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to request an appointment today & startI had a dilemma. I wanted to start eating breakfast but I was addicted to coffee shops as well as coffee. I looked forward to starting the day outside my home to read and work on ideas before starting my day officially. It was starting to become apparent that I would have to give [...]
Recently my wife Susan published a blog on the importance of expressing gratitude, illustrated by a photo of our grandson Isaiah. Her blog got me thinking about the practice of giving thanks before every meal. It is something that I adopted in 1969 when I began practicing macrobiotics. It is something that I do [...]
Welcome to the last day of our Revolutionary Resolutions series. Today we’ll tie everything together with the seventh step. 7. Cultivate the spirit of health. We can move in the direction of health, or in the direction of sickness. Depending on the totality of our diet and lifestyle choices, we move in either the direction [...]
Only one more day left in this series! Make sure you check back and read over the previous posts on the other five steps. 6. Format is more important than quality. The format of your meals is more important than the quality of your meals. On Day 3 of this series, we learned that a [...]
Just in case you just started reading this series, each day I am focusing on one of my 7 Steps to a Great Life. Adopting one or a few of my 7 Steps is a great way to begin the New Year because they are resolutions that you can actually keep. Every one of the [...]
Welcome back to my series on the 7 Steps to a Great Life. Check my previous posts for other ideas for resolutions for a revolutionary 2012. 4. Make your daily life active. This isn’t about what you think it’s about. I am not suggesting that you subject yourself to a purgatory of Stair Masters and [...]
See my previous posts for more ideas for revolutionary New Year’s resolutions. Today we’re going to talk about the format of the meals. 3. Eat two or three complete and nutritionally balanced meals every day. Repeat after me: a meal is not complete unless it includes a grain and a separately cooked vegetable dish. Grain [...]
Good morning, and welcome to the second post in my series on revolutionary resolutions for 2012. Each day I'll be focusing on one of my 7 Steps to a Great Life, which make perfect 2012 New Year's resolutions. 2. Keep your mealtimes regular. If you’re like most Americans, your mealtimes are probably not regular. You [...]
Thank you for joining me this week as I discuss each of my 7 Steps to a Great Life. If you have one resolution for 2012, make it one of my 7 Steps. Don’t feel pressured to implement all 7 Steps at the same time (unless you are experiencing serious health problems, at which point [...]
Ben Franklin is one of my heroes because of his practical, creative genius and his connection to Philadelphia. While rereading his autobiography recently it occurred to me that he was not only one of our founding fathers but also a father of macrobiotics. Ben Franklin is a role model for macrobiotic practice. He became [...]
This week we travelled to Jacksonville, Florida, at the invitation of Marlene Pendley. The group was international, four people from Venezuela and three from Bogota, Columbia. Susan taught two "international" cooking classes and I took these cultures into account in my lectures. It was a great success and very enjoyable. Two of the students had [...]
Everyone can align with nature. The sun doesn't oversleep! It always gets up, always rises. The full moon is always there when it should be and spring always comes after winter. The only way the sun won't rise, I believe, is if our planet is out of orbit. Otherwise the sun will rise everyday. The [...]
When does life begin? When does life end? This is a very good question. Does life begin when you are a twinkle in your parents' eyes? Does life begin at the point of conception? Does life begin at the moment of birth? When the cord is cut? When does it begin? Does life begin when [...]
The basis of every meal should be a grain or grain product and at least one vegetable dish. After that your most important choice is soup every day. This can be any kind of soup. After that comes beans and sea vegetables, nuts and seeds, fruit and snacks, fish, beverages, etc. These all revolve around [...]
Chewing is in some ways the most important of the seven steps to strengthening health. However, it is important to enjoy chewing and not to feel "This is labor. I have to do this to get well." If you feel satisfied by your food and if you really enjoy it, naturally you will want to [...]
Hypoglycemic people thrive on pressure and tension, physically, emotionally and mentally. Relaxing this pressure is the key to overcoming it. Plenty of variety should be used in grains, without excessive use of pressure cooking or baking. Grains should be soaked and then boiled. Noodles, corn and cracked grain should be included often. Vegetable dishes should [...]
We are approaching a crossroads in modern life. Science, medicine and technology are advancing rapidly. Despite claims in the media that we are leading a better way of life, it is easy to see that this is not true in many ways. I think that it is hard for most of us to say that [...]