[T]he salient question is whether the increasing awareness of [heart] disease beginning in the 1920s coincided with the budding of an epidemic or simply better technology for diagnosis.
Gary TaubesTags: science food diet health heart-disease
She'd even violated the only sensible rule of dieting she'd ever run across, the sage advice of the Muppets' Miss Piggy, who recommended never eating anything bigger than your head.
Susan DonovanTags: diet rules dieting weight-loss miss-piggy muppets
A sharp bolt of hunger hit Luther hard. His knees almost buckled, his poker face almost grimaced. For two weeks now his sense of smell had been much keener, no doubt a side effect of a strict diet. Maybe he got a whiff of Mabel's finest, he wasn't sure, but a craving came over him. Suddenly, he had to have something to eat. Suddenly, he wanted to snatch the bag from Kendall, rip open a package, and start gnawing on a fruitcake.
John GrishamTags: humor humour diet fruitcake skipping-christmas
We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal cutlet may be white; we nail geese to a board and cram them with food because we like the taste of liver disease; we tear birds to pieces to decorate our women's hats; we mutilate domestic animals for no reason at all except to follow an instinctively cruel fashion; and we connive at the most abominable tortures in the hope of discovering some magical cure for our own diseases by them.
George Bernard ShawTags: animal-cruelty diet meat health carnivore carnivores slaughter
I was glad to be made aware
that “Veimke” (jeune fille au pair),
is subject to natural law,
and can be made fat,
by such things as poor diet,
and alcohol.
Tags: humor humour diet alcohol germans nanny roman-payne au-pair jeune-fille-au-pair
It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
Margaret MeadTags: change religion diet health
Well, what did you have for lunch?” I snapped. “Surely that’s not top secret superhero information.”
“Steak with mashed potatoes and a side salad,” Striker replied. “And a piece of chocolate cheesecake for dessert.”
I gave up on conversation after that. I was too jealous of the cheesecake to continue.
Tags: diet gluttony superheroes
True discipline is really just self-remembering; no forcing or fighting is necessary.
Charles EisensteinTags: diet health discipline
I hate France. It's like the whole country's on a diet
Gordon KormanAny food that requires enhancing by the use of chemical substances should in no way be considered a food.
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