What can be eaten on a macrobiotic diet?
* Whole grains, especially brown rice: 50%-60% * Vegetables (and seaweed): 25%-30% * Beans: 5%-10% * Fish, nuts, seeds, fruits, miso soup: 5%-20% * Soup (made from ingredients above): 1-2 cups/day The fruits and vegetables in macrobiotic diet should be organically grown. You should try to get locally grown food. Prepare and eat the foods in the traditional manner such as baking, boiling, and steaming; not microwaved. It is preferred that pots, pans, and utensils made only from certain materials such as wood, glass, ceramic, stainless steel, and enameled pieces. Eating slowly and chewing the food thoroughly. Excluded foods are any processed foods, fatty meats (ie red meats), most dairy, sugars, coffee, caffeinated tea, stimulating beverages, alcohol, chocolate, refined flour, very hot spices, chemicals and preservatives, eggs and poultry. Some vegetables such as potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, asparagus, spinach, beets, zucchini, and avocados are excluded. Fruits that does not gr
