MACROBIOTICS

Hello all you semi-colons,

I feel compelled to respond to the macrobiotics are scary post.

I have such a complete opposite paradigm than most of you since I never walked the chemo line.

I have remained cancer free having not done any chemo and only used alternative therapies that focused on diet.

As most of you know I JUICED and did macrobiotics and I'm not sure any one else on here has followed a macro diet.

Researchers at Tulane University, the University of Michigan, Boston U, and the U of Minnesota and other institutions have studies going on the macrobiotic approach to cancer.

"In 1985 the NCI reported that radiation therapy and chemotherapy were ineffective and in some cases produced toxic side effects as follow-ups to surgery in the treatment of cancer: Except possibly in selected patients with cancer of the stomach, there has been no demonstrated improvement in the survival of patients with the ten most common cancers when radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or both have been added to surgical resection. The ten most common cancers are lung, colorectal, breast, prostate, uterus, bladder, pancreas, stomach, skin, and kidney."

Macrobiotics isn't some way out there weirdo hippie diet. It's about balance and moderation and being present. It consists of whole grains, veggies, some fruits, soups, a little fish, sea vegetables, beans and bean products.

Cancer lives in an acid environment and the Standard American Diet is ripe for cancer to thrive...heavy in the meats, processed foods, fats, sweets, salty--all acid producing.

Macrobiotics seeks to balance each person out-- we are either too yin or too yang through our diet and lifestyle.

If our body is having to exert so much energy digesting "high maintenance" foods like red meats and fats then we deplete our enzymes which when depleted exhaust our whole system of organs, tissues, cells and it becomes more difficult to remain healthy. We become susceptible to diseases--such as colon cancer.

Macrobiotic foods are easier to digest and require less energy to digest. Juicing is even more effective in this regard being that fresh veggie juice is chock full of LIVE ENZYMES which are assimilated easier and pack a nutritional punch.

The process of juicing liberates minerals and enzymes that are involved in every process of the body from digesting our food to building muscles, nerves, blood, and glands. They assist in storing sugar in the liver and muscles, they build phosphorous into bone and nerve tissue, and helps attach iron to red blood cells. Enzymes in our immune system attack waste material and poisons in our blood and tissue. Enzymes do a ton of work!!



Due to the macrobiotic diet our body doesn't have to work as hard and does not promote the build up of toxins like the SAD does where most of the food putrifies, rots and ferments in the intestines creating havoc on our systems. If your diet consists of white flours and sugars and meats and fats you can bet that the transit time is slow and sluggish. With macro meals you are eating good fiber which cuts down on transit time. We're not talking about just adding a little metamucil either. It's all about the quality of nutrients.

Anyway, I couldn't let this one slide by. I am so amazed that folks who put their life on the line every day that they walk into the chemo clinic hesitate to try a simple approach that can only improve their health.

No one can guarantee a cure. And not everything works for everyone, but I can completely understand where the Macro consultant was coming from in musiclover's post. Her friend would be working from a deficit with doing the chemo and it will be harder to work a cure in that case. During chemo the immune system is obliterated. This particular consultant may not want to work with someone who is doing chemo b/c as she said, she has a full schedule, but maybe you can find someone who would work with him.

Ok well, I could go on and on.

Get the book:

A Cancer Prevention Diet by Muchio Kushi


peace, emily