohydrate diet is not the cause of the disease. In fact, the culprit seems to be lurking in our Western diets.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

“Here is the most important thing to understand about cravings: They are not caused by weak will or gluttony. Cravings are triggered by biological properties of the foods themselves. That is, certain foods have chemical makeups that cause us to crave them in very much the same way that drugs, alcohol, and tobacco have addictive components.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

“Let’s say we are making bread dough. We add a bit of yeast to the flour to make the bread rise. The yeast causes many tiny air pockets to form, which is what makes bread different from, say, a shingle. Now, as you eat the baked bread, your stomach acid and digestive enzymes enter those air pockets and rapidly break the molecules of flour into individual sugar molecules that then pass from your digestive tract into your bloodstream. Even whole wheat bread, with shreds of fiber remaining, is easy pickings for digestive enzymes—they have no difficulty entering the air pockets and digesting the starch in the bread. Pasta is different. It is not made with yeast, so it has no air pockets. If bread is like a pile of tiny twigs, ready to ignite with a single spark, pasta is like a cord of logs—it is much more compacted and “catches fire” more slowly. Even if you chew pasta thoroughly, there is no way it can digest as rapidly as bread—and that’s why it has a lower GI.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

“In 1979, researchers at the University of Kentucky studied 20 men with type 2 diabetes, all of whom had been taking an average of 26 units of insulin per day. The experimental diet included plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans, so it was high in fiber and carbohydrate. The diet was nearly vegetarian, with very little animal fat—in fact, very little fat of any kind. After just 16 days on the program, more than half of the men were able to stop taking insulin entirely, and their blood sugar levels were lower than before.4”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

“Milk, cheese, and ice cream once enjoyed a healthful reputation that few people questioned, but that has changed. It has become clear that these foods contribute not only fat but also cholesterol, animal protein, and, in the case of fat-free varieties, a big load of lactose sugar.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

“significa «medio lado de la cabeza»). El dolor, a veces, va precedido de un aura de luces destellantes, punto ciego u otros fenómenos sensoriales, como le pasó a Lauren con su visión reducida. Además de todo esto, te sientes mareado. Las luces y los sonidos molestan, lo que obliga a muchos que la padecen a tumbarse en una habitación a oscuras a esperar a que desaparezca. El diagnóstico suele ser rotundo. El médico se guía por los siguientes criterios, que fueron establecidos por la Sociedad Internacional para el Dolor de Cabeza: Cinco o más ataques (o solo dos, si van acompañados del aura). Duración de entre cuatro horas hasta tres días. Al menos dos de los siguientes síntomas: Solo de un lado. Pulsátil. De intensidad de moderada a aguda. Se agrava por la actividad rutinaria física o hace que se evite. Una a dos de las siguientes cosas: Náuseas o vómitos. Sensibilidad a la luz y al ruido.”
― Neal D. Barnard, La trampa del queso: Cómo vencer una desconocida adicción te ayudará a perder peso, ganar energía y mejorar la salud (Nutrición y dietética)

“There are really only two “rules”: 1. Build your meals from plant-based foods, especially vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes (beans, peas, and lentils). 2. Ensure complete nutrition with a supplement of vitamin B12”
― Neal D. Barnard, Vegan Starter Kit: Everything You Need to Know About Plant-Based Eating

“researchers found that whether omega-3 oils were consumed in fish or as supplements, they offered no significant protection against cardiovascular disease, cancer, or risk of death.2”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

“The first “rule” guides you to replace animal products with the four healthful food groups that are nutrition powerhouses: vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Vegan Starter Kit: Everything You Need to Know About Plant-Based Eating

“To state the obvious, a cow’s muscles were designed by nature to move the cow’s legs. A chicken’s muscles allow the bird to walk and fly (although current breeding and rearing practices are such that these obese birds do not get around very well). A fish’s muscles move the fish’s tail. A muscle is not designed to be a nutritional supplement. It is a biological ratchet system designed for pulling. For that purpose, it is beautifully designed. Strings of protein serve as the ratchet mechanism, with fat in between them. If meat were designed to provide good nutrition, it would have fiber to tame your appetite, complex carbohydrate for energy, and vitamin C to protect your body, among other vital nutrients. But meat has none of these things. It is mainly a mixture of fat and protein (along with the occasional parasite, perhaps). Meat’s fat packs in calories, and it adds to the fat that is collecting inside your cells—the intramyocellular lipid that slows down your metabolism, as we saw in chapter 3.”
― Neal D. Barnard, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health

“The road to diabetes is in fact a two-way street.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

“You've got to recognise the cause and remove it, but you don't have to understand it.”
― Neal D. Barnard, The Power of Your Plate: A Plan for Better Living Eating Well for Better Health-20Experts Tell You How!

“We do need some fat in the diet. But we need only a fraction of what most of us typically get. A small amount of fat is inherent in grains, legumes, and vegetables. This is all the body needs.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight: The Negative Calorie Effect

“But even meat-eaters can run low in vitamin B12, because they may not absorb it adequately. That is especially true if they are over fifty, do not produce enough stomach acid, or take acid-suppressing medications or metformin, a common diabetes drug. As a result, health authorities recommend that everyone over age fifty take a B12 supplement or use B12 -fortified foods. This is actually good advice for everyone, no matter what your age. And a B12 supplement is essential for anyone on a vegan diet.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health

“A vegan diet simply means there are no animal products on the menu—no meat, dairy, or eggs. “Vegetarian” means meatless, so a vegetarian meal might be vegan or might not, depending on whether it includes cheese or other dairy products. Some people use the term “plant-based,” which nowadays is synonymous with “vegan.” Some say “whole-foods plant-based,” meaning they not only are skipping animal products but are generally preferring whole grains and other intact foods over processed foods, such as sugar, flour, and the like.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Vegan Starter Kit: Everything You Need to Know About Plant-Based Eating

“For millions of years, humans and other primates have plucked fruits from trees and roots from the ground and have taken advantage of carbohydrate’s capacity to nourish us. What is remarkable is that these foods provide energy with relatively little tendency to cause overweight. In many Asian countries, for example, where rice is still the center of the diet and huge amounts of rice are consumed, people tend to remain slim.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight: The Negative Calorie Effect

“While many of us grew up being taught to make sure we got enough protein, the fact is we have gotten too much.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight: The Negative Calorie Effect

“About 60 percent of the calories in ground beef come from fat. This is a huge load of calories that do nothing good for the body and do a lot of harm, from promoting heart disease to increasing cancer risk, and, of course, fattening you up.”
― Neal D. Barnard, Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight: The Negative Calorie Effect

“L'industria della carne ha provocato, fra gli statunitensi, più morti di tutte le guerre di questo secolo. Se la carne è la vostra idea di "cibo vero per gente vera", farete meglio a vivere in un luogo veramente vicino a un ospedale veramente efficiente”
― Neal Barnard

“What about protein? Egg white is essentially solid animal protein. That is not an advantage; that is part of the problem. As I mentioned above, animal protein—including that from eggs—is hard on the kidneys and encourages calcium loss. Instead of building you up, it is gradually tearing you down. You are much better off getting protein from plant sources.”
― Neal D. Barnard, 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health