“ The American diet causes disease. It is composed of 25 percent animal products and 62 percent processed foods and only 5 percent of calories from fruits and vegetables. Joel Fuhrman
“ We can reduce these cancer rates - breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer - by 90 percent or more by people adopting what I call a nutritrarian diet. Joel Fuhrman
“ To provide optimal levels of protective micronutrients, a diet must be vegetable-based, not grain-based. Joel Fuhrman
“ The human body is a miraculous self-healing machine, but those self-repair systems require a nutrient-dense diet. Joel Fuhrman
“ There is simply not enough money available to support a system in which the lion's share of expenditures is devoted to acute care, with virtually nothing being spent on preventive medicine, i.e. healt… Joel Fuhrman
“ Blueberries, strawberries and blackberries are true super foods. Naturally sweet and juicy, berries are low in sugar and high in nutrients - they are among the best foods you can eat. Joel Fuhrman
“ The human diet, for millions of years, did not contain any added salt - only the sodium present in natural foods, adding up to only about 1000 mg sodium per day. Joel Fuhrman
“ Sodium is an important mineral that is essential for proper functioning of the human body - however, the American diet contains dangerously high amounts of sodium, almost 80 percent of which comes fro… Joel Fuhrman
“ Seeds and nuts are indispensable for cardiovascular health. The protective properties of nuts against coronary heart disease were first recognized in the early 1990s, and a strong body of literature h… Joel Fuhrman
“ We know that childhood and adolescence are the most crucial times for environmental stimuli to affect breast cancer risk, but changes made during adulthood and even after diagnosis still have the pote… Joel Fuhrman
“ We must always remember that all medical interventions have risk, and very little can be asserted with 100 percent certainty. Joel Fuhrman
“ A high nutrient density diet was associated with more feelings of hunger in the mouth and throat and less in the head and stomach. Joel Fuhrman
“ A high nutrient diet, if widely adopted, could bring millions of people in touch with true hunger, and stop the proliferation of obesity and preventable chronic disease. Joel Fuhrman
“ The modern diet is grossly deficient in hundreds of important plant-derived immunity-building compounds which makes us highly vulnerable to viruses, infections and disease. Joel Fuhrman
“ A significant number of research studies have documented that heart disease is easily and almost completely preventable through a diet rich in plant produce and lower in processed foods and animal pro… Joel Fuhrman
“ I have appeared on 'The Dr. Oz show' and recognize that Dr. Oz does not hold the exact same viewpoints about all controversies in human nutrition that I do, but he has a huge base of knowledge and is… Joel Fuhrman
“ Eating a high-nutrient diet actually makes you more satisfied with less food, and actually gives the ability to enjoy food more without overeating. Joel Fuhrman
“ Cutting back on calories is not the answer to successful weight loss and successful health... you have to increase the quality of what you eat, not just reduce the quantity. Joel Fuhrman
