Learn to: Understand the central dietary principles, nutrition, and foods of a macrobiotic lifestyle Prepare macrobiotic menus and recipes Reduce your cravings for unhealthy foods Prevent or relieve numerous ailments with a macrobiotic diet The definitive guide to incorporating a macrobiotic diet into your daily life Do you want to make the most of macrobiotics? This practical guide uses a body, mind, and spirit approach to introduce you to the basics of this popular diet. You'll see how to use macrobiotic principles to enhance your health and happiness; prepare the right foods to increase your energy and fight off disease; and make lifestyle changes to support your new way of eating. Begin on the path to healthy living understand the science behind macrobiotics and how to apply the principles to your daily life Heal the macrobiotic way discover the foods and nutrients that influence good health and heal common diseases Plan for successful, non-stressful change create a macro-friendly kitchen, shop smart, and introduce new foods to the family diet Make marvelous macrobiotic meals prepare delicious,easy-to-follow recipes from breakfast to dessert and plan your weekly menu Take it on the road make healthy restaurant choices Round out your macrobiotic lifestyle get tips for exercise, creating a more nourishing environment, and developing a self-healing personality Open the book and find: The basics of macrobiotic nutrition How to marshal your body, mind, and spirit to renew your health Ten tips for prompt, permanent weight loss Practical ways to eliminate cravings for unhealthy food More than 50 healthy, tasty recipes Time-saving cooking techniques Tips on managing your blood sugar with macrobiotic foods The right tools and equipment to stock a healthy kitchen A sample macrobiotic menu

Macrobiotics for Life presents a complete, holistic approach to health that can be applied to the body, mind, and soul. Combining the concept of a healthy, natural-foods lifestyle with a philosophy of self-love, macrobiotic expert Simon Brown explains how food, exercise, and bodywork can create greater physical health. Written in an accessible, easy-to-understand style, the book takes readers through simple steps beginning with thought, exercise, and diet, and shows how to bring macrobiotic practice into everyday life. Topics include healing the mind (letting go of assumptions and judgments), healing the heart (listening to one’s emotions), and healing the body (caring for one’s skin, energizing one’s organs, and creating a healthy digestive system).Brown offers extensive information about macrobiotic foods—tips for eating out, saving time in the kitchen, dealing with food cravings—and a variety of menu plans to help readers get started, including a time-saver weekly menu. A full range of nearly 100 recipes provides the essential resources for experiencing macrobiotics, and sixteen striking color photographs illustrate meals that are both delicious and nutritious to help readers see the variety of options that are available.

Heal yourself naturally with balanced and nourishing foods. Lose weight and boost energy levels Prevent and treat disease Enhance psychological health You can gain all this and more by following a macrobiotic diet! Macrobiotics is based on the benefits of eating seasonal, locally grown, and energetically balanced foods. In this guide, you’ll discover how to adapt this lifestyle to fit your own needs. Create 150 delectable recipes to achieve inner and outer healing, including: Forbidden Rice with Edamame and Orange Zest Mochi Waffles with Berry Lemon Sauce Kale, Green Beans, and Carrots with Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Garbanzo Beans in Mushroom Gravy Roasted Squash and Sweet Potato Sauce Poached Pears in Apple Cider This guide also features tips on incorporating changes into your lifestyle that reduce stress while enhancing balance and harmony. The benefits of a macrobiotic lifestyle are only a few delicious recipes away!

An authoritative resource on making delicious, healthy vegan-friendly meals Veganism is a lifestyle abstaining from the consumption of meat, poultry, dairy products, eggs, and all foods originating from animals. The perfect companion to Living Vegan For Dummies, Vegan Cooking For Dummies provides vegans, and those thinking about becoming vegan, with more than 100 healthy and hearty vegan recipes. Features vegan recipes including entrees, appetizers, desserts, sweet treats, snacks, and lunchbox fare An 8-page insert showcases full-color photos of many of the book's recipes Offers parents a helping hand in making vegan-friendly dishes for their whole family Vegan Cooking For Dummies is a great way to maintain a healthy, balanced vegan diet!

Starting with a 10-day meal plan for those wishing to try out the macrobiotic diet, this title explains each meal in terms of its health benefits. With over 100 recipes, an appendix explaining the basic principles of macrobiotics, and a glossary of ingredients, it offers an introduction to an ancient diet. Mayumi Nishimura, one of Japan's best-kept secrets, has worked as Madonna's macrobiotic chef since 2001. In 'Mayumi's Kitchen', her first book in English, she shares her repertoire of healthy, delicious recipes, starting with a 10-day meal plan for

"In Macrobiotics for All Seasons, the unique and modern approach to macrobiotic eating--which explores the philosophy of the five elements and Chinese medicine and explains the health benefits of eating a diet that changes with the seasons--is shared"-- Provided by publisher.

As fad diets come and go, one aspect of all health and diet remains and even continues to grow in emphasis - the importance of good nutrition. Good health is priority number one, especially for parents bringing up children in a world of junk food. No matter what your diet or whether you work in a cubical or are training as an athlete, nutrition is your number one consideration. In the fourth edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Total Nutrition, readers will find- Everything you need to know to ensure that you and your family are getting the best nutrition possible How to get the needed vitamins and minerals you need daily in your food How to shop smart for food What you need to know about fats and cholesterol