As Livestock’s Long Shadow, the explosive study by the United Nations, reported, “The livestock sector is a major player, responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO2 equivalent. This is a higher share than transport.” The modern food and agriculture system contributes to the breakdown of the family, crime and violence, war, and even global warming! The main cause of climate change is the beef and dairy industries. But did you know that the modern food pattern is also a main cause of breast cancer, attention deficit disorder, and Alzheimer’s disease?īut that’s only the beginning. Everyone knows that too much sugar, white flour, fat, and salt contribute to tooth decay, obesity, and heart attacks. Welcome to, the online encyclopedia of diet and health. This web site is a companion to our new book What Wikipedia Doesn't Want You to Know About Macrobiotics. Unfortunately, most of this information is hard to find and Wikipedia has ignored these studies as well as most positive information on holistic health and alternative medicine. Nearly 100 scientific and medical studies have documented the benefits of a macrobiotic diet for a wide range of conditions, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease breast, prostate, pancreatic, and other cancers diabetes and many other conditions. It is a flexible approach taking into account climate, environment, age, sex, condition of health, activity level, and personal needs. Today, macrobiotics is a blend of traditional and modern foods from East and West, North and South. Over the last generation, macrobiotics has popularized scores of healthy, high-quality foods, including brown rice, millet, and other whole grains mochi, seitan, udon, soba, and other grain products adzuki beans, tofu, tempeh, natto, and other beans and bean products a cornucopia of fresh garden vegetables wakame, comb, nori, and other sea vegetables sea salt, miso, shoyu, umeboshi plums, mirin, kuzu, and other seasonings, condiments, and thickeners amasake, barley malt, rice syrup, and other natural sweeteners and bancha twig tea, mu tea, yannoh, and other beverages. In modern times, Hippocrates’ wholesome grain based way of eating-the original Mediterranean Diet-has merged with traditional Far Eastern principles and practices under the name of macrobiotics. Makro is a Greek root word for “long,” “large,” or “great.” Bios means “life.” Nearly 2500 years ago, Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, used the word makrobios to refer to “long life.” “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food,” as his famous proverb proclaimed.
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