Why is macrobiotics prescribed to cancer patients?
The macrobiotic diet is a high fiber, low fat, low sugar diet. Many studies have shown that the average person’s diet is too high in saturated fats, sugar and sodium with an inadequate intake of fiber, complex carbohydrates and micronutrients. The resultant increase in all cancers has been well documented. Fifty years ago one out of eight people would get cancer in their lifetime. Today it is one out of three. The macrobiotic diet eliminates animal products and dairy, the major source of saturated fats and refined flours and grains, since the refining process removes nutrients from many of the foods we eat. MacroTreats use high fiber, macrobiotic ingredients and contain only slow burning, complex carbohydrates. In addition to being vegan, our products do not have any refined sugars or artificial sweeteners. Instead, MacroTreats are grain-sweetened with brown rice syrup, which retains nutrients. They contain no preservatives, synthetic additives, hydrogenated oil, refined flour, or arti
