Guest guest Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 Hey Judy - You prompted me to read a bit more about the macrobiotic diet...I had a brief knowledge about it from my sister in law who dabbled with it a long time ago. I thought it was just a vegetarian diet that included fish... I had no idea that it was so much more structured & it excluded vegetables, and other things. Very interesting! Thanks!! m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 You're welcome. It is a diet that is very involved at the higher levels related to Zen. Interesting what it excludes and includes depending on body type. I have the feeling modern medicine is playing catch up in most of the areas. -- In , " melissa_hopp " <hoppmel@c...> wrote: > > Hey Judy - > > You prompted me to read a bit more about the macrobiotic diet...I > had a brief knowledge about it from my sister in law who dabbled > with it a long time ago. I thought it was just a vegetarian diet > that included fish... I had no idea that it was so much more > structured & it excluded vegetables, and other things. Very > interesting! Thanks!! > > m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 What's the relationship between macrobiotics and zen? My husband does Soto Zen. Laura-Marie --- Judy <jkyrala2 wrote: > > > You're welcome. > > It is a diet that is very involved at the higher > levels related to > Zen. > > Interesting what it excludes and includes depending > on body type. I > have the feeling modern medicine is playing catch up > in most of the > areas. > > -- In , > " melissa_hopp " > <hoppmel@c...> wrote: > > > > Hey Judy - > > > > You prompted me to read a bit more about the > macrobiotic diet...I > > had a brief knowledge about it from my sister in > law who dabbled > > with it a long time ago. I thought it was just a > vegetarian diet > > that included fish... I had no idea that it was > so much more > > structured & it excluded vegetables, and other > things. Very > > interesting! Thanks!! > > > > m > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 George Ohsawa (the one who brought macrobiotics to the 'West') was very ill as a boy and near death. His family had adopted western style food. In desperation he became associated with a monk at a temple and was fed temple cooking prescribed for him and became well. Needless to say it made a life-long impression on him. His wife was a little less hard-line but I think her style works better for women. Anyway I use her cookbooks a lot. Meditation, fresh air, very good water, exercise (something like yoga or tai chi) all work together. I was doing some of these things already. There are lots of schools called macrobiotic but I'm most familiar with the writings of Ohsawa. This website has a lot of info to get started. http://www.gomf.macrobiotic.net/ I got started when I noticed that if I just ate veggie sushi and seaweed salad (a local market near where I worked had them in the deli) a lot of my problems with asthma disappeared and I found it easy to lose weight. The only other food places near by were the usual fast food types and I would feel very badly afterwards if I ate there. That made me curious so when I spotted a stack of Japanese cookbooks at a local used book store I bought them all and most were by the Ohsawa's. I seemed to have inherited the small cookbook collection from a former local practitioner. When I go far from the diet I usually regret it. I had tried regular vegetarian diets before but they didn't help me. I believe there are similar eating rules associated with the Tibetan priests -- at least some comments from interviews with the Dalai Lama would indicate that. , Taylor <veralinnyumsweet> wrote: > What's the relationship between macrobiotics and zen? > My husband does Soto Zen. > > Laura-Marie > > --- Judy <jkyrala2> wrote: > > > > > > > You're welcome. > > > > It is a diet that is very involved at the higher > > levels related to > > Zen. > > > > Interesting what it excludes and includes depending > > on body type. I > > have the feeling modern medicine is playing catch up > > in most of the > > areas. > > > > -- In , > > " melissa_hopp " > > <hoppmel@c...> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Judy - > > > > > > You prompted me to read a bit more about the > > macrobiotic diet...I > > > had a brief knowledge about it from my sister in > > law who dabbled > > > with it a long time ago. I thought it was just a > > vegetarian diet > > > that included fish... I had no idea that it was > > so much more > > > structured & it excluded vegetables, and other > > things. Very > > > interesting! Thanks!! > > > > > > m > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Cool! I practice Zen too! Veronica At 09:00 AM 1/29/2005 -0800, you wrote: >What's the relationship between macrobiotics and zen? >My husband does Soto Zen. > >Laura-Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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