Summer is here! Sadly, most of us must work to finance vacations and monthly expenses.
With work, comes stress. Add to it the ever-increasing political, social and environmental struggles.
To reduce our stress, we turn to comfort foods. For some, it’s fruit juice, alcohol, coffee drinks, ice cream, chocolate or candy.… Read the rest
Over the long winter, some of us ate more and exercised less. If that also included cheese, meat and chemicals, you might be looking forward to losing a few pounds.
Eating less, enjoying fresh vegetarian fare, and of course getting more exercise will help, but here is a recipe you will also enjoy…
Carrot-Daikon Drink
Grate the carrot and daikon (works best on a ginger grater), and rinse the grater with a small amount of water to get all of it.… Read the rest
Winter is tough!! There comes a lot of bad eating, in order to get the energy to face the stress that comes with weather, Patriots games, rising prices, violence in the world and other difficulties in this competitive world.
The world’s most widely-acclaimed Macrobiotic healer, Warren Kramer, has told me in the past that I “know a lot” about Macrobiotics.… Read the rest
I am an overeater. I should eat less during every meal. My digestion would be much better.
Last night I went to Juniper with a friend, it’s a GREAT restaurant in Wellesley.
The lentil soup was the best I ever tasted–and I’ve had fantastic lentil soup many times.… Read the rest
Went to a party last night for an old friend’s 50th birthday. He is looking good, and his new house is wonderful, as was the company.
One thing that struck me was how old everyone looked. I guess 50 is on the back nine, but I also heard a lot of talk about cancer, hip and shoulder surgery, arthritis, etc.… Read the rest
Take a minute to be grateful for all you have, and all you have experienced. Nam myoho renge kyo.
Now consider that there may be infinite paths of living the rest of your life. Common sense really, as there are thousands of choices we all make everyday, from meals to words to driving directions to investment decisions.… Read the rest
What a pain in the butt, right?
Really, it’s a gift. A wakeup call that our intestines, heart, liver, lungs, etc. may be hurting.
My eczema occurred after having a bunch of white flour baked treats from Au Bon Pain, over the course of several weeks.… Read the rest
You’ve read my rants about food. You know I believe it’s big in creating health. But there are so many other things you can do everyday that are separate from food.
Here’s a big one. This morning, I took a three mile walk in nature, with a good friend.… Read the rest
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:
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
Today I woke up and knew I had to eat light.
I had trouble getting out of bed–three days in a row eating potato latkes might have contributed.
So here’s my plan…
1) Get plenty of fresh air and exercise
2) Eat lightly, and chew very well–brown rice, cooked veggies and soup only
3) Stay away from things I like and have been eating lately, such as bread, crackers, nuts Don’t eat standing up, or between meals
4) Have some hot carrot juice to stay relaxed about 3pm
5) Meditate on how lucky I am to have so many great people in my life
Tomorrow, I’ll probably go back to eating more, if I’m up to it.… Read the rest