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Most natural food diets impose an “I can’t eat
this” mentality among its followers. But with macrobiotics,
individuals wanting to lose weight now feel empowered with an “I
choose to eat this” mentality of eating quality food complemented
by drinking health beverages such as
brown rice tea.
The macrobiotics diet has become
a way of life for thousands of people who want to keep in shape and
feel good, including famous celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow,
Madonna, Barbra Streisand, John Travolta, Nicole Kidman and Yoko
Ono. Its dietary regimen involves eating a staple of whole grains
supplemented with vegetables, beans, and other non-highly processed
or refined food.
Grounded in traditional Eastern
and Western principles, macrobiotics aims to provide a long, great
life by harnessing the positive expansive energy (yin) and
contractive energy (yang) found in whole foods like brown rice. By
following such a balanced diet, practitioners eventually attain
their ideal weight and optimal physical health.
According to a published material
in Shape magazine: “High fiber diets seem more effective for
weight loss than low fat diets. A review of published studies shows
that people on a diet that is both low in fat and high in fiber lose
three times as much weight as those on a low fat diet alone.”
The article further explained
that because fiber can make a person feel full, he tends to eat
less. Also, foods that are high in fiber—such as beans, vegetables
and fruits—are usually low in calories, so a person can eat a
greater volume of food without gaining as much weight.
There are food supplements
specially formulated for adherents of macrobiotics like Highlanders
Brown Rice Tea that boasts of using an ancient traditional recipe
from Tibet that includes unpolished brown rice, dang shen (a
ginger-like vine) and licorice herb.
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