Wired to Eat Quotes

“In unambiguous terms, we are genetically wired to eat simple, unprocessed foods, and to expend a fair amount of energy in that process (walk, run, lift, carry, dance!).”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the FoodsThat Work for You

“In looking at stress, we will learn that there are important things we can do to minimize stress, but ironically, it may be far more important to change our perception of stress than to try to become a monk on a mountaintop.”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the FoodsThat Work for You

“Ancestral diets show a remarkable spread in macronutrient profiles. Some are rather low carb, while others may be as high as 70 per cent carbohydrate. This spread in macronutrients appears to have little if any impact on health so long as the foods are largely unprocessed and the carbohydrates come mainly from fruits, vegetables and tubers.”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: How to Rewire Your Appetite and Lose Weight for Good

“All disease begins in the gut.”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: How to Rewire Your Appetite and Lose Weight for Good

“I’ve noticed a fascinating story playing out in churches, workplaces, and family gatherings, which you will likely identify with: most people are unlikely to say anything to a person who eats terribly. Doughnuts and a sugary coffee drink for breakfast, constant snacking on sweets, a lunch that could not be identified as “food”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the FoodsThat Work for You

“life. I want you to experiment with foods outside the basic Paleo diet (this is what the 7-Day Carb Test Plan is for) and figure out what foods you can eat that do not cause you problems. This provides for as much variety as possible while maintaining our health, sanity, and waistline. In my own diet I tend to include a fair amount of properly prepared beans and lentils, as well as some goat’s- and sheep’s-milk-based dairy, mainly cheeses. I am highly reactive to gluten, and cow dairy (of all types, with the possible exception of butter) gives me acne. Being middle-aged is bad enough; I do not want to be over the hill and looking like I’m going through puberty at the same time, so I generally follow Paleo guidelines while adding foods that I feel good with. This is the process I want you to follow.”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the FoodsThat Work for You

“The way I succeed is by helping you to succeed, so please do contact me and let me know how Wired to Eat has affected you. Yours”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the FoodsThat Work for You

“Sweetened beverages seem to be on par with cocaine and heroin with how “frisky” folks are in their consumption. You now know how powerfully processed foods can hijack our neuroregulation of appetite,”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the FoodsThat Work for You

“My job is to help you understand the rules of this game so you, your family, and our society as a whole can be winners instead of unwitting victims of our modern junk food catastrophe. That is my motivation—and if you’re successful, I’m successful. I”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the FoodsThat Work for You

“I mentioned at the beginning of this book that people are generally not swayed to action by information. A few people are driven by information, and those people tend to be geeks, like yours truly.”
― Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat: Turn Off Cravings, Rewire Your Appetite for Weight Loss, and Determine the FoodsThat Work for You