I am new to Macrobiotics and am very excited about it. I also have a very scientific mind that wants to understand things clearly. I have lived by the concepts of Yin and Yang for years just not in the realm of food specifics, maybe only quantity wise.
My question is how is are yin and yang foods classified. If it is not scientific then how? Intuitive? Based on what? At first I thought it was alkalinity vs acidity but this does not hold up.
For example the yin food milk is acidifying and the yin food fruits is alkalizing.
The yang food meat is acidifying and the yin food egg is alkalizing.
Here are where i am getting this:
http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/acidalkfoods.html
http://www.holistic-online.com/shiat...su_yinyang.htm
I just dont understand how to balance foods without a science behind it. I seems dogmatic almost. I want to remove the dogma and see the logic.
If you tell me one food is a -3 and i need to eat a +3 food to balance it then that makes sense to me. When you tell me its about chi and meridians and you must just have faith then it makes no sense to me.
Thanks for any help.
Namaste