Macrobiotics - the old in a new way

Category: Food and Nutrition | 10 февраля 2016, 17:53

The ancient Chinese theory was revived inmid-twentieth century Japanese Yukikazu Sakurazavoy, who later called himself George Ozawa -sulfonic Japanese name Americans were hard to remember. His revived the doctrine Ozawa called »macrobiotics», which means neither more nor less »great life.»
According to the macrobiotic philosophy, it bringsHuman nature and the harmony with the environment. According to macrobiotics, a person is considered healthy if the yin and yang in it harmoniously. The main requirement - veganism. Ozawa, followed by ancient Chinese doctors believe that eating meat is harmful to humans, because it pollutes, slows brain activity and unleashes the animal instincts.

Makrobiotaka pays special attention to adaptationperson to the climate through the consumption of those products that are grown in this particular area. In other words, the Russian proverb »where he was born there and handy» literally reflects the basic principle makrobiotki.


The most valuable source of protein macrobiotics considers grains, legumes, vegetables, Yu seeds, nuts. Eat the meat is not advisable, because it leads to disease.

To follow macrobiotics is not necessarilyuse a variety of food all at once. The average macrobiotic diet contains a cup of soup, a dish made of one or two crops, some vegetables, salad serving. As for the cooking, it is best to eat the food, steamed, boiled or baked. Soybean -Important daily diet component. But fruit, on the contrary, are not considered a good food. They can be eaten from time to time solely for diversity.

The daily ration of 50-60% should be accounted forgrains, 20-30% -on vegetables, 5-10% for beans and seaweed, and only 5% for complementary products such as fruit and nuts. In principle, such a diet low in fat and calories, typical of many mountain peoples, different life expectancy.
Outs macrobiotic flow invegetarianism is the complexity of the requirements and constant meticulous counting of the percentage of food eaten per day. It seems flimsy principle of eating vegetables grown in the same area where a person lives. According to macrobiotics Severianin have to use only winter crops and the few nuts and dried berries and mushrooms that grow here.