Food-addiction, or food-drunkenness, is an old story in Hygienic literature. This is the first mention I have seen of it in “regular” medical literature. I fear to hope that its recognition spells progress. – Herbert M. Shelton, Getting Well

Sugar is sneaky, seductive, sentimental, and passionate. And sugar is everywhere. – Kristina Turner, The Self-Healing Cookbook, 2002, originally published 1987

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)