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Macrobiotic - mysterious power of Yin and Yang

Yin Yang
Every meal you eat contains some energy in itself. Watch over your energy balance and your body will reward. Macrobiotic defenders assert, that this way you’ll achieve long, happy and healthy life.

The word macrobiotic is deduced from Greek “macro” and “bios”. It could be explained as natural way of living. If you’ll adhere to macrobiotic, you should be assured about longevity, inner harmony and health ofcourse.

Macrobiotic works with idea of yin and yang

Yin and Yang are basic antipole energies, that are as two magnets constantly attracted, repeled and harmonize.
Macrobiotics assert that every particle, thing and living creature are result of these energies.
The same is for every food you eat, it has own energy - either balanced or extreme.
Psyche shows after this meal either harmonized or extreme contition. If you’ll for a long time consume foods balanced from the point of yin and yang, you’ll establish harmony to your organism and so health. On the contrary if you’ll consume extreme foods for a long time, your body won’t able to regulate constant disharmony and succumb to disease.

Yang energy

It’s centripetal energy, contracting.
Extremely yang - belongs there meat, poultry, eggs, salty cheese, fish (red meat), refined salt
Moderate yang - belongs there fish (white meat), mollusc, sea salt, soya, fermented vegetables

Yin energy

It’s centrifugal energy, releasing.
Extremely yin - sugar, honey, sweetness, cofe, alcohol, milk, yogurt, cream, tropical fruits and vegetable, spice and herbs
Moderate yin - salads, local fruits, nuts, vegetal oils, non-stimulating drinks

Macrobiotic - impact on alimentation

For the last several years was manner of eating changed so much, that the main component of nourishment are all complex foods. Even the products alone, the ones you cook from, are results of industrial modifications.
The main mistake is, that disappeared whole grains from the cooking menus, that in the shape of white baked goods lose their most valuable components. Furthermore the consumption of fats was increased, simple sugars, animal proteins and chemicals, used in the processing foods.

Macrobiotic for balanced body

What to eat then, to get your body in harmony? The base are whole grains (unhusked brown rice, barley, millet, husked oat, wheat and rye grains, corn, buckwheat), soups (from any vegetables), seaweeds, legumes. Up to third of every meal should make vegetable cooked in steam, boiled in water, stewed on the minimum of oil or infused.
The food could be filled with fishes and sea products baked on grate or boiled. From drinks is ideal tea from 3 year tea twigs or tea from roasted rice or barley grains. And ofcourse drink to too cold spring water.
From condiments use with light degree sea salt, soy sauce or salty plumps umeboshi. Sour taste to foods give rice or cereal vinegar, piquant will be grated ginger, shallot or horseradish. For a sweet taste you can use rice or barley malt.

Eat macrobioticaly is not easy at all and it won’t do without restrain. But the one who have tried macrobiotic, will surely confirm, that balance of foods will penetrate to whole body and will solve all ailments.