I read your answer to Waco and am curious about your advice to "eat widely." I'm new to macrobiotics, trying to heal a life threatening condition, and was told that it is very important to eat "narrow" in the beginning. I was also told to eat virtually no oil for the first month (except for small amounts every ten days), that I would "never heal" and "never discharge the excess" if I didn't do this (have NO oil). Are there controversies about these things in the MB community? If so, is there something I might read that would enlighten me to make my own decisions? I didn't like the "threat" that came with the counseling. Will someone "discharge" even if they are eating very little of something like oil, or does one have to eliminate it entirely (something that seems dangerous to me). Also, while I can see the need to eat narrowly, there is some indication that breaking that narrowness, even to have an extra baked apple or day of millet in place of brown rice, would be troubling. I'd love any opinions on this.
--Meeso