Hi,
I'm not a father unfortunately, so will not comment about children or young people because that is not my area of experience.
I'd vote for the slow transition.
You may want to start by first off avoiding all sugar COMPLETELY with the exception of fruit. A little raw, a little cooked.
Add grains as you are doing.
When and if you eat chicken or turkey, use organic free range choices. Avoid farm raised fish if you eat fish.
And most especially be true to yourself and follow you intuition about what is right for you.
There are many so called macro foods that I cannot eat. When I tried to use macrobiotics twenty years ago, I became ill because some of the foods were not right for me as an individual. I wanted so badly to fit in, that I did not follow what I knew was intuitively right for me.
Finally, after a very long time, I figured out how to eat macrobiotically for my particular, unique needs.
I like Ohsawa's dietary levels better than Michio's pie charts. Regardless, the idea is to eat in a balanced way.
It's a journey and it's worth it because the judgment of the US where I live is so troubling and this is a way to improve things both at the cellular level and in philosophical/spiritual ways.
Dave
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Originally Posted by vertigo
Hi! My husband and I are seriously interested in trying to better our health with macrobiotics. Neither of us are 'sick' and are rarely sick, but I tend toward high cholesterol and he has a strong family history of colon cancer. We've got a few of the Muchio Kushi books and are reading through them. We've been eating brown rice daily for about a week and are trying some of the new recipes and pretty much sticking to the diet for all meals, maybe fudging a little on one meal a day (by substituting ingredients we don't yet have). We don't have a friendly macrobiotic store, or even anything close to a natural foods store just around the corner so it takes a little planning to drive the 45 minutes to Harry's. It's also a little different cooking than the standard american fare we're used to  . We're also interested in this because our 3 year old son is autistic. Our other 3 sons (:0) are normal and appreciate french fries on an occasional basis. So my question (for now) is this...is it better for us to empty out our cupboards and stock them with all the 'correct' foods or should we go slowly? Are there any recommendations regarding kids (pre-teens specifically) and getting them on to this diet-if not wholly, then mostly? It's hard to envision our household as completely macrobiotic but can it be done? Any advice would be appreciated. After following this diet for a few days I felt extememly tired. I'm assuming that's a transitional thing also? |