[annemj]

Thanks for the information. All helpful.

Bruce: I have read "The Macrobiotic Way." I am just questioning the notion of "yin and yang" to some degree because it is not consistent. If you can eat salt, which is pure yin, why can't you eat that salt on meat to balance it? I have no intentions of doing this, I'm just trying to better understand the underlying principal, which has thus far proven quite inconsistent. When dealing with science, I tend to prefer scientific explanations rather than artful ones. In all honesty, it would make more sense if it just said "don't eat it; it's bad."

At any rate, there is no need to be patronizing. Nothing in my writing has indicated that I am a child or in "need" of spoon feeding. I have run numerous searches online and have read a number of articles and several books about the yin and yang theory. But none has yet to answer my question. I thought perhaps the practitioners on this forum might have a more logical, consistent explanation, as you had on your nightshade article.

Thank you for the link to the other book. I shall take a look at it.