The book that I present to you today is almost unknown to macrobiotic closer and their detractors. Yet would very much like each of the two formations of thought. Has not yet been translated in Italy and I hope that whoever owns the rights, I think it's Mario Pianesi, macrobiotic pioneer in Italy and creator of the circuit called A Macrobiotic Point ", soon it will available in our language.
Let's see why you should read a book that critics of the Macrobiotic Diet, those who say that it is a model food too close without concessions to foods that this discourages in everyday life. You must first take a step back and recall briefly the history of Ohsawa. This outlandish and exceptional Japanese scientist and humanist, would die as almost his entire family of around twenty, exterminate himself from a bad disease. He chose however to heal themselves with food and relied to a Japanese army doctor who taught him those macrobiotic principles that, then, Ohsawa himself would studied and thoroughly to bring them up in Europe. Used the macrobiotic closer only to heal and agguantata once again health and caused her to nudge, granted to eat sugary sweets, fruit, French cuisine, coffee, chocolate, whisky and wine Moscato is my favorite ... but with a great gift, worthy of his intelligence and creativity: …apparently not everyday... in fact two capital measures, in my opinion, the second the clarifies: and anyway I take these foods in the order of Yin/Yang.
First of all that is just a fattoide what the macrobiotic "prohibits" absolute certain foods such as coffee and sugar. All you can eat, as long as you are careful to preserve the consumption of which is less suitable for health to moments of occasional nature, periodicity, saltuarietà, infrequency. Secondly, when you were eating more toxic than you should be careful to offset the force of yin (more cooling and expansive) with that of yang food (more heating and subsequent contractile function). What does it mean? I do a simple example. Mexicans, when drinking tequila boum boum (extreme yin), before you jot down the shottino, in the hollow of the hand between thumb and forefinger – a little salt (extreme yang). Popular wisdom. Wisdom "macrobiotic"!Everything here! To limit the damage of alcohol are at the same time a little salt. Try it, if they share, to explain this concept to a doctor, a dietician, a dietician: the concept that food there are vital forces that defy categorization Biochemistry and obtuse calories, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals!
If those who practice the macrobiotic, even after years and although he regained health, continue to choose to not taste "never ever" certain foods that in choosing foods are not recommended in everyday life, then these people, who respect and esteem must be attentive to the dangers of orthorexia! I do not wish to add more, because I know and many of them. The concept that I expressed it seems very clear even if some do not wish to share it.
