The key to healing through macrobiotic foods is the Ph of the food matching the Ph of the body.  Body's Ph is 7-10.  Macrobiotic foods are 7-10 as well.  The body has to take the Ph of any food outside this 7-10 ratio and bring it to 7-10 Ph.  This takes energy.  If a food is 7-10 Ph the body does not have to do anything to adjust.  It can straight away make use of the energy from the digested food.  

The body's job is to keep the systems in optimal working order.  If excess sugar, protein, fat, heavy metals, radiation, pharmaceuticals, etc are present, it is the body's job to eliminate these excesses.  If the body has spent its energy adjusting foods to the body's Ph, it has used its energy and has less energy avaialble for keeping the body in optimal balance.  This is a key reason Macrobiotic foods accomplish so much.  Tremendous change occurs from the beginning of eating this program of foods.  

Another aspect to the Macro Diet is the Yin-Yang balance.  Yang energy has a contractive quality.  It moves inward towards a center.  Yin energy expands outward.  Expansion creates an evaporation or a thinning quality to matter.  In regards to the body, this is a moving away from density. In the case of bones, as an example, yin foods will create a 'dispersing of the matter,' a breaking up, a lessening of density, therefore a weakening.  Bones are a dense structural material.  To disperse this density means to weaken the bone matter.  This shows that highly yin foods (particularly sugar and processed foods) are not good for healthy bone structure.  

Likewise, in order to cleanse an organ, a more yang action is needed.  The same as wringing a washcloth.  One soaks the cloth in water and then wrings out of the cloth. Dirt will flow out of the cloth along with the excess water.  It is the same in our bodies.  Too much yin creates weakness an inability / lack of energy, to do the cleansing.

Therefore many foods are eliminated in order to eliminate excess yin energy in the diet during the Healing Phase.  The foods that qualify for an effective Macrobiotic diet are  whole grains, beans/legumes, ground vegetables and greens, salt, nuts & seeds, primarily.


For indepth comprehension of macrobiotic healing foods, visit
www.alchemycalpages.com.  Kaare Bursell is the author of the website and is a gifted macrobiotic counsellor, trained at the Kushi Institute, more than thirty years ago.