Macrobiotic food diet

Macrobiotic nutrition

Today very popular idea MACROBIOTIC comes from Greek words, that means "big, long life - longevity". It's needed to mention that macrobiotic does mean not only the way of nutrition, but also whole philosophical system connected with it, that from one part comes from religiously - philosophical zen-buddhism.

Zen doesn't abjure life, it only propagate full merging to the life - food don't have to degrade man, to man be its slave. Assure more deeper possibility of health by following the right path. That's why with obesity is good to choose at least some methods from macrobiotic diet, compare them with energetical options of reduction diet.

Macrobiotic diet has more levels, altogether ten, from the lowest, that is the most similar to our racional nutrition, to the highest (that is not always recommended), where is nutrition composed solely from whole grain products. . A kind of founder of modern macrobiotic doctrine is Japanese George Oshawa (1893 - 1966), he asserted, that there exist no illnes (so also no malignant tumours), that couldn't be healed by appropriate use of natural foodstuffs. Convincing evidence about this are not yet there, even if with this nutrition you can preventively strike against emergance of malignant tumours (for example large intestine).

Lower levels of macrobiotic diet contain still relatively varied, not monotonous nutrition, higher levels are already stereotypic, one-sided, the higher have to eventually result into deficiency disease, deficiency of many basic nutrients (full-valuable proteins, essentials fatty acids, some vitamins, trace elements, salts). The food in the scope of these highest levels actually cease to be enjoyment.

The base of ideology of macrobiotic nutrition is assertion, that in foods exist mysterious energies, principles Yin (female) and Yang (man), whose mutual ratio gives the food their nutritive value. The best ratio of yin and yang has supposedly whole grain. Yin is dominant in potatoes, tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms, butter, bananas, honey, champagne etc. Whilst yang is in cereals, carrot, apple, goat cheese (not so in goat milk) etc. On the practical feature is basic requirement of macrobiotic nutrition, natural foods, non refined, not chemicaly manufactured, without fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, which is nearly inaccessible. Whole grains should be in their natural, non refined, so called integral form - for example brown rice, wheat.

Sort of middle form of macrobiotic diet is yet acceptable, it consist of 50% whole grains (rice, wheat, millet, corn, rye, barley), from 40% legumes, vegetables (that grows on the ground, sea - some seaweeds), soups from them, 10% prducts of animal origin (only white meats, fish, poultry, turkey, eggs and milk only a little), fruits minimaly, no sweet fares. The highest level of macrobiotic nutrition does mean 90% of whole grains and 10% vegetables.


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Name: Rendos

Date: 2008-03-06 02:26:27

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