Understanding Seasonal Eating
Understanding seasonal eating can help you select which food to eat and when for a fresher, tastier, and more nutritious diet.
What Your Eyes Say About Your Health
Do you know that healthy eyes are a reflection of your overall health? Unhealthy eyes can be the first sign of mental instability and physical well-being.
Why are Food Allergies on the Rise?
Nobody wants to go through life unable to eat certain foods. But unfortunately, that’s just the case for millions of people. And the number is rising, too.
Does Milk Cause Osteoporosis?
We’ve only recently learned that milk could cause osteoporosis, but fortunately, there is a solution. If you can change your diet today, then you’ll find that you’re reaping the benefits for many years to come.
28 Days to Healthy Skin
Beauty is more than skin deep, but it does start there. The skin, the largest organ of the body, renews itself every 28 days.
Cravings, A Search For Balance
Cravings are a way our body communicates with us. They are a way we seek balance and align with nature.
Regulating Thyroid Issues Naturally
A recent article in the New York Times discusses a link between psychiatric troubles and imbalances in thyroid hormones. Quite often subtle imbalances in thyroid hormones can create depression, anxiety and other psychiatric problems. From a macrobiotic or energetic point of view, the thyroid is the balancing point between the pituitary and adrenal [...]
Why Do Some Vegans Fracture Their Hips?
It has been my observation that recently more and more vegans have been having bone problems including hip fractures and replacements. In the past, hip fractures were considered to be a sign of old age and impending death. This may not the case today.
Everyday Miso
In macrobiotics, we recommend using barley or brown rice miso that has been aged two to three years. Certain preparations of miso provide the most benefit. Miso soup can be enjoyed often or daily, and even two to three times a week will start to improve your health. In my experience, the two best preparations are miso soup and miso-tahini spread.
Macrobiotics and Weight Loss
If your condition is not balanced, then you can't control your appetite. That is why a healthy, balanced diet and lifestyle is key to weight loss.
Brown Rice Friend or Foe?
I am not a medical professional or a medical researcher. I am a macrobiotic professional with more than forty years of experience guiding many thousands of my clients on diet and lifestyle to recover and maintain their health. I have observed the power and benefits of the regular consumption of brown rice on the young and old over these forty years.
The Importance of Eating on Time
What is the importance of eating on time? Find out! And how eating at regular times can help you feel better and lose weight...
10 Natural Anti-Aging Secrets
Everyone seems to be concerned about aging these days. People take special preparations and treatments to reverse the natural process of aging. Most of these treatments are based on hormonal and/or nutritional supplements, creams and injections, or surgery. Unfortunately, these treatments are only temporary and oftentimes these treatments backfire. What are the differences between those who age well and those who do not?
5 Takeaways from the China Study
In 2005, The China Study by T. Colin Campbell and his son, Dr. Thomas Campbell became the highest selling health book –– with over a million copies sold. Even though the findings have been criticized, The China Study still presents five important takeaways about plant-based diet, nutrition, and chronic illness.
The Future of Modern Macrobiotics
It is clear that modern society does not prioritize health. When we begin macrobiotic practice, it takes effort to create an orderly, daily schedule and to carve out time for meals. However, over time, these health-supporting habits become second nature.
Strong Constitution vs Delicate Constitution
Fortunately, through macrobiotics both strong constitutions and delicate or weak constitutions can lead a long vibrant life if they build healthy habits and consume a nutritionally dense diet.
Macrobiotic Diet Foods
Macrobiotic practice embraces and integrates cuisines and ingredients from most of the world’s long-standing civilizations. Macrobiotics, as it is practiced now, has become a multicultural fusion of many of these cultures and civilizations. The plant-abundant diet is based on the full variety of foods in each of the following categories: grains, beans, vegetables, soups, [...]
Sugar: The Good and the Bad
Sugar, sweets and the sweet taste have a bad reputation and we often feel guilty indulging in our taste for sweets. Craving sugar may not be such a bad thing. Sweet is the most important and healthiest taste, followed by salty and sour tastes, then by bitter and pungent tastes. It is the predominant [...]