Macrobiotics

Macrobiotics is another diet that can help you achieve weight loss that can lead us on the road to heart health.

Remember that the purpose of a diet is to give us the proper boost, giving us the tools we need to begin living a healthy active lifestyle. Each person is different, we all know our own needs, wants, and cravings and deep down we all know our own strengths and weaknesses. We should choose the diet or technique that helps us in our unique way to achieve the goal we want to obtain.

This is to live a happy active lifestyle and avoiding heart disease and other life threatening diseases.

The concept

Macrobiotics from the Greek language "macro" (large, long) + "bio" (life)) is a lifestyle that incorporates a diet regime.

The Macrobiotic diet was brought to Europe from Japan by the philosopher Georges Ohsawa (who taught extensively in Paris) and subsequently to North America in the late 1960s by his pupil Michio Kushi.

Behind macrobiotic thinking stands the idea that food, and food quality affects our lives more greatly than is commonly thought.

It affects our health, well being and happiness. Therefore it is better for us to choose food that is less processed, more natural, use more traditional methods of cooking and cook for ourselves and families and friends.

Macrobiotic emphasize locally grown, whole-grain cereals, pulses, vegetables, fruit, seaweed and fermented soy products, combined into meals according to the principle of balance between Yin and Yang properties.

Cereals (and in particular, rice), which are seen as being naturally balanced in terms of Yin and Yang make up the main part of the diet. Foods which are either extremely Yin in nature (such as very sweet foods, or dairy products) or extremely Yang in nature (such as very salty foods or red meat) are eaten very rarely if at all.

For people who want to adopt the diet, it is recommended to read more about it and even consult a macrobiotic counselor (especially in case of illness).

It is generally recommended that the diet be adopted gradually, reducing animal products, refined flour, sugar, dairy products and adding more whole grain and vegetable quality foods.

Some people try and extend the diet into a macrobiotic lifestyle. People who practice a Macrobiotic lifestyle belive they try to observe Yin Yang in everything they do.

They strive for balance and happiness in their daily lives and living in harmony with nature and their physical surrounding.

Disclaimer: The information that I am writing on these pages are for educational purposes only, and are intended to inspire us to learn more about heart disease. By doing so we can learn how to eliminate the leading cause of death, and create a better life for us and our children. I am only a heart patient, in no way should what I am writing, replace any medical advice given to you by your doctors.
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