Waxman Denny - The complete macrobiotic diet : 7 steps to feel fabulous, look vibrant, and think clearly

Praise for
The Complete Macrobiotic Diet

COLIN CAMPBELL

Denny Waxman offers an informed account of the macrobiotic dietary lifestyle that has been pivotal to a new way of thinking about diet and health during the past half century. This is the go-to book for this way of eating.

T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.

Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus

of Nutritional Biochemistry

Cornell University

NEAL BARNARD

To a physician, macrobiotics is impressive. I have seen many patients who faced daunting medical problems for which mainstream approaches were simply ineffective, and who used basic macrobiotic principles to regain their health and vitality. This book is your key to understanding these principles and putting them to work. Denny Waxman is a leader in the world of macrobiotics and, in this simple guide, he shares his wisdom and practical tips with you. You will love the foods that will become part of your life, and you will love how you feel. In short order, this book will change your life.

Neal D. Barnard, M.D.

President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

CRAIG BORTEN

Denny has been changing the world of conventional thinking regarding health for the past 40 years and has had the courage to stand tall against the powerful forces of industry and government... my kind of character!

Craig Borten

Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Screenplay,

Dallas Buyers Club

STEWART RAFFILL

Our bodies are amazing machines that require an intricate balance for good health. Denny Waxman has deciphered this amazing riddle and knows how to bring us back to homeostasis through a combination of ancient and modern dietary applications. He is a gifted healer and I have had the pleasure of seeing him transform and heal many peopleincluding myself.

Stewart Raffill

Hollywood writer/director

STACEY CANTOR-ADKINS

Denny Waxman has synthesized the essence of macrobiotics in 7 steps that are easy to remember and put into practice. Many of the recommendations that come from time-tested traditional wisdom are now being confirmed by evidence-based medicine, such as the use of probiotic-rich, naturally-fermented foods, chewing food well to begin digestion, sitting to eat in a low-stress environment, and consuming a mainly plant-based, whole foods diet. The steps that Denny elucidates will become like a mantra to those who follow them, such as sit down to eat without doing other things, and have a grain and vegetable dish with each meal. Macrobiotics, as instructed by Denny Waxman, helped me to recover my health, and it will help you also, to live the big life.

Stacey Cantor-Adkins, M.D.

Functional Medicine and Nutrition

MARTHA CLAYTON COTTRELL

This book is a treasure! It is a great handbook, packed with information and instructions, if followed, will result in the enhancement of ones Health of Mind, Body and Spirit.

Martha Clayton Cottrell, M.D.

ANH-HUONG NGUYEN

Denny Waxmans practice and teaching on macrobiotics carry in them the essence of Buddhist teachings on interbeing, happiness, and compassion.

Through his message and conviction that personal health is the basis for planetary health, I see in him a truly engaged Buddhist.

Anh-Huong Nguyen

Meditation Teacher

Author of Walking Meditation

JEFFREY DUBB, M.D.

After graduating from the University of Chicago Medical School, I worked as a research physician for a large multinational pharmaceutical company. I was steeped in the scientific method and the value of clinical trials. I thought that for every disease, there must be a medication that could help the condition.

However, after having the good fortune of marrying a woman who was macrobiotic and had studied with Denny Waxman for many years, I have come to appreciate the power that lifestyle and food have over ones health. I now realize that a macrobiotic diet offers the possibility for a deeper level of health than is available with the dietary recommendations of conventional medicine.

I am grateful to Denny for his depth of knowledge and his great experience in applying macrobiotic principles to human health. His teachings have allowed me to enjoy a happier and more vigorous life.

Jeffrey Dubb, M.D.

Philadelphia

TOM MONTE

Anyone who reads this book and follows Denny Waxmans advice will experience better health, greater happiness, and deeper insight into the meaning of life.

Tom Monte, author of

The Complete Guide to Natural Healing

JESSICA PORTER

Denny Waxmans system of teaching is flexible, unique, and refreshing. The Complete Macrobiotic Diet is a really cool book.

Jessica Porter, author of
The Hip Chicks Guide to Macrobiotics:
A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind
and a Fabulous Body

THE

Complete

Macrobiotic

DIET

7 STEPS

TO FEEL FABULOUS, LOOK VIBRANT,
AND THINK CLEARLY

DENNY WAXMAN WITH SUSAN WAXMAN

PREFACE BY MICHIO KUSHI

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In memory of our friend

Mona Schwartz,

whose encouragement and spirit have guided this book.

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in this book is intended solely to provide guidance and to increase the readers awareness about the dietary and lifestyle practices that can create lasting health.

If you suspect that you have a medical problem, we urge you to seek competent medical help and be aware that a second medical opinion is often the best course to achieve the best outcome for any particular condition.

BY MICHIO KUSHI

Humanity faces unparalleled opportunities and challenges as the new century unfolds. The world is unified more than ever through the Internet, cell phones, and other new technologies. At the same time, the threat of terrorism and nuclear blackmail, the outbreak of new viral diseases and epidemics, and the spread of cancer, heart disease, and other chronic ills are at an all-time high. If we dont destroy ourselves through war and sickness, our children and grandchildren may inherit a globally warmed planet that is too extreme to inhabit.

For the last half-century, macrobiotics has been in the forefront of the movement to promote personal and planetary health and peace. Derived from the traditional Greek words for great life, macrobiotics encourages people to take responsibility for their own health and happiness by harmonizing with Nature and the cosmos. The most effective way to do this is to eat a balanced natural-foods diet, centered on whole grains and vegetables, in harmony with the seasons, the climate, and other environmental factors.

The value of this approach is now almost universally accepted. In its food guidelines for the American people, the U.S. government officially promotes whole grains as the foundation of a healthy diet. The newest version of the Food Guide Pyramid, released in 2005, calls for brown rice, millet, whole wheat, and other grains to be the center of every meal.