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...
How to Overcome the Hangry Horrors
Hangriness sometimes causes us to make unhealthy choices such as overeating or choosing unhealthy foods. Feeling hangry is a much different sensation than healthy hunger. Healthy hunger is a feeling based on a desire for life; it is a pleasant, mild, and comfortable anticipation of a nice meal. However, feeling hangry is a [...]
Macrobiotics and Seasonal Health
I recently read a blog called “A Season Pattern to Mental Health.” Macrobiotics plays a large role in this pattern for a couple of reasons: Our blood sugar follows the suns movement, thus it follows the seasons as well. As humans, blood sugar should slowly start to rise after midnight so that we can wake [...]
Revolutionary Resolutions Day 2
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 [...]
Emotions and Blood Quality
In macrobiotics we look at illness as a developmental progression. The first major stage, which is not really an illness itself in many cases, is our blood starting to become imbalanced. Our blood, which has hemoglobin, iron containing protein at the center, is important for maintaining our direction in life. When our blood quality is [...]
Hypoglycemia
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 [...]