Jennifer,
You think that macrobiotics should be used more strictly?
Which do you think macrobiotics is :
1. A religion ?
2. A philosophical belief system?
I started following the macrobiotic way in 1974.
It has never been my religion but until recently I thought it was just a philosophy that coincided with mine.
Lately, I've come to understand that it is also my belief system though it is still not my religion.
I believe that everything in the universe is comprised of either more yin or yang energies and that nothing is neutral.
It seems to me that when one says that anything should only be one way it is like stating that it is a religion or dogma (i.e.: evil food or good food).
Many newcomers to macrobiotics are concerned about getting enough measureable nutrients (vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, etc), whereas I believe that one can intuitively get all the nutrition that one needs and that the body is capable of manufacturing certain nutrients that it needs via biological transmutation (
http://www.lasarcyk.de/kervran/kervwork.htm http://www.papimi.gr/foreign/kervran/kervranindex.htm http://www.celtic-seasalt.com/bioltran.html ).
The truth is, that you have the freedom to do what you want, whether it is to use macrobiotics as a philosophical belief system, religion, or even ignore it.
I want everyone to know about how useful macrobiotics is but I would not want to live in a society where everyone follows macrobiotics, dogmatically.
Freedom to choose is more important than obedience to any system that appears to give it's practitioners excellent health.
So what do you say now: is macrobiotics a system of shoulds, or coulds?
Thank you, very much.
Bruce Paine