120 Healthy Eating Quotes Celebrating Better Food Choices (2022)

These healthy eating quotes will help you improve your diet.

Eating healthy is the best choice to make for your diet. It is vital for good health and can reduce the risk of numerous chronic health conditions. It also helps maintain a healthy weight and gives you more energy to enjoy life.

If you are trying to improve your diet, health experts recommend you try to monitor how much you eat each day, eat a wide variety of foods, base your diet on cereals and whole grains, and increase fruit and vegetable consumption. Also, drink plenty of water and reduce consumption of fat, salt and sugar.

Your thoughts make a big difference, so try to maintain a mindset that inspires healthier eating. If you’re trying to change your eating habits but slip up and mindlessly eat, get back up and keep trying. Remember that change doesn’t happen overnight. The most important thing is to keep going in the right direction.

Why is it important to eat healthy?

To help you make healthy choices in what you eat all the time, below is our collection of healthy eating quotes, healthy eating sayings, and healthy eating proverbs, collected from a variety of sources over the years.

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Healthy eating quotes celebrating better food choices

1. “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” – Adelle Davis

2. “Healthy does NOT mean starving yourself EVER. Healthy means eating the right food in the right amount”. – Karen Salmansohn

3. “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.” – Mahatma Gandhi

4. “If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food.” – Errick McAdams

5. “After dinner rest a while; after supper walk a mile.” – T. Cogan

6. “Eating healthy food fills your body with energy and nutrients. Imagine your cells smiling back at you and saying: “Thank you!”.” – Karen Salmansohn

7. “When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need”. – Ayurvedic Proverb

8. “Love yourself enough to live a healthy lifestyle.” – Jules Robson

9. “The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.” – Ann Wigmore

10. “Sorry, there´s no magic bullet. You gotta eat healthy and live healthy to be healthy and look healthy. End of story.” ― Morgan Spurlock

Healthy eating quotes to help you improve your diet

11. “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” – Mark Twain

12. “You don’t have to eat less, you just have to eat right.” – Unknown

13. “A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought – they must be earned.” – Naval Ravikant

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14. “It is exercise alone that supports the spirits and keeps the mind in vigor.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

15. “Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel

16. “Those who think they have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” – Edward Stanley

17. “Don’t allow a love problem or work problem to become an eating problem. Stop trying to stuff your feelings down with food.” – Karen Salmansohn

18. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” – Proverb

19. “In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance. So no ingredient is ever off-limits. Rather, all of the recipes here follow my Usually-Sometimes-Rarely philosophy. Notice there is no Never.” ― Ellie Krieger

20. “Healthy eating is a way of life, so it’s important to establish routines that are simple, realistically, and ultimately livable.” – Horace

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Healthy eating quotes that will give you energy to enjoy your life

21. “Eating crappy food isn’t a reward — it’s a punishment.” ― Drew Carey

22. “From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health.” –Catalan Proverb

23. “The human body is the best picture of the human soul.” – Tony Robbins

24. “Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.” – Julia Child

25. “Any food that requires enhancing by the use of chemical substances should in no way be considered a food.” – John H. Tobe

26. “Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” ― Winston Churchill

27. “Take care of yourself, be healthy, and always believe you can be successful in anything you truly want.” – Alessandra Ambrosio

28. “Health requires healthy food.” – Roger Williams

29. “Nobody can be in good health if he does not have all the time fresh air, sunshine and good water.” – Flying Hawk

30. “The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor.” –Chinese Proverb

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Healthy eating quotes to help you improve your nutrition

31. “Keep healthy veggies at home, so you’ll snack on healthy veggies.” – Karen Salmansohn

32. “Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries.” – Mark Halperin

33. “The scientific truth may be put quite briefly; eat moderately, having an ordinary mixed diet, and don’t worry.” – Robert Hutchison

34. “Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.” – Josh Billings

35. “Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food.” –Hippocrates

36. “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” – Thomas Edison

37. “It’s not enough to eat veggies and do yoga. You also must work on healing the stress and anger in your life.” – Karen Salmansohn

38. “Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.” –Doug Larson

39. “What you eat literally becomes you. you have a choice in what you’re made of.” Anonymous

40. “To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” –William Londen

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Healthy eating quotes to inspire and motivate you

