[coldcrystal]

Bruce,

Thank you very much for the information. I will pick up a copy of the books soon. I do need to learn more about the ying and yang approach. Hopefully these books will help.

My reason for choosing Macrobiotics is that I had some cancer removed recently. If there is something I can do to help my body fight off having to go through that again, I need to find that way. I have allergies to a few preservatives/additives that are put into pre-packaged food, so the combination of these things had me searching the web for alternatives. I started eating organic foods as much as possible last fall, both for myself and to avoid the soy additives for my son.

We have already transitioned into brown basmati and brown short grain rice. I have some barley and lentils that I am hoping to find uses for this weekend. There are other questions I have about some of the grains you mentioned, but I think I'll read through some of your previous posts before I make you repeat yourself. I am finding a great deal of good information on these forums.

My son's soy allergy is to all soy proteins. Hopefully he will grow out of it, but for now any soysauce or tofu is not something he can have. Since sprouts have a lot of protein, I have been looking into how to add them into our lives.

Thanks for your help.

ColdCrystal