macrobiotics

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The art of prolonging life
The form macrobiotic is used as a modifier. Macrobiotics is the practice of eating macrobiotic food. Dietary practice based on the Chinese philosophy of balancing yin and yang (see yin-yang). It stresses avoiding foods that are classified as strongly yin (e.g., alcoholic beverages) or yang (e.g., meat) and relying mainly on near-neutral foods such as grains. In addition, foods that grow naturally in one's climate should be the mainstay of one's diet. Macrobiotics was first articulated in Asia in the 1930s and swept Europe and the U.S. in the late 1960s. Adherents maintain that not only can the quality of life be enhanced but that serious ailments such as cancer can be healed; critics counter that uninformed attempts to practice such a diet can lead to malnutrition
the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains)
{i} health regimen which is intended to lengthen the life of those who adhere to it (incorporates ancient philosophies with a vegetarian diet)
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{s} of or pertaining to macrobiotics; long-lived
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Long-lived
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of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics; "macrobiotic diet
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Of a lifestyle incorporating a dietary regimen including locally grown, seasonal, natural foods, or of the diet itself
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Macrobiotic food consists of whole grains and vegetables that are grown without chemicals. a strict macrobiotic diet. = wholefood. macrobiotic food consists mainly of grains and vegetables, with no added chemicals (makrobiotos )
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