What the Health Quotes

“It’s a demonic feedback loop. Let me see if I can get this straight. Pharmaceutical companies sell mountains of drugs to factory farms, which depend on them to maintain their abnormally intensive systems. The animals develop antibiotic resistance that spreads to humans. Humans need stronger drugs. In the meantime, the animal industries flood the government with cash in exchange for subsidies. The government, invested in keeping the generous animal food lobbies flush, runs federal programs pushing people to eat increasing amounts of animal-based foods. People oblige. People get sick, requiring medication for the rest of their lives, along with expensive medical procedures. The drugs and procedures falsely assure them that they can continue to eat the food that made them sick in the first place. People continue to support the animal agriculture industry by buying their products, which pay for studies to further convince the public that animal products are an essential part of a healthy diet. People continue to support the pharmaceutical companies because they are tethered to their prescription drugs. This allows drug companies to pay for the “education” of our doctors who prescribe more drugs to us. Then pharmaceutical companies sell mountains of drugs to factory farms…”
― Eunice Wong, What the Health

“Cows’ milk protein may be the single most significant chemical carcinogen to which humans are exposed,”
― Eunice Wong, What the Health

“Another study, following 7,504 men over 30 years, found a 2.3-fold increase in Parkinson’s in men who consumed more than 16 ounces of milk a day, compared to those who consumed none. “Contamination of milk with neurotoxins may be of critical importance,” the scientists wrote.”
― Eunice Wong, What the Health

“A Swedish study followed over 60,000 women, ages 38-76, over 13 years, and found that women who consumed four or more dairy products a day doubled their risk for ovarian cancer, compared to women who consumed less than two dairy servings daily.”
― Eunice Wong, What the Health

“There are over 37 trillion cells in the human body.1 My inner hypochondriac starts to panic at the thought of all those cells. Thirty-seven trillion opportunities for cancer.”
― Eunice Wong, What the Health

“There are dictator genes. Those genes give orders—blue eyes or brown hair—and you don’t have any choice. The genes for diabetes, heart disease, or certain forms of cancer, they’re more like committees giving suggestions.”
― Eunice Wong, What the Health