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macrobioticsDietary practice based on the Chinese philosophy of balancing yin and yang (see yin-yang). It stresses avoiding foods that are classified as strongly yin (e.g., alcoholic beverages) or yang (e.g., meat) and relying mainly on near-neutral foods such as grains. In addition, foods that grow naturally in one's climate should be the mainstay of one's diet. Macrobiotics was first articulated in Asia in the 1930s and swept Europe and the U.S. in the late 1960s. Adherents maintain that not only can the quality of life be enhanced but that serious ailments such as cancer can be healed; critics counter that uninformed attempts to practice such a diet can lead to malnutrition. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I tried a lot of things to make it better: chiropractic therapy, yoga, bee stings, a macrobiotic diet, acupuncture, heavy doses of antibiotics, and, when it became available, the first disease-modifying therapy. I think we're scientifically more sophisticated today than we have ever been, but there is no evidence that our belief in ghosts or aliens or macrobiotic diets or the power of echinacea to kill colds has decreased. The macrobiotic diet is a plant-based diet of hearty whole grains, legumes, vegetables, sea vegetables, fruits, and healing seasonings, condiments, and teas. |
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