Dean Ornish Quotes

How you eat is as important as what you eat. If I eat mindlessly while watching television, I get all of the calories and none of the pleasure. Instead, if I eat mindfully, paying attention and savoring what I'm eating, smaller portions of food can be exquisitely satisfying.

If we don't focus on when we eat - like, let's say we watch television or something - you eat much more. If you focus on the food - you smell it, you cook it - you're enjoying it already.

Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.

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

We have developed a culture in which we eat with our taste buds, not our brains.

Reminded of what a diet really is, I began eating more slowly, being more conscious of when I was full. I started to enjoy my buckwheat bread with goat cheese and pureed butternut-squash soup as a response to real hunger.

I'm a girl who enjoys a great meal with great friends, so I'm not really that concerned about weight loss.

When I ate slowly and deliberately, giving myself time to consider whether I actually wanted that next bite, I often discovered that I didn't.

We need to eat and enjoy it but control it. That's what I do now.

I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I want to enjoy life.

When you realize the real pleasure in food comes in the first couple bites, and it diminishes thereafter, that's a kind of reminder to focus on the experience, enjoy those first bites, and as you get into the 20th bite, you're talking calories and not pleasure.

When you eat mindfully, by paying attention to what you eat, you get more pleasure with fewer calories.

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.

When you're not experiencing your food, that's when it's harder to pay attention to when you're full, and that's what being satisfied really means.

It takes around 30 minutes for your body to realize you're full, so if you're hungry when you sit down to eat, and you eat as quickly as most Americans do, you're just going to keep throwing down food before that feeling kicks in.

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

I'm not good at eating small meals. Some people can sit down and be very disciplined. When I sit down at a meal, I sort of eat everything I can reach. I know medical people say that's exactly the wrong formula, but I've made it this far.

The idea is to eat well and not die from it - for the simple reason that that would be the end of your eating.

I really enjoy eating food thats light on the stomach.

Have I tried a black pudding? I'll eat anything - I'm not finicky - but that's not to say it takes any courage to eat black puddings because I find them delicious.

I pretty much eat when I'm hungry, and I don't eat when I'm not hungry. That is my best philosophy for maintaining my weight.

I like good food, and I'll eat until I'm full.

My daily diet consists of basically anything I think looks tasty, whether that's pizza, sushi, burgers, quesadillas. I like everything.

I like my food and I eat a lot.

I eat little meals throughout the day rather than one huge one that makes you feel stuffed.