MACROBIOTIC HEALING

'Let food by thy medicine and medicine by thy food' Hippocrates the founder of modern medicine.

Macrobiotics is the ultimate healing diet. It is a flexible, safe way of eating that helps you find the foods that are just right for you. The idea is that through good health you can live life to the full. Because one of the primary influences on our health is the food we eat macrobiotics focuses on a diet that is in essence the foods eaten by the worlds healthiest societies. In fact the macrobiotic diet excels in all measures of healthy eating.

It is high in fibre, low in saturated fats, has a high mineral and vitamin content, high in complex carbohydrates, uses ingredients with a low glycemic index and load, balanced in terms of sodium and potassium as well as acid and alkaline, and consists of a wide variety of ingredients and cooking styles. Macrobiotics works on many different levels. You can use it to feed yourself more energy, to build a more healthy body, to improve your mind or to experience greater emotional stability.

Macrobiotics is a flexible approach to diet where you can use it for a short time to feel better, do it one day a week to keep your digestive system working well, try it for four months for a more dramatic improvement in health or eat that way for life. Your choice over which foods you put in your mouth will have an influence on you that goes far beyond whether you enjoy the taste. You really are what you eat as all your cells are built on the food you eat, water you drink and air you breathe.

Therefore it is important to know how a food is likely to effect you in the long term. Macrobiotics clearly describes how different ingredients; combinations and cooking styles interact with your digestive system, influence your blood quality and ultimately build a healthy body and mind. One of the long term goals of eating macrobiotically is to reach a point at which your body can begin to tell you which foods will be best for you.

The idea is that your body has a record of eating various dishes and the way you feel as a result. Imprinted in the memory of your being are all the meals you have ever eaten and way your body responds. Your body knows that every time you have something sugary your blood sugar levels become elevated leading to a period of hyperactivity. You know biologically that every time you drink coffee you become more acidic and loose fluids. Most of the time we shut out any connection we have between food and the more subtle influences it has on our bodies however by focussing more carefully on what you eat and how you feel it is possible to bring that connection up to the surface in a way you can use it to help make food choices that are ideal for you, that are unique to your individual situation.

An important part of macrobiotics is to be able to recognise and include whole foods in your diet. These foods are still alive up until the point at which you cook them and retain their living energy. It is not just the nutrients you consume when eating but also the living energy of the foods. The living energy of the foods you eat interacts with your living energy and as a result makes you feel different.

When starting macrobiotics it is helpful to experience a diet that is totally made up of whole living foods. Generally I would recommend that at least three quarters your foods are whole living foods for general good health. This means plenty of vegetables, whole grains, like brown rice, whole oats and barley, beans, seeds, nuts and fruit. Another reason for eating whole foods is that they retain greater concentrations of nutrients as processed foods oxidise loosing some of their goodness.

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