Great Thinkers on Healthy Eating

Please welcome Cathryn Johnson for today’s guest post.

Stomach: A slave that must accept everything that is given to it, but which avenges wrongs as slyly as does the slave. – Emile Souvester

We often forget that our stomachs are not garbage disposals. Without thinking, we fill them with all sorts of tempting junk, whether it be chocolate, chips or soda. In today’s society, fast is considered better. But most fast foods are far from healthy. They are full of oils, carbohydrates and artificial flavors. When putting these things into our stomachs, there may be a nagging voice in the back of our minds telling us, “That is another 500 calories.” But that voice can easily be shushed.

However, after years of quieting that voice, many of our stomachs have begun to revolt. The revolt can come in the form of our stomachs taking on lives of their own, as they swell and grow in size. Or they can become upset, gaseous, or constipated. And other parts of our body may also join in the coup. Unhealthy eating habits is related to many ailments.

I have compiled a list of proverbs and thoughts from great thinkers throughout history on healthy eating to guide, inspire, motivate and challenge us to do our stomachs a favor and eat healthier. Read them in order, as the thoughts build on each other.

You are what you eat.

-American Proverb

One can not think well, love well, or sleep well if one has not dined well.

-Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941) – English author

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

-Fran Lebowitz (1950 – present) – American author

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

-La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) – noted French author of maxims and memoirs

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

-Lin Yutang (1895 – 1976) – Chinese writer and inventor

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eat twice as much as nature re-quires.

-Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – Founding Fathers of the United States, he was also a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat

Simple diet is best; for many dishes bring many diseases; and rich sauces are worse than heaping several meats upon each other.

-Pliny the Younger (61 AD – ca. 112 AD) – a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome

Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound.

-Latin Proverb

When diet is wrong medicine is of no use.

When diet is correct medicine is of no need.

-Ancient Ayurvedic Proverb

He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skill of the physician.

-Chinese Proverb

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

-Thomas Edison (1847-1931) – American inventor, scientist, and businessman

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

-Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) – Founding Father of the United States, leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat

Author Bio: Cathryn Johnson is self proclaimed health-nut and a content writer for Online MBA Rankings who gives advice on the education, pursuing an online MBA and living a healthy life. In her free time she enjoys travel, theater and having fun in the sun.

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