#eating

Eating is not a crime. It’s not a moral issue. It’s normal. It’s enjoyable. It just is. ↗

— Carrie Arnold

#diet-industry #eating #eating-disorders #self-esteem #society

Most of us believe that eating meat is natural because humans have hunted and consumed animals for millennia. And it is true that we have been eating meat as part of an omnivorous diet for at least two million years (though for the majority of this time our diet was still primarily vegetarian). But to be fair, we must acknowledge that infanticide, murder, rape, and cannibalism are at least as old as meat eating, and are therefore arguably as 'natural'--and yet we don't invoke the history of these acts as justification for them. As with other acts of violence, when it comes to eating meat, we must differentiate between natural and justifiable. ↗

— Melanie Joy

#eating-meat #ethics #history-of-mankind #meat #nature

It's all very Italian (and decidedly un-American): to insist that doing the right thing is the most pleasurable thing, and that the act of consumption might be an act of addition rather than subtraction. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#eating #food #diet

In more ancient times the life was simpler, but now the discovery of all these different medicines for curing dyspepsia shows that people are suffering from this disease. In this country we know that there are so many kinds of pills and medicines used. We even have those in India now. These things show that not only in America but in all the countries of the world we have to recourse to artificial means for necessary nutrients because people are not aware of right rules of diet. It is better to follow the right rules of diet in the beginning in order to avoid any kind of artificial medicines later on. ↗

— Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

#digestion #disease #dyspepsia #eating-disorder #medicine

Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#paranoia #paranoid #eating

Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#honey #eating

Leo: "So...giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha. Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up my psycho babysitter." Piper: "Is that another joke? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#piper-mclean #psycho-babysitter #venti #eating

Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in? ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#eating

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the result is the same: addiction. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#drugs #eating

You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl, Lia-Lia, caught in between the worlds. You’re a ghost with a beating heart. Soon you’ll cross the border and be with me. I’m so stoked. I miss you wicked. ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#ghost