Dietary Shift Quotes

I became vegan in 2006 when I started taking healthy eating seriously.

I've slowly gone back, later on in life, to fish and then chicken and then, last year, red meat.

You can't jump to vegan if you're not. Some people are absolute. Some people are able to be gradual.

Little by little we discover that we don't need to eat animal products at all, because there are so many healthier alternatives that taste great. The trick is going easy with yourself so that you can find your way comfortably. Then you'll stick with it.

I used to be a steak and potatoes kind of guy - now it's just for special occasions. I eat a lot more fish, natural grains, and fiber.

When I was young, I would gorge on chicken. But for the last several years, I've been a pure vegetarian; I don't even take egg.

As a population, if a large number of people make even small moves to eat less meat and more plant-based foods, the livestock industry will shrink. Over time, farmers will find other crops to support their livelihoods. Through such collective awakening we can make a difference in our world.

Protein has been intensely over-represented on the plate. Now, the garden should be the main drag for main courses.

On going vegetarian." I was sitting here eating my plate of chicken salad, and suddenly I looked down and saw all the meat on my plate and just wasn't hungry anymore. So i've decided I'm not going to eat meat."

In China, because China is gaining wealth, rice consumption is way down. Rice is a poor person's food, and they're eating less of it. To wait in line at a fast food chain is cool. And they haven't historically had weight problems. So they don't have this culture of, "I need to lose weight."

Since I first went to India twenty some years ago, there's been a palpable change. There's now pizza everywhere, meat is much more popular than it's ever been. Vegetarianism is "that quaint thing our parents did."

I still believe that a plant-based diet has tremendous health benefits, but I have incorporated more animal protein into my diet. I found that my body personally got to a point where I needed something more.

Consumer preferences for food have changed... Changed radically. I call them seismic shifts.

I used to be really fussy, I just used to eat chicken or steak. I didn't really eat fish, but I eat a lot of it now.

I knew nothing about nutrition until 1982. I had a big turnaround that year and never looked back.

I love snacks, but I'm kind of growing out of them. I'm getting into fruit and Clif Bars.

I didn't grow up vegan or vegetarian. I grew up with junk food! And because of the way I ate before changing my diet, I can truly understand the challenges of making changes and stepping away from foods that provided a form of comfort and happiness growing up, but finding out that most of what I loved was really bad for me!

I think I might become a pescatarian. I love sushi, couldn't give it up.

I stopped eating meat when I was 35. Thank God.

Once upon a time I did eat meat.