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"Very simply, we subsidize high-fructose corn syrup in this country, but not carrots. While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the president is signing farm bills designed to keep the river of cheap corn flowing, guaranteeing that the cheapest calories in the supermarket will continue to be the unhealthiest."

"Some people who have been working out regularly for months or even years are still out of shape because the number of cheat days they have in a week exceeds six."

"Some men would not still be HIV negative or alive, if they had managed to sleep with some of the women with whom they want or wanted to have sex."

"I have a computer screen near my seat where I monitor the overall health of the vehicle and pick up any problems that might be occurring early on or once we see any kind of a malfunction or anything unusual that's happening, we can look at the data and figure out what that is."

"There is just no reason why the richest nation in the world can't provide health care to all its people."

"Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it."

"In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities."
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"I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-hour ago, and nothing will make me happier than to replicate the DNA of my amazing husband. I'm optimistic."

"My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head."

"I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign."

"I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I'm just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital."

"I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes."

"The lesion is in the area of my brain that is responsible for motor function, so I have continual chronic pain in my left arm from elbow to fingertips and the right side of my body from my ear to my breast area."

"I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?"

"In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life."

"My family has been amazing, and they understand how blessed I am. They've been able to keep my sense of humor."
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