“Ask for work. If they don't give you work, ask for bread. If they do not give you work or bread, then take bread.”— Emma Goldman, amazon.com
“A novel study of over 2,000 sets of twins from Finland, aged 16 to 25 years old showed that dieting itself, independent of genetics, is significantly associated with accelerated weight gain and increased risk of becoming overweight.”— Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch, amazon.com
“If all we needed to be normal weight was knowledge about food and nutrition, most Americans wouldn't have weight problems. The information is readily available.”— Evelyn Tribole, Elyse Resch, amazon.com
“All I know is that I’ve never felt better, perhaps because my central nervous system is no longer firing hunger pain signals, or any other kinds of signals for that matter.”— Ross Wolinsky, mcsweeneys.net
“If she wants to bring in a buffet of baked goods, that's her prerogative, and she's not obligated to stop on your account.”— Alison Green, askamanager.org
“Even a cheap slice typically involves a fair amount of red sauce, full of tomato and acidity. That means you want a wine that also has a good amount of acid, so it won’t taste flat or strangely sweet in comparison to the pizza.”— Vanessa Price, grubstreet.com
“If you do decide to go on the keto diet, how can you take care your skin?”— Macaela Mackenzie, allure.com
“While we sit in our air-conditioned homes and eat, drink and make merry like cattle in a feedlot without the slightest thought about the consequences of our consumption of water, food and energy, we only hasten the destruction—in the long term—of our kind.”— Tim Flannery, amazon.com
“First of all, Nature has endowed every species1 of living creature with the instinct of self-preservation, of avoiding what seems likely to cause injury to life or limb, and of procuring and providing everything needful for life—food, shelter, and the like.”— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.edu
“I remember that feeling like phantom aches in my bones. Ticket after ticket, call after call. I dream of being better. I dream of being myself again, but I know I’ll never quite be the same, and that’s okay. I know I’ll be different, and, despite the worry that settles into me every time I wake up,…”— Fatima Ali, bonappetit.com
“When I was five years old, my grandmother told me, “If you keep eating tortellinis, your stomach will always look like a tortellini.””— Sara Finnerty, catapult.co
“Some of these interventions have succeeded for people, and some have failed, because not even surgical intervention can overcome the reasons why many people gain and then struggle to lose weight.”— Roxane Gay, medium.com
“Socioeconomics play a significant role in attitudes about food — especially concerns about safety and purchasing behavior. And higher income doesn’t always correlate with informed choices.”— Sheril Kirshenbaum, theconversation.com
“Rabbit is higher in protein and lower in cholesterol than beef or pork.”— Jason Wilson, newyorker.com