A diet that involves the organism, the spirit between them, the yin and yang, was developed by George Oshawa, a Japanese educator, whom was suffering from a very sever disease, and that had cured itself by following his own diet.Since then, a lot of persons suffering from chronically diseases, such AIDS or cancer, tried this macrobiotic eating plan, but the results were not published or being made publish by those that have tried it. The diet is just a part of achieving the equilibrium between yin and yang, two forms of energy complementary, so that the body, according to the ancient Asian spiritual traditions could be in perfect state of healthy and vitality.

     Although, a study showed that persons who were suffering from pancreatic cancer, and followed this diet, survive longer that those who didn’t tried it.Macrobiotic comes from the Greek word meaning “great life”.George Oshawa tried to find equilibrium between yin and yang by obtaining a balance between aliments that he eats.

    He used macrobiotics aliments such as soy, whole grains, fresh vegetables, beans and see vegetables, all being organically growth.The yin is considered to be passive, cold and sweet. Opposite, the yang is hot, aggressive and salty. Extremely yin or yang foods, like refined sugars, chocolate, tropical fruits, soda, hot spices, have to be avoided.

    The balance includes also aliments consumed in different seasons. Cold foods should be eaten in hot seasons, and warm ones, like soup, in cold winters.All meals should consist in all the elements that can touch our senses: salt, sweet, sour, sharp and bitter. Only then, according to the Zen philosophy, the balance is achieved.

    The macrobiotics contains very important nutrients, such as estrogen-like nutrients. The estrogen hormone is normally produced in the human body. The benefic effects of it actions are well-known. The estrogen protects, especially woman, from heart diseases, from osteoporosis and breast cancer. When a woman enters the menopause, her estrogen secretion decrease, and the risk of making cancer or a heart disease is the same bought in men’s and women.

    Some believes that following a macrobiotic diet that will bring the estrogen-like nutrients in to they’re body they can prevent diseases.The critics say that the macrobiotic diet deprives the organism from vital vitamins such as vitamin B 12, calcium or iron. The vitamin B can be found only in meat, eggs, and poultry and is necessary for the well-function of the nerve cells. A vegetarian diet can not supply enough B vitamin for the body.

     Calcium, as it is known helps the bone growth. This is a reason for witch this diet neither is nor recommended to the children that are in the growth period, and need a supplement of calcium.Because of the low iron level brought to the body by a macrobiotic regime, the pregnant woman’s shouldn’t follow this diet during they’re pregnancy, because the well-develop of the fetus needs higher iron level ingested by the mother, during the pregnancy.

    Because of it’s strict program and foods that should be avoided, the person that want to follow this diet should consult first an nutritionist, to found out for beginning how he’s body can support the transfer from an normal regime to an macrobiotic one.This macrobiotic plan of eating is not just a diet. You must take good care from where the foods you eat are growth and picked how you will combine them at your meal. It helps you to be in equilibrium with your soul and all your senses and to gain a higher capacity of self control. It’s much more that just a diet, it will become a lifestyle.

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