Tom DeLonge Quotes

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

I have a tremendous platform and responsibility to talk to people about these issues about sustainability and about health and wellness when it comes to food.

The time has come to recognize that food, how we produce it, process it, package it, sell it, cook it and eat it, is as important as any other issue.

I never count calories, but I eat so well.

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity, salt imbalance, and allergies.

Most of the sicknesses we suffer from are from the things we eat.

There are a lot of food Nazis in the U.S., but I believe if you can show people what's really important, they'll judge the rest for themselves.

Washington is not a city that takes great pride in being a healthy place, necessarily. Now, I have no data. That's just my own observation.

Healthy people eating healthy food should never need to take an antibiotic.

I have to make sure I exercise and that the ingredients that go into my body are completely organic.

And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.

A plant-based diet is like a one-stop shop against chronic diseases.

I think there's a lot of work to be done with our societies. My biggest passions are the environment and health. And when I say 'health' I mean the secrets behind health and our food system.

Food choices are something fundamental you can control about yourself: what you take into your body. When so many other things are out of control and your influence over climate change - all these much larger issues - it's very hard to see any results or any progress. But everybody can see progress around food.

We have to really think about where our food is coming from. The hormones being put in the stuff we eat - all of that contributes to cancer.

Poll after poll shows that consumers want the right to know what's in their food and how it's produced. Because our food choices have such a significant impact on our lives, this is a trend that should be welcomed, not frustrated.

Health and well-being, as well as how we can live in harmony with our planet, is something I'm passionate about.

I believe in natural food.

When you eat pure food that isn't genetically modified, your physical and mental state does improve and it's worth the effort to make that happen.

It's hard to fully enjoy your time on Earth without having your health. Ask anyone battling health issues - most especially, issues that could have been avoided. For me, I read food labels, I seek out places to purchase the best-quality foods available to me, and I inquire about how they are produced (meats and fruits/vegetables).

We are what we eat, it is often said, but of course that's only part of the story. We are what what we eat eats too.

Health requires healthy food.

I'm on the road a lot, but I eat healthy whenever I can with foods that don't contain pesticides.

If we eat healthy and live healthy, then that's sustainable.

Things live and die, and then someone processes them into edible portions. This is a complete telling of the story, 'Food.' The basic plot hasn't changed for centuries. I shouldn't need to know any more details, any more history, in order to decide if my food tastes good or not.