Ilya Ilyin Quotes

I have been a vegetarian for a few years now, and I am honestly managing it quite well in sync with my workouts and maintaining my physique as well. From whey protein to cottage cheese to tofu, all my proteins, carbs and far content are well in place and balanced.

I eat more vegetables than the average vegetarian.

I pretty much eat all day to keep my strength up. I'm primarily a vegetarian who has an occasional side of fish.

As an athlete, if you train your body but don't fuel it the right way, that doesn't make much sense. Adopting a plant-based diet with the right amount of proteins that came from the right places was the way to go. I also just love gardening.

I'm vegetarian so eating right definitely gives me the energy you need.

Eating vegetarian doesn't mean you have to eat boring, humdrum dishes.

I mostly eat plant-based, so give me an avocado or something, even late at night, and I'll be happy.

I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.

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

We've been programmed to think meat is protein and you need meat. No, we are not cavemen. There are plenty other ways.

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

Meat supplies a variety of nutrients - among them iron, zinc, and Vitamin B12 - that are not readily found in plants. We can survive without it; millions of vegetarians choose to do so, and billions of others have that choice imposed upon them by poverty.

I listen to my body. Some days all I want is a good steak and others, I crave veggies and quinoa.

I've never followed a vegan or vegetarian diet in the past, but I think I could do it. It would not be easy. I have worked with nutritionists who have said a vegan diet is not necessarily all positive for your health, because you need nutrients you only find in meats. I believe in a balanced diet.

If I had my dream, we'd all be eating more plants and less garbage.

After following more than 60,000 people for more than a dozen years, University of Oxford researchers found those who consume a plant-based diet were less likely to develop all forms of cancer combined.

We're a 100-percent-organic house. My daughter is a vegetarian and practically vegan. That's her choice. That's how she eats. We're really conscious about what we buy.

I eat vegetarian at home, so I always have yogurt and milk, eggs, whole wheat bread, whole grains. Lots of vegetables and fruit. Cereals and oatmeal. That type of thing.

Eating vegetarian in the past would have been a really bad choice as an athlete. Impossible. Just being able to get the amount of protein in was a mission. You couldn't be picky. I feel quite liberated by the fact that I can now quite recklessly choose vegetarian food.

As a kid, I didn't even know what non-vegetarian food is because we never had it prepared in our house.

I eat mostly vegetables and meat.

I am vegetarian so, I have a lot of pulses and salads in my diet.

I'm not vegetarian. I eat what I crave, but most of the time I don't crave meat.

I'm not big on protein shakes - I think they're pretty gross, actually - so I have to make sure I eat enough meat, fish, and other good protein sources.

What we get at home is 100% organic food. We are also 90% vegetarian.