Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on
an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath....
Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite
and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
Hippocrates (c 460 BC-c. 377. BC), Greek physician.
A Regimen for Health, IV.
Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise -
the quadrangle of health.
William Osler (1849-1919), Canadian physician. Sir
William Osler: Aphorism, Ch. 3 (William B. Bean).
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), Writer
He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skill
of the physician.
Chinese Proverb
Despite of what your mother said,
leave food on your plate - before you get full. Your getting
fatter isn't going to help the hungry.
James Griffing, ExRx.net ;-)
One swears by wholemeal bread, one by sour milk; vegetarianism
is the only road to salvation of some, others insist not only
on vegetables alone, but on eating those raw. At one time the
only thing that matters is calories; at another time they are
crazy about vitamins or about roughage.
The scientific truth may be put quite briefly; eat moderately,
having an ordinary mixed diet, and don't worry.
Robert Hutchison (1877-1960), Newcastle Medical Journal,
Vol 12, 1932.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest
his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the
cause and prevention of disease.
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), Inventor
No human ever filled a vessel worse than the stomach. Sufficient
for any son of Aadam are some morsels to keep his back straight.
But if it must be, then one third for his food, one third for
his drink and one third for his breath.”
Islamic teachings: Ahmad, At-Tirmidhee, An-Nasaa'ee,
Ibn Maajah - hadeeth saheeh
Food is an important part of a balanced diet
Fran Lebowitz
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