[Nancy]

When a person discovers how horrible red meat and sugar is for the body, I'd hope they wouldn't value this extreme type of eating (let's also throw in dairy food). Even when peoples bodies start breaking down from meat, sugar, dairy food, cigarettes, coffee, etc. as they reach middle age -- they are often still clueless and continue extreme forms of eating as they watch their own health ebb away. Many do not read, many do not absorb any news. Many are completely ignorant of the relation of food to the body and disease and/or health.

People who've already lived at the extremes, whether it be eating or lifestyle, often realize how their lives have been damaged and are seeking a healthy change to more moderate living. Many, while young, have already lived at the extremes of passion and eating. Many are dead of sexual diseases having given into unsafe passions and promiscuity.

Are emotional extremes pleasurable, even pleasure? Pleasure will be balanced by its opposite -- pain. Joy by grief. Anyone who has experience a broken heart or a heart attack has experienced the opposite of passionate love or reveling in too many cheeseburgers. Indulging in extremes doesn't quite build a powerful or productive life.

Personally, I like peace -- in my body and in my life.

Interesting how much Michio Kushi uses the metaphor of peace, regarding living the
macrobiotic way.

I think the extremes are a good teacher of what not to do.

My opinion,
Nancy