“Plastics surround us. We eat out of plastic, store food in it, buy food wrapped in it, put it in our eyes in the form of contact lenses, drink out of it — it’s inescapable and, admittedly, incredibly useful. But a growing body of evidence shows that plastics are likely harming human health in a numb…”— Condé Nast, Josephine Yurcaba, teenvogue.com
“I just wanna thank God For all the pretty women he let into my life All the Benjamins you let me count Wealth and health For my family And lettin' me ball on these niggas.”— Meek Mill, Drake, open.spotify.com
“You did not fail to keep the weight off because you are lazy, weak, or undisciplined. It's not because you didn't want it badly enough. You regained that weight because the contributors to your body weight, such as what, when, and how much you eat, as well as how you expend energy (including your in…”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com
“External rules, such as belief systems about good foods, bad foods, or appropriate amounts or time to eat, drown out our innate ability to respond to setpoint cues.”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com
“It really isn't your fault that you can't keep lost weight off; your body is simply doing its best to protect and support you.”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com
“Commuting and office life can make you sick, but so can doing anything with other people.”— Amanda Mull, theatlantic.com
“The lesson here: Get your fill of Halloween candy on Halloween, rather than eating it year round.”— Ian Lecklitner, melmagazine.com
“Women on Web has never worked with American women because Gomperts worried that the American anti-abortion movement would try to close down the organization.”— Olga Khazan, theatlantic.com
“Not wearing sunscreen because they’re ‘never out in the sun.’ If you leave your house, you’re out in the sun.”— Dr. Rey Hamidi, purewow.com
“Antioxidants support detoxification, and glucosinolates help to activate detoxification enzymes.”— Kimberly Snyder, theeverygirl.com
“U.S. policy has created a food system that excels at producing flour, sugar and oil but struggles to deliver nutrients at anywhere near the same scale.”— Michael Hobbes, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“A lot of my job is helping people heal from the trauma of interacting with the medical system.”— Ginette Lenham, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“A 2016 study that followed participants for an average of 19 years found that unfit skinny people were twice as likely to get diabetes as fit fat people. Habits, no matter your size, are what really matter.”— Michael Hobbes, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“Obesity, we are told, is a personal failing that strains our health care system, shrinks our GDP and saps our military strength. It is also an excuse to bully fat people in one sentence and then inform them in the next that you are doing it for their own good.”— Michael Hobbes, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“Every discovery in public health, no matter how significant, must compete with the traditions, assumptions and financial incentives of the society implementing it.”— Michael Hobbes, highline.huffingtonpost.com
“I have hearing loss from the radiation and my hair will never grow back. But these challenges are nothing compared to a life that might have been lost.”— Pearce Quesenberry, teenvogue.com
“You're nothing without your health. Some people are nothing even with their health. I fall in that category, sometimes.”— Larry David, Larry David, Larry David, imdb.com
“I feel like a new person, all thanks to the changes I’ve made in my diet.”— Nivea Mullings, womenshealthmag.com
“One of the reasons we are able to get quality nutrients from cows, chickens and turkeys is because their diet consists of grass, grains, corn and fruits. I realized what my diet was missing.”— Tia Miller, cnn.com
“Colloquially, we might call someone who lies a lot a psychopath, just as we might call someone who texts us more frequently than we want 'crazy.'”— Katie Heaney, thecut.com