"man ist, was man isst" meaning in German

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          "english": "Poorly-fed people are also weak-willed and lowly people. The common saying \"you are what you eat\" applies just as much to the larger community as it does to the individual.",
          "ref": "1885, Isidor Singer, Untersuchungen über die socialen Zustände in den Fabrikbezirken des nordöstlichen Böhmen, page 157",
          "text": "Schlecht genährte Völker sind auch willensschlaffe und niedrig stehende Völker. Der bekannte Spruch: „Man ist, was man isst“, gilt für eine grosse Gesammtheit ganz so, wie für das Individuum.",
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          "english": "\"You are what you eat!\" Maybe there's some truth to it. In the macrobiotic diet, they even go so far as to say that you look like a pig if you eat too much pork.",
          "ref": "2013, Grete Ruile, Von einem Ostberliner Mädchen, page 268",
          "text": "„Man ist, was man isst!“ Vielleicht ist ein bisschen Wahres daran. In der Makrobiotik geht man sogar so weit, dass man sagt, man sieht aus wie ein Schwein, wenn man zu viel Schweinefleisch verzehrt.",
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          "english": "You are what you eat. When we eat meat from animals, we must understand, that the price of this is the killing of a living being.",
          "ref": "2015, Martin Burckhardt, Score, page 97",
          "text": "Man ist, was man isst. Wenn wir Fleisch von Tieren zu uns nehmen, müssen wir uns klar darüber sein, dass der Preis dafür die Tötung eines Lebewesens ist.",
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