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“Even though our eating habits are now killing more Americans than our smoking habits,32 I often hear the refrain in public health circles that we have to work with, rather than against, these companies, because unlike with tobacco, we don’t have to smoke, but we do have to eat.33 Well, yes, we need to breathe—but we don’t need to breathe smoke. And yes, we need to eat, but we don’t need to eat junk.”
― Michael Greger, How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

“There’s a concept in psychology called “decision fatigue” that marketers use to exploit consumers. It appears humans have a limited capacity to make many decisions in one short stretch of time, and the quality of our decisions will deteriorate to the extent that we eventually begin making downright irrational choices. Ever wonder why supermarkets stack the junk food at the checkout counter? After wading through the forty thousand items in the average supermarket,46 we end up with less willpower to resist impulse purchases.”
― Michael Greger, How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

“In other words, it wasn’t the weight loss and it wasn’t the exercise that reversed cell aging—it was the food.”
― Michael Greger, How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

“Foods are not so much good or bad as they are better or worse. All I’m saying is that unprocessed foods tend to be healthier than processed ones. Think of it this way: Eating almonds is healthier than drinking almond milk.”
― Michael Greger, How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease