The MACROBIOTIC DietThe MACROBIOTIC Diet

Diet Presentation for The Art of Nutrition

Kali Allen

PhilosophyPhilosophy

Followers of the macrobiotic approach believe that food and food quality powerfully affect health, well-being, and happiness, and that a macrobiotic diet has more beneficial effects than others. The macrobiotic approach suggests choosing food that is less processed.

Macrobiotics is a unique approach to healthy eating as it recognizes that every food has its own living energy and that this energy influences the life-force within us.

HistoryHistory

“macro” = long/large “bios” = life Macrobiotics = long life

first used by the German doctor Christoph von Hufeland; Macrobiotics: The Art of Prolonging Human Life (1796)

George Ohsawa – formulated his own philosophy; drew from Asian and Japanese folk medicine

PrincipalsPrincipals

By eating living foods you take in their energies and can, as a result, change your own energy and benefit from the healing energy of each food.

FOOD IS ENERGY

ACID and ALKALINE

SODIUM and POTASSIUM

GLYCEMIC INDEX

NUTRITION

YIN and YANGYIN and YANG

governing force of macrobiotics

What makes a food yin or yang?

** shape, weight, color, water content, taste, regional factors

The Seven Conditions of HealthThe Seven Conditions of Health

1. No fatigue2. Good appetite3. Deep, good sleep4. Good memory5. Good humor6. Clarity in thinking and doing7. Mood of justice; that is, how well you are able to

live in harmony with the universe and its constant change