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Who am I to argue with the adice from a fortune cookie! That was really funny. I actually came over to macrobiotics (in the late 1960's) after seeing an ad on a city bus. It was during the hey days of the drug culture and ad consisted of a picture of an open hand with an arrow superimposed over it, pointing to the life-line.
The caption was "This is your life line. If you are not doing anything with your life, it doesn't matter how long it is." The
next day I stopped using drugs and was eating brown rice! Funny, how we are affected by the media.
Good to see that you are beginging to think for yourself. Nearly all of my macrobiotic life has been self-study. I have only attended a few macrobiotic lectures or seminars because I read in one of Ohsawa's books that macrobiotics should NOT be learned from books, but from life.
Regarding the bladderwrack: Yes, it tastes gritty when dried as the air pods on the thallus get very hard when dried. That is
why it is best to grind it first or even try making a tea and
straining out the coarse material. Begin taking about 1 tablespoon of bladderwrack to two cups of water. Boil down
liquid by 1/2. Take warm 1 hour before morning meal and
pm meal (twice daily). You may have to cut the cooked tea with 50% bancha if it is too strong. Experiment and report back
after a few weeks.
In peace, Roy
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