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Published:
April 17, 2009

Macrobiotics For Dummies

Overview

Get into the definitive guide to incorporating a macrobiotic diet into your daily life. Do you want to make the most of macrobiotics? This practical guide uses a body, mind, and spirit approach to introduce you to the basics of this popular diet. You'll see how to use macrobiotic principles to enhance your health and happiness, prepare the right foods to increase your energy and fight off disease, and make lifestyle changes to support your new way of eating.

  • Begin on the path to healthy living — understand the science behind macrobiotics and how to apply the principles to your daily life
  • Heal the macrobiotic way — discover the foods and nutrients that influence good health and heal common diseases
  • Plan for successful, non-stressful change — create a macro-friendly kitchen, shop smart, and introduce new foods to the family diet
  • Make marvelous macrobiotic meals — prepare delicious, easy-to-follow recipes from breakfast to

dessert and plan your weekly menu

  • Take it on the road — make healthy restaurant choices
  • Round out your macrobiotic lifestyle — get tips for exercise, creating a more nourishing environment, and developing a self-healing personality
  • Open the book and find:

    • The basics of macrobiotic nutrition
    • How to marshal your body, mind, and spirit to renew your health
    • Ten tips for prompt, permanent weight loss
    • Practical ways to eliminate cravings for unhealthy food
    • More than 50 healthy, tasty recipes
    • Time-saving cooking techniques
    • Tips on managing your blood sugar with macrobiotic foods
    • The right tools and equipment to stock a healthy kitchen
    • A sample macrobiotic menu
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    About The Author

    Verne Varona is one of the most dynamic health educators in the country. A nationally sought-after speaker, Varona has authored articles for publications such as Natural Health, Alternative Healing, Macrobiotics Today, and Healthy Body & Fitness. Verona is also the author of the best-selling Nature's Cancer-Fighting Foods.

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    Adopting the basic macrobiotic life and awareness principles will help you get in touch with a more intellectual and spiritual way of living, boosting health and happiness. By using the macrobiotic food principles, staying away from certain foods, and following the standard macrobiotic diet, you can enhance your overall physical well-being.

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    Applying macrobiotics food principles can help you build a healthy foundation for renewed well being. These principles, if you use them daily, are effective ways to control and sustain your health, balance nutrition, and condition your body. Enjoy principle, secondary, and pleasure foods. Emphasize seasonal and local foods.
    By becoming more aware and developing a better understanding of your feelings, you have the chance to change your life into something more meaningful. To develop a personal philosophy that leads to a more creative and fulfilling life, apply the following macrobiotic principles of awareness: Develop a generous spirit: The Principle of Abundance.
    Adopting the basic macrobiotic life and awareness principles will help you get in touch with a more intellectual and spiritual way of living, boosting health and happiness. By using the macrobiotic food principles, staying away from certain foods, and following the standard macrobiotic diet, you can enhance your overall physical well-being.
    You'll need to make changes in the way you eat to achieve the best results in a food plan based on macrobiotics. By avoiding the following foods, you may increase energy, sleep better, stabilize blood sugar, reduce inflammation, and tame cravings. These positive effects contribute to a healthier, happier you.
    Here are some basic guidelines for choosing foods that fit within your macrobiotic diet plan. This dietary model outlines principle foods, secondary foods, and pleasure foods. Principle foods Whole grains: Approximately 25 to 30 percent by volume for the amount of food consumed for one day Grain products: Approximately 5 percent per day (as in 1 to 2 slices of bread or 1 to 2 servings of pasta) Vegetables: Approximately 35 percent of the day’s total percentage of food from greens, roots, and ground varieties Beans: Approximately 5 to 10 percent beans or bean products (tempeh, tofu, so on), either canned or dried Secondary foods Fruits: Approximately 5 to 10 percent as fruits, according to sweet cravings Beverages: Grain-based teas, herbal teas, vegetable juices, and so on Oils, nuts, seeds, and limited dairy products: Approximately 5 to 10 percent natural vegetable oils, nuts, seeds or limited dairy products.
    A macrobiotic lifestyle reaches beyond nourishing the body through healthy food choices. Macrobiotics is a comprehensive way of life. These macrobiotic life principles are the road by which we discover direction that leads to truth — our personal compass to self-discovery. The Principle of Opposites: Everything exists in opposition.
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