Avoid Colds & Flu This Winter With Veg etc.

People in the USA don’t understand what colds and flu are, and how to prevent them. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry, so big pharma, hospitals, doctors and the government are not going to tell you. I will.

Here’s the deal:

Colds and flu are yin conditions.… Read the rest

Macrobiotic Remedies For What Ails You

In the past two days, I’ve eaten things I regularly don’t. Stress, holidays, weakness, whatever.

Many people have no symptoms when they eat this way, because they have strong constitution, or because they’ve always eaten this way, but I am sensitive, so I feel:

  • Listless
  • Irritable
  • Constipated
  • Not hungry

To get this stuff (mostly cheese, some sugar) out, I’m using something called Ume-Sho-Kuzu, with a pickled umeboshi plum, shoyu (high quality soy sauce) and kuzu (aka kudzu, a white rock that comes mainly from Louisiana these days).… Read the rest

Five Food Myths

We learn about healthy eating from people who don’t know, or corporations who want us to buy their food or drugs. Here are five untruths:

  1. Fried Food Is Bad For You
  2. Animal Foods Are a Good Source of Protein
  3. Dairy Producs Are a Good Source of Calcium
  4. Tomatoes, Eggplant, Peppers, Potatoes & Spinach Are Good For You
  5. Eating Many Small Meals Per Day Is As Good as Three Square Meals

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