Kathy Freston Quotes

Though I'm vegan and advocate that others eat a plant-based diet, I know that many people aren't quite ready to take that step in whole.

Personally, I enjoy a bowl of brown rice for breakfast most of the time.

In the middle of it all, pause and look around you. Appreciate what’s beautiful. Take in the love. Nod to what’s good and true. And then move forward one step at a time.

If you want to feel more comfortable and happy, work on making the people around you more comfortable and happy.

The reason fiber helps us control our weight is that it fills the belly yet yields few calories since fiber is, for the most part, not something that we can digest.

So if you serve a whole chicken to your family like grandma did, you may be serving them 10 times as much fat than the days of yesteryear. That's a whole lotta fat, and big trouble for the waistline.

Vegetarian is the New Prius!

You get tons of phytonutrients and antioxidants from plant-based foods, very little saturated fat, and you avoid cholesterol entirely!

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet; they are about denial and discipline.

The goal is progress, not perfection!

What you want is to rev up your metabolism so that you are burning fat and calories, not preserving fat and calories.

We all thought of chicken as lean, protein-rich food that's good for weight watching, but the truth is chicken might actually be making us fatter!

...you need not do and be everything.

And check this out: If every American had one meat-free day per week, it would be the same as taking eight million cars off American roads in a year.

I grew up in Doraville, Georgia and I ate barbecued ribs and chicken fried steak, and all kinds of cheesy grits, you know, and I never even thought twice about it.

You can do something as simple as drinking two cups of water before a meal to fill your belly a bit so that you don't overeat, or change up your cheese from dairy to nondairy.

I was weaned on chicken-fried steak and hominy grits with goopy gravy all over. I loved meat and wore fur.

I think that food ties us to our community and our traditions, and it's the thing that makes us feel good and connected.

Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.

Here's the secret to weight loss: It's all about crowding out, not cutting out.

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet they are about denial and discipline.