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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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 …
Where to get your (plant-based) protein from?
Do you know where to get your plant-based proteins? Tempeh and quinoa are examples of complete protein, but you also get them by combining whole grains with beans… Yes! pretty …
Michio Kushi’s Confession (II)
MICHIO KUSHI In my case, I also led and extremely hectic life, traveling constantly and giving macrobiotic seminars around the world. For three to four months every year for many …
Michio Kushi’s Confession (I)
Michio Kushi was one of George´s Ohsawa’s most active students. He went on to become one of the most prominent macrobiotic teachers and counsellors. Together with his wife Aveline set …
Balance in your plate
👉 Today I want to show you an example of how to get all the nutrients your body needs in order to feel happy and full of energy. We always hear that …
The three plagues of modern nutrition (III)
REFINED OIL With this third and final issue, we come to the end of this series of entries on the great plagues of modern food, as Martine Catani puts it …
“Macrobioethics”
In a slightly playful and childish way (as when we allow ourselves be carried away by the pure enjoyment of “now”, without any pretensions), I have come up with a …
The three plagues of modern nutrition (II)
Let´s resume the topic we started in our latest entry on the great plagues of modern nutrition. We focused previously on white sugar. Let us move on now with the …
The three plagues of modern nutrition (I)
Certain modern diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, atherosclerosis and heart disease or cancer have been called “diseases of civilization”, basically because their incidence has sky-rocketed with modern life in cities …
