Kathy Freston Quotes

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• Animal agriculture takes up an incredible 70% of all agricultural land, and a whopping 30% of the land surface of the planet. As a result, farmed animals are probably the biggest cause of slashing and burning the world's forests.

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  Animal, Land, Agriculture

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• An abundance of peer-reviewed science is showing that a whole foods, plant-based diet prevents most heart attacks, strokes, and even many kinds of cancer. It gets you to your ideal weight easily and sustainably, reverses Type 2 diabetes, and even fixes erectile dysfunction (because it greatly improves circulation!).

  Kathy Freston

  Cancer, Heart, Type 2 Diabetes

  "Kathy Freston: On How to Become a Veganista". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 7, 2013.

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• Quantum wellness isn’t about deprivation and it’s not about perfection. It is about pointing yourself in the direction of growth, training yourself to get comfortable with your highest potential, and then taking small steps to support that shift. It’s about showing up for yourself, day by day, and then one day finding that you’ve undergone a transformation.

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  Perfection, Support, Growth

  "Quantum Wellness: A Step-by-Step Guide to Health and Happiness". Book by Kathy Freston, 2008.

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• 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.

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  Beautiful, Moving, Appreciate

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• Every little thing you do adds up, and before you know it, you've created your life. And how you create your life ripples out and affects everyone and everything that crosses your path, known or unknown to you.

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  Add, Littles, Path

  Kathy Freston (2012). “Quantum Wellness: A Step-by-Step Guide to Health and Happiness”, p.25, Random House

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• 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.

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  Cheesy, Grit, Georgia

  "Going Vegan Doesn't Mean Missing Out On Favorites". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne and David Greene,, www.npr.org. December 27, 2012.

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• Vegetarian is the New Prius!

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  Vegetarian, Climate Change, Prius

  "Exclusive: Quantum Wellness Author Kathy Freston Shares Her Thoughts". www.ecorazzi.com. May 25, 2009.

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• Whole foods like grains and beans release their sugar very, very slowly because of the fiber in them, and they don't give you a sugar rush. They feed your cells as needed, and as a result, you have loads of stable energy that powers you through the day.

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  Cells, Giving, Sugar

  "3 Reasons Your Diet Isn’t Working" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2012.

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• You don't need to stick to tough rules or overnight changes; you need not rely on hardcore discipline that makes you hate your life. You need only focus on progress, not perfection. Lean in to the process of losing weight, and it will happen easily.

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  Hate, Progress Not Perfection, Discipline

  "3 Reasons Your Diet Isn’t Working" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2012.

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

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  Burning, Want, Metabolism

  Kathy Freston (2012). “The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan for Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• The goal is progress, not perfection!

  Kathy Freston

  Progress Not Perfection, Goal, Perfection

  "Kathy Freston: On How to Become a Veganista". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 7, 2013.

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• Nourished people, people who love and care for themselves, are also more efficient and nicer to be around. When you give yourself permission to relax, people will feel more relaxed around you; your environment will become more harmonious. Balance - between work and pleasure, giving and receiving, seriousness and levity - creates a happy healthy life.

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  Giving, People, Healthy

  Kathy Freston (2012). “Quantum Wellness: A Step-by-Step Guide to Health and Happiness”, p.149, Random House

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• 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.

  Kathy Freston

  Yield, Weight, Fiber

  "An Apple a Day Melts the Pounds Away!" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 13, 2012.

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

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  People, Finding Happiness, Want

  Kathy Freston (2012). “Quantum Wellness: A Step-by-Step Guide to Health and Happiness”, p.147, Random House

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

  Kathy Freston

  Cutting, Discipline, Denial

  "3 Reasons Your Diet Isn’t Working" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2012.

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

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  Fur, Grit, Meat

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

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  Breakfast, Brown, Enjoy

  Kathy Freston (2012). “The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan for Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss”, p.22, Hachette UK

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• 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.

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  People, Steps, Vegan

  "New, Animated Video Shows Why So Many People Are Going Meatless On Mondays" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2011.

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• 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!

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  Weight, Might, Rich

  "Could Chicken Be Contributing to the Obesity Epidemic?" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 11, 2012.

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• Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. When you feed yourself what your body needs when it needs it, that's love. So give your bod some TLC and sit down and enjoy a good, substantial breakfast.

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  Giving, Important, Breakfast

  "The 7-Day Lean Challenge, Day 1: Have a Hearty Breakfast" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Drinking, Simple, Two

  "3 Reasons Your Diet Isn’t Working" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2012.

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

  Kathy Freston

  Thinking, Ties, Community

  "Going Vegan Doesn't Mean Missing Out On Favorites". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne and David Greene, www.npr.org. December 27, 2012.

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

  Kathy Freston

  Hands, Self, Hunger

  Kathy Freston (2012). “The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan for Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• You know you are addicted to a food if despite knowing it is bad for you and despite wanting to change, you still keep eating it. Addiction means that a craving has more control over your behavior than you do.

  Kathy Freston

  Mean, Knowing, Addiction

  Kathy Freston (2011). “Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World (Large Print 16pt)”, p.242, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• For many of us, it's too difficult to jump in to vegan full on because it's just so different than the way we grew up eating. But if we take small steps - like replacing cow's milk with almond or soy milk, or using veggie sausage instead of sausage made from animals - we can keep enjoying the things we grew up loving, just better versions of them.

  Kathy Freston

  Animal, Small Steps, Soy Milk

  "Kathy Freston: On How to Become a Veganista". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 7, 2013.

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