YOU Quotes

“eat a little fat twenty-five minutes before your meal (70 calories or so of fat in the form of six walnut halves, twelve almonds, or twenty peanuts), you’ll stimulate a chemical that will both communicate with your brain and slow your stomach from emptying to keep you feeling full. (It takes about twenty-five minutes to kick in and takes about 65 calories of fat to stimulate.)”
― Michael F. Roizen, YOU: Losing Weight: The Owner's Manual to Simple and Healthy Weight Loss

“To help curb hunger and avoid binge eating, drink a glass or two of water before you eat.”
― Michael F. Roizen, YOU: Losing Weight: The Owner's Manual to Simple and Healthy Weight Loss

“Red pepper, when eaten early in the day, decreases food intake later in the day.”
― Michael F. Roizen, YOU: Losing Weight: The Owner's Manual to Simple and Healthy Weight Loss

“Walk thirty minutes a day and build a little muscle. When you lose some weight, your cells become more sensitive and responsive to leptin.”
― Michael F. Roizen, YOU: Losing Weight: The Owner's Manual to Simple and Healthy Weight Loss

“If any food has any one of the five ingredients below as any one of the first five ingredients on the label, don’t let it near your mouth. ❏ Simple sugars ❏ Enriched, bleached, or refined flour (this means it’s stripped of its nutrients) ❏ All syrups, including HFCS (high-fructose corn syrup—a four-letter word) ❏ Saturated fat (four-legged animal fat or palm or coconut oil) ❏ Trans fat (partially hydrogenated vegetable oil)”
― Michael F. Roizen, YOU: Losing Weight: The Owner's Manual to Simple and Healthy Weight Loss

“When you feel hungry, drink a glass or two of water first, to see if that’s really what your body wants.”
― Michael F. Roizen, YOU: Losing Weight: The Owner's Manual to Simple and Healthy Weight Loss