Marcus Samuelsson Quotes

You can have intense food experience with less food. Europeans have intense food experiences but eat less food.

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

When you gradually add in nutrient-dense, fiber-rich foods, you simply stop feeling cravings. You run out of space in your belly for the old junk. Instead of craving, you feel full, fulfilled, and content.

Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.

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

Fitness starts at home. What you eat is what you will look, just as what you sow is what you reap. Eat good food: eat fruits, vegetables, healthy grains, and don't go for sweet and trite food.

I never count calories, but I eat so well.

Eating has to be fun.

I eat healthy, and I eat a lot.

America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast food. Let's stop with the excuses and start creating something better.

Enjoy your food, enjoy your life.

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

If there's something in the kitchen I like, it must be eaten. I try not to leave any snacks I wouldn't want to eat on a daily basis in the cupboard.

I can't say, 'I eat whatever I want when I want,' but I have come up with some great treats for myself that are healthy and satisfying.

I definitely gravitate towards things like vegetables, chicken, brown rice, but I don't deprive myself of anything. If I want a Sprinkles cupcake, I'm having a Sprinkles cupcake. But I'm not going to have one every day... you just have to have a sensible outlook on all of it.

Packing lunches and going over menus is a great way to make small changes in the way your kids eat.

Life is just too short to count calories forever!

My motto now is eat to live. Not live to eat.

I don't eat a lot. I think we overeat.

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.

Eating good food is, to me, one of life's greatest joys, and I will never punish myself for it.

Food shouldn't do you any harm, obviously you don't want a bad diet, but it should be one of life's great pleasures.

I can only have four to five ounces of food in my stomach. When you only have that much space in there, you don't want to fill it up with crap.

I love food and don't want to sacrifice my enjoyment to be healthy. You can enjoy food and can be mindful and healthy while you do it but it just takes a little time and effort.

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.