Macrobiotic Diet - What to Eat

We are not going to go into detail what to eat if you decide to follow a macrobiotic diet, as we really think you need to consult with an experienced practitioner. However, there are some simple guidelines to follow:

Macrobiotics: Almost a Vegan Diet

Macrobiotics is very close to a vegan diet. We do recommend liberal use of fish broth, made at home with the carcasses of fish, including heads, if you can find. This will supply many nutrients. The macrobiotic diet consists of approximately 1/2 whole grains and 1/2 vegetables in the strict phase. 

Whole Grains Should Be About 50% of Diet

Whole grains means not broken, such as with flour products. It also means in its whole state, such as brown rice, whole grain barley, quinoa or more. About 35 - 60% of each meal should consist of these whole grains. We do recommend that you soak and sprout grains such as indicated in “Nourishing Traditions” by Sally Fallon. If you have a problem with Candida, you may need to use the lower amount of grains, or even get rid of the Candida before staring the macrobiotic diet.

Vegetables About 50% of Diet

Non-starchy vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, zucchini, bok choy and more can be eated in abundance. Also, at each meal, you should try to incorporate some of the leafy greens, ideally 1 cup at each meal. These should include kale, collard greens, watercress, etc. Also, a key part of the macrobiotic diet is the incorporation of sea vegetables into your meals, such as kombu, wakame, arame, sea palm and more. These should be available at your local health food store, and are full of vitamins and especially minerals that are missing in many of our diets today. Some are more mild than others, so experiment a little before you say they are too strong-tasting. Try to use a variety of them, however. Many people use a coffee grinder to grind them up and incorporate them into their grains as they are cooking.

Beans or Legumes Also A Part of a Macrobiotic Diet

Beans or legumes are also a great source of magnesium and other minerals, and should be used in the macrobiotic diet. These include pinto, kidney, garbanzo, cranberry beans and more.

This is only a very brief introduction to the macrobiotic diet, and if you decide you want to try it, we strongly urge you to get more info on it as well as consult a practitioner familiar with macrobiotics.

Last, but not least, we personally don’t think you should stay on this diet forever. Unless you have severe food allergies, or for some other reason cannot tolerate animal foods, we think most people today need to have some saturated fats and animals foods in their diet over the long term in order to be really healthy. In fact, they seem to be protective against cancer and help the body to defend itself against toxins. It’s an interesting fact that although once again, we have heard of spectacular healings of people on macrobiotic diets, even end stage cancer, we also have noted that macrobiotics are not known to live into their 80s with much regularity, in fact, hardly at all, and we do think it may be due to an absence of animals foods and their abundance of fat-soluble vitamins and other nutrients.

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