Posted By: Bruce on January 15, 1998 at 06:28:32:
In Reply to: Aveline Kushi's
cancer posted by Ann S. on January 14, 1998 at 13:29:00:
Thanks Ann for your explanation. It is a good idea to
discuss these things. Salt is a strong chemical. Years ago, it was kind of
assumed that yin was "evil" and yang was "good". Therefore many macros ate rice
with lots of soy sauce. Of course it was a misunderstanding of macrobiotics to
do this. We put an "American spin" on an old teaching: good (salt) versus
evil(sugar). While it is true that sugar will kill us more quickly than salt,
both extremes keep us from happiness. Too much yang is slavery, too much yin is
death. Which do we choose? I guess the idea behind erring toward the more yang
side of diet is that although we enslave ourselves, we can quietly plan our
escape to the middle, but if we err too much on the yin side of diet we become
weak and don't have the strength to continue without others' help. I hope to
hear more on this subject.
Signed, old yinnie Bruce.