Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Adelle Davis

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Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Adelle Davis was an American writer and nutritionist, considered "the most famous nutritionist in the early to mid-20th century." She was as an advocate for improved health through better nutrition. She wrote an early textbook on nutrition in 1942, followed by four best-selling books for consumers which praised the value of natural foods and criticized the diet of the average American. Her books sold over 10 million copies and helped shape America's eating habits.

American - Author | February 25, 1904 - May 31, 1974

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As I see it every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.

Adelle Davis

I see little hope for a nation that values the health of its livestock more than that of its people....Farmers are not criticized for routinely giving their (live)stock nutritional supplements....superior to any sold for humans...Millions of families could plant home gardens if they truly wanted health. Refined food are practically unknown in Russia. The life expectancy of the 40-year-old American is near the lowest in the world.

Adelle Davis

To say that obesity is caused by merely consuming too many calories is like saying that the only cause of the American Revolution was the Boston Tea Party.

Adelle Davis

Nutrition . . . has been kicked around like a puppy that cannot take care of itself. Food faddists and crackpots have kicked it pretty cruelly . . .

Adelle Davis

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

Adelle Davis

The longer I work in nutrition, the more convinced I become that for the healthy person all foods should be delicious.

Adelle Davis

Thousands upon thousands of persons have studied disease. Almost no one has studied health.

Adelle Davis

We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.

Adelle Davis

If this country [America] is to survive, the best-fed-nation myth had better be recognized for what it is: propaganda designed to produce wealth not health.

Adelle Davis

As I see it every single day you do one in every of two issues: construct well being or produce illness in your self.

Adelle Davis

Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Adelle Davis

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