Food Quotes

“The average American child has consumed 7½ pounds of chemicals by the age of five.”
― Mark Hyman, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

“Read ingredients lists and don’t eat anything with the word “hydrogenated” on the label.”
― Mark Hyman, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

“sugar alcohols are usually less sweet. And they have calories, though many fewer than sugar, and we don’t absorb them very well. They’re easy to identify on food labels—their names end in the suffix “-ol,” for instance, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, and malitol. Some experts recommend consuming these instead of sugar or artificial sweeteners. But I suggest keeping them to a minimum. Sugar alcohols are imperfectly absorbed by your intestines, which can cause diarrhea, bloating, flatulence, and other forms of digestive distress. They also mess with your gut microbes and cause bacterial overgrowth. And worst of all, they keep you hooked on sweetness. But”
― Mark Hyman, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

“sugar alcohols are usually less sweet. And they have calories, though many fewer than sugar, and we don’t absorb them very well. They’re easy to identify on food labels—their names end in the suffix “-ol,” for instance, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, and malitol.”
― Mark Hyman, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

“The kids who had the instant oatmeal ate 81 percent more food in the afternoon than the omelet eaters. The kids who ate the steel-cut oats did a little better, but still consumed 51 percent more than the children who ate eggs. That wasn’t the only difference: Compared to the omelet group, the kids who ate the oatmeal had higher levels of insulin, sugar, adrenaline, and cortisol (which suggests that the body perceives oatmeal as a stressor).25 The lesson? Even “healthy” cereal will increase your food cravings more than protein and fats.”
― Mark Hyman, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

“The conversation has changed now that science has proven that processed foods—and especially sugar—are addictive.”
― Mark Hyman, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

“Soda companies spent $30 million to oppose soda taxes in just four states in 2016. They also regularly take legal action21 to oppose warning labels, taxes, and more.”
― Mark Hyman, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

“If we accepted the recommendation of the American Heart Association that we eat less than 5 percent of our calories as saturated fat, we would have to ban breast milk. (It contains a whopping 25 percent of its calories as saturated fat.)”
― Mark Hyman, Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?