Hi Ellen, Damon, Klara, and friends!
Though I'm a person who eats fish up to several times a week, the rest of the time I am a vegan macrobiotic.
I eat what I'm attracted to and what's there to eat!
I lived in several macrobiotic communities where fish were not given to it's workers and with a weekly stipend of $10.00, it was difficult buying fish when many other expenditures had taken precedence, so I was kind of forced to be a total vegan macrobiotic during those months and years!!
I believe that if one wants to be a total vegan macrobiotic and get all the nutrients that one needs, one can do so without supplementation, as long as one also believes in the alchemy called biological transmutation which means that the body can manufacture what it needs from smaller amounts of nutrients and/or other kinds of nutrients!
By the way, it appears that
natto might have much of the needed Vitamin B12 that other soy foods may be lacking!
Question for Damon...Is one practicing macrobiotics when taking supplements?
Many people eat meat, dairy, tropical fruits and vegetables, refined baked goods, sugar, and alcohol, and take vitamin supplements to get the nutrients lacking in their diet! Are they macrobiotic?
Macrobiotics means big life and suggests that we eat whole foods in a complete way whereas supplementation suggests that our diet is not whole or complete, so if we think we need supplementation, perhaps we are not seeing the bigger picture, that we can get everything that we need from a balanced wholesome diet.
Does that make any sense to you?
Thank you, very much.
Bruce Paine