Gautam Rode Quotes

I'm vegetarian so eating right definitely gives me the energy you need.

Eating vegetarian in the past would have been a really bad choice as an athlete. Impossible. Just being able to get the amount of protein in was a mission. You couldn't be picky. I feel quite liberated by the fact that I can now quite recklessly choose vegetarian food.

If you are the kind who has an active lifestyle and are not hellbent on looking all buffed up, I'd think a vegetarian diet is the way to go.

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.

If you're going to be a vegetarian, limit yourself to food from a place you can go to in two hours and just eat that.

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

I eat more vegetables than the average vegetarian.

I've never followed a vegan or vegetarian diet in the past, but I think I could do it. It would not be easy. I have worked with nutritionists who have said a vegan diet is not necessarily all positive for your health, because you need nutrients you only find in meats. I believe in a balanced diet.

I know lots of people who eat raw, vegetarian, or vegan. I'm not into any of those things. I believe in eating enough so your body will actually run.

I eat plants. I eat lean meat. I work out.

As an athlete, if you train your body but don't fuel it the right way, that doesn't make much sense. Adopting a plant-based diet with the right amount of proteins that came from the right places was the way to go. I also just love gardening.

If, as statistics suggest, millennials' diets are more plant-based than ever, and we continue to bring up our kids to eat less or no meat, the future could be bright - the future could be vegan.

We're moving to be more of a plant-based society.

I've got a friend who's a power lifter, and she's a vegetarian. I don't know how she does it. I want red meat all the time. I applaud the discipline; I really do. I just can't do it. Good for her, but not for me.

It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why I get my proteins from other products. I like beans and other legume plants very much. I need a lot of 'live' products such as fruit and vegetables.

I try not to push veganism specifically. If I'm asked for my advice, I say just eat healthy.

For my own health, I thought it was better to eat a plant based diet. I'm going to be 60 soon and I have boundless energy and I feel really good, so I'm all for it.

I am a vegetarian, and I sort of aspire to vegan-hood. So far I've noticed no difference at all in my climbing, but I feel a bit healthier overall. Though that's only because I'm eating more fruits and vegetables. I think the whole protein thing is overhyped. Most Americans eat far more than we need.

I think that if a person wants to remain vegetarian, they're just going to have to go hungry.

You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons.

The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that happens to be quite easy. Less meat, less junk, more plants.

I'm a vegetarian, but my family isn't. If I can keep everything in my house healthy, I don't have to worry as much when I eat out.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

I don't like fruit but I'm vegetarian, so eat a lot of veggies.

My plant-based diet plus fish is to credit for my low blood pressure, high energy, and robust immunity.