Riassunto
The Macrobiotic Action Plan, Your MAP to Greater Health & Happiness details how to implement diet and lifestyle practices for improved health, vitality, greater energy, and better moods. Rather than promote an "eat this, not that" approach, choosing foods based on their 'nutritional resume,' macrobiotics focuses on choosing foods according to one's condition, constitution, geographic location, and the season.
The Macrobiotic Action Plan (or simply, The MAP) emphasizes a (mostly) whole-foods, plant-based diet. Rather than striving for perfection, The MAP encourages mindfulness, reminding readers that what we consume 80-90% of the time is what determines health. Think of The MAP as a guidance system, like a GPS, for self-healing.
Tracy goes against current trends, allowing individuals to determine whether or not to incorporate foods that many now regard as 'bad' for health––including the addition of certain more 'refined' foods, soy foods, wheat, gluten, oils, plant meats, and salt––explaining when and how these foods can contribute to a healthy, balanced diet. While she encourages readers to try an entirely plant-based diet for at least a month, she recommends regarding animal foods more as a condiment as opposed to being the center piece of their plates. Tracy inspires a refreshingly more free and flexible approach to eating, while promoting a health-promoting diet, lifestyle and mindset.
The Macrobiotic Action Plan is more than just a book about diet. Tracy draws on her background and training as a practitioner of Oriental medicine focusing on Chinese food therapy, Chinese 5-elements, and Ayurvedic medicine, with certifications in plant-based nutrition, plant-based cooking, hypnotherapy, yoga, and as a Macrobiotic Counselor, along with years of direct experience, synthesizing information in a simple, down-to-earth manner. The MAP offers steps you can take to improve your physical health, and your mental game, with tips to overcome obstacles to living a healthy, happy, fulfilling life, and is an ideal complement to her other 'map,' The Strong Spirit 10-Step Guide, Your MAP to Overcome Obstacles and Realize Your Dreams.
In The MAP, you will find charts outlining how to customize your own macrobiotic meals, and how to modify your choices based on the principles of Chinese medicine to help restore balance. There are also charts outlining common symptoms categorized by being either 'too Yin or too Yang' (according to traditional Chinese medicine, which varies a bit from the teachings of modern macrobiotics), and how to correct common conditions such as constipation and insomnia accordingly.
There are also guided visualizations, and daily habits to help you overcome the mental impediments - of Klesas - to realizing your goals, including tips specifically for weight loss, along with menu plans, and her basic SASSY - Super Affordable, Simple, Satisfying & Yummy - recipes. For more deliciously easy recipes, be sure to read her follow up book, Basic Macrobiotic Menus & Recipes, Simple, Natural, Beautiful Food to Balance Body & Mind, and more information and free ebooks on her website at www.tracymatesz.com, and her blog at www.vegangreatlife.blogspot.com.
Informazioni sull'autore
Tracy Minton-Matesz is the author of Make Every Bite Count, Elevate Your Choices, Lose Weight & Feel Great ~ The SASSY ~ Super Affordable, Simple, Satisfying & Yummy Plant-Based Way to Health, and Basic Macrobiotic Menus & Recipes, Simple, Natural, Beautiful Food to Balance Body & Mind. She is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, and master Reiki teacher, practitioner and harmonizer of energy. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Oriental Medicine, specializing in Chinese food therapy, and Western plant-based nutrition. She recently completed training to be a certified yoga teacher, and is a soon to be graduate of Macrobiotics America macrobiotic counselor training program. She and her husband, Don Matesz, have co-written the Basic Macrobiotics series of books, and have produced many videos integrating food, fitness, and philosophy to empower people to live well, remain fit, and age gracefully through the decades. Their passion is also helping rekindle a love of cooking, and our natural and ancestral heritage.
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