what do macrobiotics eat?

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" Guy Sedan " guysedan, on Fri May 19, 2006 8:49pm(PDT), wrote:

Re: TCM Perspective; Healing With Whole Foods: Congee

 

Hi Patricia,

 

I am fairly new to the issue of healthy eating. Reading Pitchford and

learning a bit of Macrobiotics , showed me two different approaches

regarding the value of raw vegtables. Pitchford shares the Chinese thinking that

consumption of raw vegtebales can harm the digestive system (injure the Spleen)

while the Macrobiotics hold that raw vegetables are healthier than cooked. Am I

correct?

Thanks

Guy Sedan

 

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Guy, even macrobiotic " experts " are relaxing ... and, in my humble opinion, diet

and nutrition should be individualized ... while I enjoy macrobiotics, I have

difficulty digesitng certain grains and pulses and my TCM physician forbids raw

food of any kind while we are working on resolving the cold/wind/damp condition

in my body ...so I cannot say if you are correct or not ... but your body will

tell you!