41. “Appreci-eat” your food! Savor the flavor and eat slowly. It takes your body about 20 minutes to realize it’s full. –Karen Salmansohn

42. “Your health is what you make of it. Everything you do and think either adds to the vitality, energy, and spirit you possess or takes away from it.” – Ann Wigmore

43. “Healthy eating isn’t about counting fat grams, dieting, cleanses and antioxidants; it’s about eating food untouched from the way we find it in nature in a balanced way.” – Pooja Mottl

44. “If you don’t take time to take care of your health now, you’re gonna have to make time for feeling sick and tired later.” – Karen Salmansohn

45. “Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” – John F. Kennedy

46. “Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility. Save yourself.” – Naval Ravikant

47. “Health is a relationship between you and your body” – Terri Guillemets

48. “Water, air and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia.”  – Napoleon

49. “By cleansing your body on a regular basis and eliminating as many toxins as possible from your environment, your body can begin to heal itself, prevent disease, and become stronger and more resilient than you ever dreamed possible!”  – Dr. Edward

50. “Time And health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.”  – Denis Waitley

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Healthy eating quotes that will make you think before you take a bite

51. “Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.”— Hippocrates

52. “To avoid sickness eat less; to prolong life worry less.” – Chu Hui Weng

53. “Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.”— Michael Pollan

54. “Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.” – Craig Claiborne

55. “You are what you eat.”— Michael Pollan

56. “The primary reason diseases tend to run in families may be that diets tend to run in families.” – Michael Greger

57. “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”— Michael Pollan

58. “Focus on health, energy, vitality – not weight.” – Karen Salmansohn

59. “One should eat to live, not live to eat” – Benjamin Franklin

60. “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.” – Adelle Davis

Healthy eating quotes to live by

61. “Processed foods not only extend the shelf life, but they extend the waistline as well.”— Karen Sessions

62. “If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don’t.” – Michael Pollan

63. “About eighty percent of the food on shelves of supermarkets today didn’t exist 100 years ago.”― Larry McCleary

64. “By choosing healthy over skinny, you are choosing self-love over self-judgement.” – Steve Maraboli

65. “Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one.”― Astrid Alauda

66. “A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems. It’s the most important solution.” – John Mackey

67. “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.” – Brillat-Savarin

68. “Your body is your biggest asset it’s your responsibility to take care of it.” – Odeta Stuikys Rose

69. “Proper nutrition is the difference between feeling exhausted and getting the most out of a workout.” – Summer Sanders, Olympic Swimming Champion

70. “Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

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71. “Every girl and dude should be eating healthy food.” – Unknown

72. “He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors.” – Chinese Proverb

73. “Cake and pie may taste like heaven, but you’ll regret them when you turn 37!” – Unknown

74. “Every time you eat is an opportunity to nourish your body.” – Unknown

75. “Full of energy you will feel, after eating a healthy meal.” – Unknown

76. “Nutrition is the only remedy that can bring full recovery and can be used with any treatment. Remember, food is our best medicine!” – Bernard Jensen

77. “Even in this high-tech age, the low-tech plant continues to be the key to nutrition and health.” – Jack Weatherford

78. “Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.” – William Shakespeare

79. “To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.“ – La Rochefoucald

80. “By choosing healthy over skinny you are choosing self-love over self-judgement.” – Steve Maraboli

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Insightful healthy eating quotes

81. “Healthy cooking is the best preventive medicine.” – Unknown

82. “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

83. “I choose healthy foods for me, to stay as healthy as can be.” – Unknown

84. “There is nothing unhealthy about educating youngsters about nutrition.” – Pierre Dukan

85. “Eat healthy day and night, to keep your future looking bright.” – Unknown

86. “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

87. “A healthy outside starts from the inside.” – Robert Urich

88. “Today, more than 95% of all chronic disease is caused by food choice, toxic food ingredients, nutritional deficiencies and lack of physical exercise.” – Mike Adams

89. “Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.” – Anne M. Mulcahy

90. “When walking, walk. When eating, eat.” – Rashaski · Zen Proverb

Healthy eating quotes to make you think

91. “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf

92. “If only you start eating healthy food, you will be pleasantly surprised how easy it is to lose weight.” – Subodh Gupta

