[Rafflesia]

I wish I had some answers to the above posts, but I am a novice too, so I am adding questions.

MISO: is there a big difference between brown rice and abrley miso for health benefits? I have been using miso for about ab year, but have been so happy just to find any that I did not notice what type it was until I started reading macro recieps and saw everything emphasizes the greatness of barley miso and mine is brown rice.

RICE: is organic brown basmatic rice acceptable in standard macrobiotic diets? I only recently heard that it is a man made derivative or rice, but I have seen organic varieties sold and I like long grain rice so much better. I particurlarly adore plain basmati rice.

LENTILS: is any colour (green and french green) except the red acceptable any time?

BEANS: is it okay to use canned products if dried are not available. this is my greatest challenge...adding non-tofu beans into my diet, because I only like chick peas as hummous. the rest tend to make me gag...