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What
People Say About Macrobiotics:
Questions and Answers with
Steven
Acuff
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| Q
| How
did you start with macrobiotics? | |
A
| Attended
a lecture and meal offered in my hometown in Jan.1971 by a couple from San Francisco,
who were living in a log cabin built on the back of a small truck. They travelled
around, doing odd jobs and teaching MB. They stayed around a few weeks after I
met them and showed me how to do it and put me in touch with the Aiharas in California. |
| Q
| What
problems do you have with macrobiotics? | |
A
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Its rigid interpretation as a vegan
or near-vegan way of eating. The lack of knowledge of some basic nutritional facts
by many Mb people and thus the loss of its relevance in the future discussion
of nutrition and health.. The fixation on Kushi as the only valid teacher to show
the way among many Mb people. The lack of NON CREDO spirit in the conservative
circles. The sweeping-under-the-rug
of nutritional disasters among children who were fed a "macrobiotic diet",
thus inviting the next disaster. The overly intellectual aspects of the general
philosophical framework, which is accepted by many as Mb. |
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Q
| How
has macrobiotics helped you? | |
A
| It
has given me increased physical health and mental balance, even though I was quite
robust when I started at the age of 25, and was not looking for a cure. It has
given me insight into my calling in life, my "dharma" as it is known
in Buddhism, as I have worked with it for several decades. |
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Q
| What
is your vision for macrobiotics? | |
A
| That
we use it as a valuable tool to guide ourselves through life as we seek the balance
of yin and yang. Also as a means of better understanding how to put all the massive
information about nutrition into a practical, working system. |
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Q
| What
do you offer and specialise in? | |
A
| I
lecture on a wide range of subjects, especially those that have to do with the
practical application, as this decides whether it will be of long-term value or
a flop to those who get into it. I also teach practical facial and body diagnosis,
which often leads sceptics into the subject of nutrition. I travel a lot through
the world. I also offer individual health counselling. A book is forthcoming |
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Q
| What
one piece of advice would you give to someone trying macrobiotics for the first
time? | | A
| Don't
confuse vegetarianism and macrobiotics. Don't trust the experts and keep the spirit
of NON CREDO (I don't believe) in the foreground. Read widely on the subject of
nutrition and remember that one standard approach cannot fit everyone. |
Read
the follow-up to this Q&A's Click
here...
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