SUMMER AND THE “FIRE” ELEMENT
Can we see how nature provides us with the necessary foods to help us make balance with each season of the year? Eating according to “natural laws”, i.e. local, organic …
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SPRING AND THE TREE ELEMENT
In this new post I´d like to look again at the ancient Theory of Five Transformations of Eastern and Chinese medicine. Since spring is already here, let us talk about Tree Energy within …
WINTER AND THE WATER ELEMENT
There is stillness in the air. Everything is “silent” and latent. Waiting. The energy of winter is dormant waiting for spring. It is a stable energy, which flows like water. …
NIGHTSHADES
In all my cooking workshops and classes shocked students ask why macrobiotics does not support the use of nightshades. Who can blame them? Potatoes, peppers, chillies, aubergines, tomatos are staple …
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE SWITCH TO A HEALTHY DIET?
THE COMMITMENT TO CHANGE In my experience, it is difficult to switch to a plant-based organic diet (whole grains, legumes and derivatives, vegetables, fruits, seaweed, seeds and nuts), unless we …
AUTUMN AND METAL ELEMENT: LUNGS AND LARGE INTESTINE
In our latest entry we looked at how Eastern cosmology regards the perpetual change between yin and yang, to which life is subject, as we experience things. And we reviewed …
MACROBIOTICS AND THE THEORY OF FIVE TRANSFORMATIONS II
In this post we continue what we started earlier. I would like to talk about the ancient theory (even older than the theory of “yin” and “yang”) of the Five …
MACROBIOTICS AND THE THEORY OF FIVE TRANSFORMATIONS I
Traditional Chinese Medicine is such a wide area that it would take many years to just scratch its surfice. Such is the degree of detail and complexity that it has. …
SUMMER AND THE “FIRE” ELEMENT
Can we see how nature provides us with the necessary foods to help us make balance with each season of the year? Eating according to “natural laws”, i.e. local, organic …
The food “show” and our hectic lifestyle
I´d like to bring up some thoughts about the society in which we live and our relationship with food itself: our nourishment. Let´s start with the premise that each and …
