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" An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy. "

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" It costs less to eat and live more healthfully. Walking, loving, meditating, and quitting smoking are free and require no special equipment. "

" Meditation is the practice of giving something your full attention and awareness. When I eat a truffle, for example, I focus fully on it and involve as many of my senses as possible. "

" In a global economy, the Bush doctrine of unilateralism - going it alone - has been disastrous. It's becoming increasingly clear that we're all in this together. Your happiness is my happiness, your suffering is my suffering, your recession is my recession. "

" I grew up in Texas, eating meat five times a day, and I liked meat. But I began being a vegetarian when I was 19 because I found that I felt better. "

" A valid scientific theory is predictive, verifiable, and replicable. To me, that's beautiful. "

" Make choices to empower yourself. "

" Alas, bacon and eggs are not health foods. "

" Intimacy and community buffer stress. "

" When most people think about my work, they think about diet. To me, diet has always been the least interesting part of it. "

" Bureaucracies tend to perpetuate themselves, whether they are multinational corporations or large government institutions such as Medicare, often at the expense of those that they are supposed to serve. "

" When you're feeling stressed, your breath becomes more rapid and shallow. Take some slow, deep breaths, which will reduce your stress level almost immediately. "

" There is often a simplistic view that HDL is good, so that anything that raises HDL is good for you, and anything that lowers it is bad for you. Nothing could be farther from the truth. "

" Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control. "

" When it's good business to make healthier food, then it becomes sustainable. "

" Our emotions resonate with each other - for better and for worse. "

" For much of my career, I've studied health and how it's intrinsically tied to lifestyle. "

" No one has all the answers, so whatever a woman who has the BRCA mutation chooses to do requires courage and an element of faith. And a lot of love and support. "

" Smaller portions of good foods are more satisfying than larger portions of junk foods, especially if you pay attention to what you're eating. "

" Parents and kids know they should pass up the fries for an apple and exchange the video game for a game of tag - but knowing and doing are certainly different things. "

" If you go on a diet and feel constrained, you are more likely to drop it. But if you see your food choices each day as part of a spectrum, then you are more likely to feel free and empowered. "

" Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. "

" Even a small amount of dark chocolate can be exquisitely satisfying if you meditate on it. "

" I'm as deeply suspicious of big government as anyone. I'm strongly in favor of universal coverage but not single payer. "

" I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things. "

" What we do eat is at least as important as what we don't eat. "

" In our home, we serve mostly healthful foods. "

" Physical exercise is a great way to discharge stressful feelings that accumulate during the day. "

" With everything that you can imagine at our fingertips, many of the social interactions that help tie people together in a community have faded away. Are communities traditionally built on relationships, trust and familiarity a thing of the past? "

" I appreciate the power of a White House bully pulpit - but kids listen and learn primarily from other kids. If your son's friend tells him that the apple is better than the fries, he's more likely to listen. "