Top 9 Quotes by Michael Greger

We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do.

We should all be eating fruits and vegetables as if our lives depend on it - because they do.

Vegetables, Fruit, Eating

The most ethical diet just so happens to be the most environmentally sound diet and just so happens to be the healthiest.

Michael Greger

Sound, Vegan, Ethical

I continue to be amazed by our bodies' ability for self-repair. ... Our bodies want to be healthy, if we would just let them. That's what these new research articles are showing: Even after years of beating yourself up with a horrible diet, your body can reverse the damage, open back up the arteries-even reverse the progression of some cancers. Amazing! So it's never too late to start exercising, never too late to stop smoking and never too late to start eating healthier.

Michael Greger

Cancer, Exercise, Self

I think of veganism humbly and holistically. It's about taking personal responsibility in a world so full of needless suffering. It's challenging one's self to open one's eyes and question society's assumptions and habits. It's about critical thinking and compassion and how we would like to see the world evolve.

Michael Greger

Eye, Responsibility, Thinking

If [you are] over the age of 10, the question isn't whether or not to eat healthy to prevent heart disease, it's whether or not you want to reverse the heart disease you already have.

Michael Greger

Heart, Healthy, Age

Be a shining role model of the best qualities humane eating embodies: caring, compassion, and empathy.

Michael Greger

Caring, Compassion, Role Models

Those who consume animals not only harm those animals and endanger themselves, but they also threaten the well-being of other humans who currently or will later inhabit the planet. ... It is time for humans to remove their heads from the sand and recognize the risk to themselves that can arise from their maltreatment of other species.

Michael Greger

Animal, Risk, Sand

"Flu Season: Factory Farming Could Cause A Catastrophic Pandemic". Interview with Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.