Why Diets Are Failing Us! Quotes

“There was never any evidence that saturated fats were bad; it is the polyunsaturated omega-6 fats that are bad while the omega-3 fats are the good guys. It’s this important knowledge that can help us finding a solution to this giant problem we are having with being overweight, and why diets are failing us.”
― Peter Greenlaw, Why Diets are Failing Us

“According to the FDA, there are now more than 80,000 chemicals in commercial use in this country and only 560 of those have ever been tested for human health effects. There is great concern among scientists and researchers about a new synergistic effect from the combination of all of these chemicals forming new chemical compounds within the human body and what the long-term implications might be. It’s no longer speculation that today’s toxic world is taking its toll on the human body.”
― Peter Greenlaw, Why Diets are Failing Us

“the rise in the incidence in obesity matches the rise in the use and distribution of industrial chemicals that may be playing a role in a generation of obesity, suggesting Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) may be linked to this epidemic” (Perrine, 2010).”
― Peter Greenlaw, Why Diets are Failing Us

“We are made of the stuff of the earth. Consequently, if the minerals are not in the soil, they are not in the plants grown in the soil; and if they are not in the plants grown in the soil, they are not in our bodies. As such, it is not surprising that any depletion in the mineral and nutrient content of our soils reflects an increase in nutritionally related diseases in both animal and human populations.”
― Peter Greenlaw, Why Diets are Failing Us

“The Enemy is not Calories The Enemy is Toxins”
― Peter Greenlaw, Why Diets are Failing Us