I love brown rice!
Posted on February 24, 2006
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Its amazing how much you can start to like something after being exposed to it for a while. Its not like I never liked brown rice, it just wasn’t very appealing to me. Now I can’t get enough of it! I add about 15% sweet rice and 10% spelt to my mix then the rest short grain brown rice and I find it to be a perfect blend. Its not so freaking stickly like 100% brown rice is you know?
I know its been a while since I’ve had a Macrobiotic update, but things are still going great. One main reason I’m pleased to say is I’m working on a new site strictly focused on macrobiotics, recipies and overall healthy eating. I’ve been saving my recipies, taking pictures etc. On the new site I am going to allow everyone to register and post their recipies and experiences, whether fully or semi-macrobiotic and get a community going. It should be great so keep a look out for that. I will definitely post here when its up. 
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Posted on February 24, 2006
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The Benefits of Green Tea
Posted on November 21, 2005
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I love my green tea no really… I LOVE IT. I’ve been a tea connoisseur of sorts for years. First I was all about the organic, pure Japanese Sencha, the good golden green. Mmmmmm. I later did more experimenting, found new blends and flavors. There was even a time I did my own tea bagging…literally.
I bought the finest loose teas, found the measurements that tasted the best together and bagged them, 20.. 30… 50 at a time. It was stupendous. Jasmin, Gunpowder, Oolong, Kuchicha, Twig, Bancha (Yes I know some of those are the same).
Now I mainly stick with Bancha, with my simple and almost somehow vegan diet it seems to taste the best. Now to my original point of this post in, I came across yet another article outlining the benefits of green tea…
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Posted on November 21, 2005
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Less sugar, more chew…
Posted on September 3, 2005
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Things have been progressing well with Macrobiotics. I have gotten into a very nice routine and have been following it quite regularly. I wake up early, around 6-6:30am. I then do some stretching and breathing before taking a quick warm up run. It really gets my energy going, gets things flowing in the body before breakfast.
It also allows me to focus more, I find myself a whole lot more centered in the early morning to do work. I still think I am over eating though, I will have to try and resolve that habit. A funny thing I have noticed though is in regards to the whole chewing issue. You are supposed to chew atleast 50 times a mouthful right? If you pay attention, you’ll find it quite hard to go past 10 with any “normal” food or food with a strong taste. It seems to just automatically want to be swollowed. Its really interesting because if you then compare it to most Macrobiotic foods with less extreme tastes, you can chew a whole lot more as it seems the taste buds aren’t overloaded in your mouth. I guess that could be considered a good side effect of eating what most people would call “Bland food” hah.
Other than that I can definitly feel the shift in my body, it has been almost 2 months now. If I take the whole “Your food becomes your blood, becomes your cells, becomes your organs, becomes your body” theory and reflect back I can see the shift in my physical body quite clearly, its really cool. I think it brings a whole new awareness to the healing process, atleast for me. I have a greater understanding of whats going on inside. With that knowledge it allows me to move forward and set new goals, so I guess it all works out.
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Posted on September 3, 2005
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Macro update…
Posted on August 14, 2005
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So everything is still going great and it has now been about a week since I got back from the conference. It has been really easy actually, I’ve learned so much!
I have about 70% of my notes typed up and I’ve been cooking some of the recipies I’ve learned all week. For the last 7 days straight I’ve cooked dinner and its been great, cooking is my new favorite hobby. Not just that, but kizzy is eating it too and we both find it delicious. From sweet & sour noodles to deep fried seitan, from stir fried rice to ramen boulion broth, from apple kuzu to miso veggie soup.
Nother cool thing is I baked my first macrobiotic cake ever! It turned out very nice and we ate it all up. I’ve been keeping quite active as well, waking up early to do stretching and running. It really wakes you up and gets the day started, I find I have so much more energy and clarity. Once you get into the routine of things its not hard at all, but its like that with anything. I’ll keep info posted as it comes along of course.
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Posted on August 14, 2005
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Before & After Macrobiotics
Posted on August 5, 2005
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A few personal observations about the change in my life since embracing Macrobiotics. How it change my life, my body and my mind.
So now it is two weeks later, I have successfully completed Level I of the Kushi Institute macrobiotic training; How was it? Let me say this: It was probably the best experiences and choices I have ever had or made in my life. It was amazing, everything, the people, the food, the teachers, the location… It all just fell into its place.
Before I started I wouldn’t say I was in bad shape, I ate fairly well. I had tried going vegetarian before, but for only around 3 months. After that phase I basically just added in chicken and fish. That continued for a few years, but it never seemed quite…balanced. Enter 3 weeks ago: My mother whom is doing the same training in the states tells how much superb results she’s been having. She had been on high blood-pressure meds and had alot of fatigue. But since balancing out here diet and eating a mainly whole grain/plant based diet she had improved dramatically. She could cut her meds as things in her body started to balance and she had much more energy. So of course I was interested, I did some research and ordered a few books.
So in the first week or two, I thought I was doing well. But after this training I see I was doing it far from optimal. Using way too much salt, over cooking, over eating, over consuming liquids etc. But it was mainly brown rice and miso/vegetable soup. After 2 days I was amazed, I could FEEL the difference in my body, I could feel the changes. Something happened to me that has never happened before, my bloodsugar became so stable that I had to reduce my insulin by more than HALF. Simply by changing my diet, consuming mostly whole grains and plant based foods, my body was harmonizing and balancing out. So I did even more research and found the Kushi Institute was holding their 6th annual summer conference in the south holland only about 1hr away from me.
I was exposed to a whole new world, I learned all about the philisophical meanings behind the cooking. The different effect of foods, balancing those effects and most important I learned WHY. A notebook and a half of notes later, here I am. I met some wonderful people along the way and had a great time.
Before I was just average, now I feel completely different. My energy has increased, I feel lighter, less dense. My muscles feel fueled and tone. My vision has improved greatly. My blood sugar has stablized and I can truely say I’m on my way to further healing my body and releasing myself from diabetes.
So much more info to come, I’m not sure where this will lead me next. I love cooking and could really see me being a chef. Perhaps I’ll take levels 2-4 at the Kushi Institute in Amsterdam. We shall see.
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Posted on August 5, 2005
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