The Kushi Macro Diet: Introducing the Wonders of Macrobiotics

If one is a big fan of Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow or pop icon Madonna or would consider the credibility of these two celebrities who also happens to be friends in real life, then one might go on for this Japanese diet as the two did before.

The Kushi Macro Diet was conceptualized by Michio Kushi, author of “The Macrobiotic Way”. In the 1950s, Mr. Kushi and his wife opened a restaurant in New York City where the couple introduced macrobiotics through the meals they offer.

Foods have various effects on the body of people, and on these effects that macrobiotics concentrates. The Kushi Macro Diet proposes that people would eat the following foods:

• vegetables (20-30%)
• fish (white-meat fish only and some shellfish as well)
• beans and sea vegetables (the kinds that are being used as sushi wrappers—both 5-10%)
• whole grains (60%)
• soy
• nuts
• soups (5-10%)
• amasake (a kind delicious milk drink made out of brown rice)

In cooking foods, sesame oil and corn oil (preferably unrefined) are recommended).

Two foods that it doesn’t advise people to have since according to Mr. Kushi will not promote good health are:

• dairy products (butter, cow’s milk, margarine)
• refined grain cereals
• meat
• poultry
• asparagus
• spinach
• eggplant

Also excluded form the diet are foods containing or made out of

• refined sugar
• curry spice
• commercial soy sauce
• pepper (red and green)

The Kushi Macro Diet primarily about balancing foods which is what macrobiotics is all about. There will be a meal plan that’ll be spread on a period of seven consecutive days. Three meals in a day and there would be like 2,126 calories in one sample meal for a day (the good news is that snacks are allowed!).

There studies conducted in the past concerning how macrobiotics could be of grate help in lowering cholesterol level and blood pressure and even assisting in the treatment of cancer. Yes, that Big C. So, for those who are ready to take on this diet, then there are other important things you need to know at Diet Fads.