93. “If you maintain a healthy diet, or at least are smart about your food choices, you’ll still see the pounds come off.” – Misty May-Treanor

94. “The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you’re off it.” – Jackie Gleason

95. “Healthy people eating healthy food should never need to take an antibiotic.” – Joel Fuhrman

96. “The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.” – Hippocrates

97. “My passion is about motivating as many families as possible to learn about vegetables and healthy eating together.” – Jennie Garth

98. “Just like keeping a healthy diet is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, eating the right foods is just as important for getting the most out of your workout.” – Marcus Samuelsson

99. “The easiest diet is, you know, eat vegetables, eat fresh food. Just a really sensible healthy diet like you read about all the time.” – Drew Carey

100. “You need a good, healthy diet – it’s about finding out what your body needs. Sugar is a disaster for skin, as is white flour.” – Thandie Newton

Healthy eating quotes from both sides of the debate

101. “Growing up, I never had any psychological association with food, we just ate.” ― Dawn Tucci

102. “Things that you are unlikely to regret: exercise, eating healthily, challenging yourself, making a plan, being kind.” ― Freequill

103. “Some people don’t have real love for bananas; they only eat it because of the wonders they believe it performs.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

104. “Forget about nuclear war; the real weapons of mass destruction are fast food, highly processed carbs, and high-fructose corn syrup!” ― Brian Quebbemann, M.D.

105. “These days, they use so much pesticide that when I feed the children, I have to soak the vegetables for at least two hours.” ― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem

106. “Popcorn, chocolate, coffee, ice cream, and pizza. The five food groups. Health nuts are going to feel stupid one day, dying of nothing.” ― Kelly Moran, Puppy Love

107. “Healthy eating should not preclude the odd cake. But it’s good to be able to wait: if not for a whole year, at least for an hour or two.” ― Bee Wilson, First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

108. “In the very same books that tell us to locate our self-worth not in how we look but in who we are and how we feel—there is a consistent, entrenched fear of fatness.” ― Ruby Tandoh

109. “I believe cooking can be fun, healthy, easy, and tasty! I hope you find some recipes in here that are some nice healthy alternatives and become part of your weekly flow.” ― Angelika Angie Hofmann, Simple Healthy Delights

110. “From the 1980s onward manufacturers of products advertised as uniquely healthy because they were low in fat… not to mention gluten-free, no MSG, and zero grams trans fat per serving, took to replacing those fat calories with sugar to make them equally… palatable and often disguising the sugar under one or more of the fifty plus names, by which the fructose-glucose combination of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup might be found.” — Gary Taubes, The Case Against Sugar

More healthy eating quotes and sayings

111. “I eat egg whites a lot. Aside from that, I eat everything. I try to avoid too much oily food, but I do eat carbs. I have to have a balanced diet.” – Genelia D’Souza

112. “Healthy dieting is without a doubt the foundation of healthy living.” – Ryan Frimmel

113. “I try to eat fruit and veggies and meat and all the different categories and have a well rounded diet.” – Andrew Luck

114. “A healthy diet is no longer a luxury rather a health necessity.” – Ryan Frimmel

115. “I don’t go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.” – Vanessa Hudgens

116. “Healthy eating does not mean simply counting calories. It means thinking about both the calories and nutrients in foods.” – Susan R. Gregson

117. “You feel better when you’re eating food that retains nutritional value.” – Amber Heard

118. “Healthy eating also means eating a variety of nutritious foods.” – Susan R. Gregson

119. “A balanced diet can help you to lose weight and will provide you with all of the nutrients that you body needs to stay healthy.” – Minnie Phillips

120. “Healthy eating is you all in one drugstore! You may effectively battle and prevent diseases if you consume healthy foods.” – Eva Blanc

Did these healthy eating quotes inspire you?

Maintaining a healthful diet is one of the best choices to make. Eating healthy provides the necessary nutrients that your body needs, helps prevent future diseases such as diabetes and cancer, ensures you have more energy and much more.

Although many people resolve to improve their diet, only a few actually make it a reality. We hope the quotes above will help you make better choices in what you eat; whether you want to reduce your weight, or because you want to improve your nutritional health.

How did you find these healthy eating quotes? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add to the list? Let us know in the comment section below.