The mirror we hold up to the person next to us is one of the most important pictures she will ever see.
Therefore, wheat products elevate blood sugar levels more than virtually any other carbohydrate, from beans to candy bars.
If you eliminate wheat from your diet, you're no longer hungry between meals because you've cut out the appetite stimulant, and consequently you lose weight very quickly. I've seen this with thousands of patients.
A wheat belly represents the accumulation of fat that results from years of consuming foods that trigger insulin, the hormone of fat storage.
In fact, two slices of whole wheat bread increase blood sugar to a higher level than a candy bar does. And then, after about two hours, your blood sugar plunges and you get shaky, your brain feels foggy, you're hungry.
Aside from some extra fiber, eating two slices of whole wheat bread is really little different, and often worse, than drinking a can of sugar-sweetened soda or eating a sugary candy bar.
Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away.
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
I've tried never to be easily satisfied, and I've been painting like fury now for forty years. . . . I have a feeling. You paint about as far as your emotions go, and that's about it.
And then he [Mike Tyson] will have only channel vision.
I have three boxes on my desk: In, Out, and Too Hard.