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I tell you honestly what I think is the cause of the complicated maladies of the human race: it is their gormandizing and stuffing, and stimulating their digestive organs to an excess, thereby producing nervous disorders and irritation. – John Abernethy (1764–1831)

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If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate. – Diogenes the Cynic

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Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out. – Mark Hyman

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The best General Rule for Diet that I can write, is to Eat and Drink only of such Foods—at such times,—and in such quantities—as Experience has convinced you, agree with your Constitution—and absolutely to avoid all other. – William Kitchiner (1775–1827), “Art of Invigorating Life,” The Art of Invi

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