Ok, but you don't get nearly the amount of Omega 3 fatty acids eating fish.
And with fish you run the risk of contaminents like mercury that will build up over time. And it can't be a white fish, has to be salmon or I guess ?cod?
Macrobiotics is all about balance. Ph. Acid alkaline. They call it Yin/Yang. Whatever, it's balance.
Macrobiotics is all about grains, legumes, sea vegetables, seed and nuts.
Macrobiotics is all about simple eating like even our predecessors in America had.
No frivolous sugars, no red meat (not in Japan), chicken fish allowed, lots of veggies and fruits.
Eating like this levels out your glucose levels...balance.
Dairy goodbye.
It's very scientific in my opinion....for instance, in winter you eat long grain brown rice, in summer you eat short grain brown rice.
This book I have "Macrobiotic Diet" by Michio and Aveline Kushi describes it better than I ever could.
It's not to necessarily lose weight, although that is a benefit, it's about longevity and health.
Flutterbywingz said this in post #18 : Also, Omega 3 and 6, although the fat content may scare some people, they are the safe kind of fats, known as essential fatty acids.
I really want to stress the importance of getting all the body's nutritional requirements, especially with a macrobiotic lifestyle and/or veganism/vegetarianism lifestyle. Never underestimate the importance of B12. Supplementation is necessary if a person doesn't plan on eating a lot of B12 rich foods.
Even if you think you are too healthy, and following too healthy of a lifestyle to become deficient in any way, beware what is lurking beneath the surface.
I have been vegan with intermittent macrobiotic phases since I was a young teenager. Yes, it's healthy, but a B12 deficiency has finally caught up to me, even though I thought I was doing everything right.
Don't risk it and skip essential things in the diet (like supplementation), because you believe the lifestyle to be flawless and too healthy. It is the unhealthiest diet in the world if it is followed carelessly.
I will have to have B12 injections for the next two months before I can switch over to oral supplementation. I have already been getting the shots for one month now. My strength is just now starting to recover. I will be fine and back to normal in no time, but I underestimated the importance of B12 for a very long time.
Shameful, yes indeed, but I have been doing this for half of my life. I plan on getting it right for the next half of my life!
Flutterbywingz said this in post #24 : I really want to stress the importance of getting all the body's nutritional requirements, especially with a macrobiotic lifestyle and/or veganism/vegetarianism lifestyle. Never underestimate the importance of B12. Supplementation is necessary if a person doesn't plan on eating a lot of B12 rich foods.
Even if you think you are too healthy, and following too healthy of a lifestyle to become deficient in any way, beware what is lurking beneath the surface.
I have been vegan with intermittent macrobiotic phases since I was a young teenager. Yes, it's healthy, but a B12 deficiency has finally caught up to me, even though I thought I was doing everything right.
Don't risk it and skip essential things in the diet (like supplementation), because you believe the lifestyle to be flawless and too healthy. It is the unhealthiest diet in the world if it is followed carelessly.
I will have to have B12 injections for the next two months before I can switch over to oral supplementation. I have already been getting the shots for one month now. My strength is just now starting to recover. I will be fine and back to normal in no time, but I underestimated the importance of B12 for a very long time.
Shameful, yes indeed, but I have been doing this for half of my life. I plan on getting it right for the next half of my life!
Good to hear Flutterbywingz!
Since I've heard about this...I have been careful in buying fortified B12 foods.
Like I had the option of buying plain Rice milk,
Rice milk fortified with Calcium, A, D
or
Rice milk fortified with Calcium, A, D, & B12.
So, I bought the latter. It was odd how many of these grocery items had such options with or without B12.
If you saw the cupboards above my sink you'd think I had a medicine and vitamin racket going.
I have B complex and B6 supplements for the very same reason in my cupboards...
I'm bad because I take them for a while then stop. And then start again with no rhyme or reason. I just feel I need to go get a vitamin, or someone says, "I think you need B6."
