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From: jmg@houxk.UUCP
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Subject: A Brief Description of a Macrobiotic Diet
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Date: Mon, 10-Oct-83 13:23:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 10 13:23:12 1983
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	In response to a request from a subscriber on the net I am posting
a brief general description of a macrobiotic diet. By order of percentage
content a macrobiotic diet consists of:

50% or more	whole grains such as wheat, rye, oats (or oatmeal), beans, peas,
		rice, barley, nuts, and so forth.

30% approx.	vegetables

10% approx.	fruit

10% approx.	meat (either fish or fowl - red meat is very rarely, if ever,
			used. Dairy products are very rarely, if ever, used)

	All meats are completely out of the diet for someone who is suffering
from cancer. All the food should be fresh or dried, not canned or processed in
any way and must be free of any foreign matter such as preservatives. All
synthetic foods are completely out. (Once while reading the label of a soft
drink can I noticed that one of the principal ingredients was anti-freeze.
I can't remember the chemical name right now.)
	The food is prepared in a variety of ways but rarely boiled, usually
cooked in a pressure cooker or fried. Seasoning is used very little or not at
all. This is said to make the food taste bland in the beginning, but gradually
people begin to appreciate the natural flavors of foods. This is about the
limit of my knowledge on the subject at the present time since I haven't had
time to read in detail the books I recently acquired.