Macrobiotic Diet

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If anyone here has done the macrobiotic diet, please share with me how hard

or easy it was. What did you like or not like, and most importantly how do

you feel?

 

Thanks! I am trying to switch over completely to raw food or macro diet.

not sure which one.

 

Dawn

 

 

 

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Hi,

I was on a strict MB diet for about 2 years after being an

ovo-lacto-vegetarian for 25 years (Thank you Annemarie Colbin and her

book called " Food and Healing). It was wonderful in getting all of the

dairy toxins out of my system and I discovered that I had an egg

allergy. I previously had terrible adult acne for about 15 years and

tried all of the conventional treatments only to find that within about

6 months on MB my skin cleared up and I only have an occasional issue

when I eat poorly (or dairy) for a few days. My joints no longer hurt

and the last time I was 'sick' was April of 2005.that means indigestion

or a headache too. I use many of the MB remedies at home for my family

and have become highly in -tune with my body so I rarely have any

issues. I presently follow a 'lax' MB diet.meaning my ratios of 50%

grain, 30% veggies 10-15-% protein and 5% condiments/soups is not always

in balance and I do eat several of the more common 'do not eat/rarely

eat' foods like an occasional tomato or asparagus . I eat mostly a

whole foods diet similar to vegan, but with fish. I found that when I

eliminated the dairy and eggs, I needed to add the fish to feel right.

I eat NO sugar and use only brown rice syrup, agave, amazake, barley

malt or stevia. I do take a probiotics & a multivitamin. Feel free to

e-mail me off-loop if you want more info.

 

Benefits: no PMS, feel great, great skin, great variety of foods, both

cooked and raw foods eaten, learned extensive info about Traditional

Asian Medicine, eliminates food cravings, and more

 

Challenges: eating out, need to love vegetables, willing to spend time

cooking and can plan ahead, sometimes a challenge to find some of the

foods (although any good natural market usually has some of the MB foods

available), can be difficult if only cooking for 1

 

 

Hope this helps,