The three most unfoodlike substances that we consume are salt, white sugar and oil. They are, respectively, a pure mineral, a pure carbohydrate and a pure fat. Let´s begin by looking at the first two, without cultural, nutritional, or gustatory biases -as if we were examining them for the very first time. Both salt…
How did you come across macrobiotics? When I was younger I was pretty rebellious and still am. I have always looked for alternatives and solutions to models of life that do not convince me or don´t make me feel good. Aged 24 I became a vegetarian for animal-rights and environmental reasons and I moved to…
It has become increasingly obvious that our exciting modern lifestyle has made us very unhealthy. We are also coming to realize that the technical and chemical medicine developed to treat our health problems is not only often ineffective, but has many drawbacks as well. As a result, a countermovement has arisen out of our discontent,…
Here I am, starting this adventure with you. From now on I am going to be sharing with you different aspects of health, nutrition, macrobiotic philosophy, lifestyle choices, healthy habits, sustainability and much more. I really want you to accompany me on this exciting journey towards a greater inner and outer consciousness, a path of…
Adequate proportions according to macrobiotics It continues from What is macrobiotics? II. Let us stop and think about what the structure of our teeth reveals, since it meets our biological needs (this is so for all species). Carnivorous animals have sharp teeth, designed to tear the muscle tissue of the meat. Likewise, they have much…
In this post we continue what we started in What is macrobiotics? I, looking into the energetics of food, classification and types of food according to the Yin / Yang. Macro-bio-tics combines two old Greek roots “big” μακρος and βιος “life”. We assume that the world is a single global system composed of millions of tiny…
What is Macrobiotics? First of all Macrobiotics is a way of life, a philosophy, a way of seeing the world that has a lot to do with going back to our roots, to our union with Mother Nature, to understand that we are part of an established order whose natural rules we cannot break without…
We have seen how ki is naturally dynamic and it is expressed through tastes. Let us see which ones they are, their effects and characteristics. On the one hand we have the PUNGENT and SWEET tastes, which channel energy in an upward and outward trend. On the other hand, the SALTY, SOUR and BITTER tastes,…
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