Dean Ornish Quotes

If I eat mindlessly while watching television, reading, or talking with someone else, I can go through an entire meal without tasting the food, without even noticing that I've been eating. The plate is empty but I didn't enjoy the food - I had all of the calories and little of the pleasure.

If we don't focus on when we eat - like, let's say we watch television or something - you eat much more. If you focus on the food - you smell it, you cook it - you're enjoying it already.

Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.

We need to eat and enjoy it but control it. That's what I do now.

When you eat mindfully, by paying attention to what you eat, you get more pleasure with fewer calories.

People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.

Eating a high-nutrient diet actually makes you more satisfied with less food, and actually gives the ability to enjoy food more without overeating.

As an athlete, you're brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you're going to start a meal, you're going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, 'I eat until I'm full and leave the rest.'

Reminded of what a diet really is, I began eating more slowly, being more conscious of when I was full. I started to enjoy my buckwheat bread with goat cheese and pureed butternut-squash soup as a response to real hunger.

Since the pleasure of most foods is in the first few bites, eat one thing on your plate at a time, at least at the start of the meal when you can concentrate and enjoy the full flavors.

I don't diet. I just don't eat as much as I'd like to.

I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I want to enjoy life.

Smaller portions of good foods are more satisfying than larger portions of junk foods, especially if you pay attention to what you're eating.

I never count calories. Counting calories is stressful and intimidating, so I avoid it! I know that if I'm eating something that's a treat, I don't need to count it because I mostly eat healthy and am conscious of what I'm putting in my body.

When you realize the real pleasure in food comes in the first couple bites, and it diminishes thereafter, that's a kind of reminder to focus on the experience, enjoy those first bites, and as you get into the 20th bite, you're talking calories and not pleasure.

I eat in moderation and try not to worry about it.

I say to folks all the time, 'Watch what you're eating. You don't have to eat it all. Make conscious choices. It doesn't mean you have to starve yourself and eat carrots all day.' Have an awareness.

I eat everything, but I moderate; I try to be semiconscious. I don't eat pasta every day, although people who follow my Instagram think I do.

I eat little meals throughout the day rather than one huge one that makes you feel stuffed.

It's important to have a healthy balanced diet but not to get too bogged down about it. It's important to enjoy your food, too.

I have found that most meal plans will work, simply because it causes us to become more aware as we eat.

When you're not experiencing your food, that's when it's harder to pay attention to when you're full, and that's what being satisfied really means.

I'm not going to give up enjoying food.

One thing that those who are in shape have in common is that we are restricting. When eating, we are choosing what we put in our bodies. This arrests unconscious eating.

This might be the wrong answer, but I kind of just eat whatever I want in moderation.