B complex is good for mind/mood/emotions too.
And the thing about B vitamins is that they need to be in balance like with B complex or it can also throw things out of kilter.
Ok, but you don't get nearly the amount of Omega 3 fatty acids eating fish.
And with fish you run the risk of contaminents like mercury that will build up over time. And it can't be a white fish, has to be salmon or I guess ?cod?
Macrobiotics is all about balance. Ph. Acid alkaline. They call it Yin/Yang. Whatever, it's balance.
Macrobiotics is all about grains, legumes, sea vegetables, seed and nuts.
Macrobiotics is all about simple eating like even our predecessors in America had.
No frivolous sugars, no red meat (not in Japan), chicken fish allowed, lots of veggies and fruits.
Eating like this levels out your glucose levels...balance.
Dairy goodbye.
It's very scientific in my opinion....for instance, in winter you eat long grain brown rice, in summer you eat short grain brown rice.
This book I have "Macrobiotic Diet" by Michio and Aveline Kushi describes it better than I ever could.
It's not to necessarily lose weight, although that is a benefit, it's about longevity and health.
La Femme....Yout dietary intake sounds perfect I know it will keep you healthy and strong. I myself used Udo's Oil for years.
Heavens11 said this in post #29 : Is it the beta-caroteine that's doing the trick?
I am not really sure what it is. A lady at the beauty store mentioned that bees products-pollen and wax are really good for the skin...I am sure the beta Carotene is one of the reasons. Here's the ingredients:
"Beta-carotene and carrot seed oil will work all night to repair and revive sun damaged and aging skin."
Heavens11 said this in post #30 : It sounds, from what you two are saying, that the macrobiotic diet is primarily one of grains and vegetables (with an occasional meat (white meat or fish) thrown in to tempt the palate.
I could eat rice and vegetables all the time -- I enjoy it that much. Maybe I need to return to that. Hmmm....
Well, there is more to grains than only rice, if you ever get bored with the regimen: Grains:
Rice/Wild rice
Barley
Millet
Oats
Wheat
Rye
Buckwheat
Corn
Sorghum (molasses--I put it in tea)
Amaranth
Quinoa
Teff
Hato Mugi (pearl barley) -- very $$$$
Vegetables by 25% to 30% per meal.
Beans and Bean Products
Azuki beans
Black-eyed peas
Black turtle beans
Broad beans
chick-peas
great northern beans
kidney
lima
lentils (my favorite)
mung beans
navy beans
peas
pinto beans
soybeans---miso (soup), natto, okara, soy flour, soy grits, soy milk, soy oil, shoyu, tempeh, tofu, viilia, yuba
Sea Vegetables (excellent source of B12 and iodine!)
Arame
hijiki
kombu
wakame
nori
dulse
agar-agar
irish moss
mekabu and nekombu
corsican seaweed
sea palm
ocean ribbons
No, I haven't tried Udo's oil specifically and I don't remember seeing it as an option in the refridgerated flax oils at my local health food stores.
I used to take flax oil...but when I started up again, I decided to go with cod liver oil because there really is no test to see whether one's body can convert the ALA from flax seed oil into EPA (omega 3) and DHA (omega 6).
So, to be safe I've been imbibing 2 teaspoons of cod liver oil. The flavored is outlandishly expensive so I drink the hard stuff.
Do you have a bread in Canada named "Ezekiel 4:9?"
It is a sprouted grain bread, flourless.
It's based on the recipe given in the Scriptures, Ezekiel 4:9 and has organic sprouted wheat, org sprouted barley, org sprouted millet, org malted barley, org sprouted lentils, org sprouted soybeans, org sprouted spelt.
It's the only bread I buy, I usually don't like breads otherwise. It's a meal all in itself.
11-20-2005 06:00 AM
cod liver oil. The flavored is outlandishly expensive so I drink the hard stuff.
