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Re: Atkins Diet
Hi Group,
If I may, add a different perspective here......
I would like add, from Macrobiotic Guidebook for Living, (Ohsawa) pg 72....
"To cure the body, to heal sickness, thereform is not our aim. It is a worthless goal-it is nothing. The important thing is joyfulness, happiness and amusement in life from morning to night, from night to morning. A million dollars, a strong body, and/or social position are meaningless without them. The biggest longest spiritual life - that is eternal."
With respect to both Atkins and Macrobiotics, I believe that losing weight, how ever it is done, is not the ultimate goal here. People don't lose weight for the sake of losing weight. They wish to gain something by losing weight. Perhaps something pertaining to "the spirit" "or "spiritual", defined by the self.
Health, self respect, self esteem, happiness, joyfulness may all fall under this category of "the spirit".
I believe this is where Atkins and MB can not be compared. Atkins focus is on weight loss. Macrobiotics, in what I believe is its true definition, goes beyond weight loss into "the spirit".
Anyone for Karma Kanten? :o)
Ray :o)
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