Neal D. Barnard Quotes

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By setting aside animal-derived products—meat, dairy products, and eggs—you can reach a level of health and well-being that you may never have expected you could enjoy. … Although our work has focused on helping people trim down, conquer diabetes, cut cholesterol, and tackle other medical problems, it should be said that not everyone who decides to forgo animal products makes that choice for health reasons. Many people are concerned with how animals are treated by the food industries, and rightly so. And the environmental consequences of meat and dairy production should be of concern to all of us.

Neal D. Barnard
You will find that your taste buds have a memory of about 3 weeks.

Neal D. Barnard
As I began to move away from a meatheavy diet to a plantbased menu, it felt as if the doors to truly delicious foods were finally opening up.

Neal D. Barnard
So then Mom decided my father ought to do a vegan diet, too. Well, my father grew up on a cattle ranch, but the nice thing is, my dad's been sitting at the same dinner table for fifty-one years, and he can't find his way around the kitchen! He's been relying my Mom for fifty-one years to put the plate in front of him. So Mom went to the local health food store and bought hot dogs that are called Not Dogs and veggie burgers – which used to taste like cardboard, but now they're really good. She can get Canadian bacon made of a wheat derivative. It's all vegetarian. Instead of cow's milk, it's soy milk, rice milk, fake eggs – all that stuff! Dad just keeps cleaning his plate. Now I've got two vegetarian parents, and only one of them know it!

Neal D. Barnard
The thinnest people on the planet are those who eat the most carbohydrates.

Neal D. Barnard