[Johnnyzen]

Bruce is right; the original intent of Macrobiotics was not to create a "humane" diet per se, but I think that has evolved. Bruce pointed out that his diet is over 80 per-cent plant food, while the standard American diet includes much more animal food.

Ohsawa viewed much vegetarianism as sentimental, but I think taht there are rational reasons as wel to develop a plant based diet. I think bruce would agree with me that most meat today is produced in a way that is inconsistant with macrobiotics. Macros would tend to look for organic in animal as well as plant products. Food produced with awareness has a different energy, in my opinion.

To be Macro is to be in touch with nature,a nd vegan or not, is a diet where we think of what we eat, how it was produced, and how it affects us.