Foods may not be the most important part of our health and fitness. But we do worry about them a lot. And making better food choices is one marker we can use to gauge our health progress. So in that spirit, here are some food quotes that really stuck with me lately!
To say, "you are what you eat" is wrong.
But you are what your body does with what you eat. - Eric Westman
Calories (noun): Tiny creatures that live in your closet and sew your clothes a little bit tighter every night. - Jorge Cruise
I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. - Erma Bombeck
Most of what we need to know about how to eat we already know, or once did until we allowed nutrition experts and the advertisers to shake our confidence in common sense, tradition, the testimony of our senses, and the wisdom of our mothers and grandmothers. - Michael Pollan
The FDA sets nutritional standards for food labels, but the Institute of Medicine (IOM) sets nutritional standards for dietary intake. In 2002, the IOM suggested that the maximum level of intake of added sugars (as opposed to those naturally present in foods) should be a whopping 25% or less of calories. Americans (already) typically consume around 20% of calories from added sugars. Taken at face value, the IOM suggestion made it sound as if current intake levels were just fine. The sugar industry happily viewed 25% as a recommendation, not a maximum. - Marion Nestle
How is your health journey going? Have you had any successes, learned about your needs and how your body works?
What are the new plans, the goals, the schedules you are paying attention to for October?
Do you have a calendar event coming up, which may inspire you to greater fitness?
We'd love to hear and encourage!