Has anyone pursued a macrobiotic diet? A macro diet contains lots of organic veggies; lots of unprocessed, complex carbohydrates like brown rice and other grains; legumes; sea vegetables; low/no animal products; fermented soy products like miso & tempeh; some fish; only cooked fruits ocassionally; no yeast breads; hardly any flour products.
I know a low carb diet seems to be popular for lyme. But I suspect a macro diet may be good for lymies too. I may be completely wrong. Any one with experience on this?
I once cooked a macro diet for 2 months (3 meals a day/ 7 days a week) for a friend with cancer. I quickly became fluent in the language of macrobiotics. It seems like a diet good for everyone and everything.
Thanks for any input, Judy
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I certainly would not do well on a macrobiotic diet now. The grains and fermented soy are bad for yeast.
Right now I need to eat lots of extra protein, meat & eggs and fat. If I don't eat enough fat the herxing gets out of control.
For one year I ate absolutely no grain. Now that I have yeast under control I eat a small amouont of rice a few times a week. No other grains than that & no fruit or sweet vegetables.
The diet that is working for me is lots of organic vegetables especially greens (some cooked & some raw). Small portions of grass fed meat daily, sardines, nuts, eggs, a little cheese, beans, homemade chicken soup, hummous & celery sticks. Everything organic.
Absolutely NO Sugar, fruit, flour, grains (except a little rice) sweet vegetables, soy, yeast... Hatsnscarfs
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Yes, I switched to a macrobiotic diet about 8 months ago and it has worked the best for me, in terms of energy and yeast control.
I would highly recommend it. But, it isn't easy & you must be careful with some of the fermented foods at first.
It takes at least a month or longer for the body to acclimate and "discharge" all the animal protein and dairy gunk.
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