Paula Deen Quotes

The best advice is to avoid foods with health claims on the label, or better yet avoid foods with labels in the first place.

Provision as much pure and organic food as you can, and let the rest go by.

It is difficult to get organic food at most restaurants, so when possible, eat at home. When not, do your best.

I do watch what I eat, but not for weight reasons.

Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can't make a healthy choice.

I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food.

Real food, I've found, is actually better than dieting.

Actually, if I don't eat healthy food I don't feel good. For me, I crave healthy food.

You can buy a box of low-fat macaroni and cheese made with powdered nonsense. I'm not worried if I'm using four different cheeses and it's high in fat. It's real food. That's what's more important.

I'm into real food, and that includes real butter.

Our bodies need real, fresh food to maintain health.

I even kind of eat well 80 percent of the time and have my treats 20 percent of the time. I don't just eat salads, but I truly believe in eating healthy foods, fresh fruits and vegetables every day. I'm a real person.

If you wait too long between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner, you're more likely to be ravenous and overeat and/or make poor food choices.

We want our communities to know what real food is.

I always like to think I eat quite carefully.

Read labels in your favorite products. Look for short lists of simple, less-processed ingredients with names you recognize as food. If you find some of the same ingredients in your cereal as your shampoo, maybe it's time to switch to something simpler.

I try to be as healthy as possible. But the problem for me is that I'm a huge foodie. I mean, I'm literally passionate about food. I love trying new restaurants, new cuisine. It just makes me really happy. So it's very difficult for me to eat completely healthy.

Homemade desi ghee is something I swear by.

For me, I can't eat healthy 100 percent of the year. There's obviously those little times where you have to eat something that's not great for you, but you just need comfort food.

I'm a huge proponent of eating real food and eating a lot if it.

I enjoy healthy foods but I'm not scared to have a cheat meal or cheat day, have a burger or whatever.

There's ways to get the right nutrients and eat the food you want and have it taste great.

I don't have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die.

The most important thing is to snack on things that are filled with real food and nourishing ingredients that will leave you feeling energised and happy.

I eat clean and non-processed food, which helps me avoid feeling fatigued on long workdays.