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Keith Michell's Practically Macrobiotic Cookbook

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I have been off and on macrobiotic for years but sometimes just want more variety in my eating. This cookbook offers a bit more in the way of spices and jazzing up food than the traditional macro cookbooks I own. I appreciate the fact that he has a small section with a suggested list of seasonal daily menus so that I don't have to constantly come up with a balanced yin-yang meal on my own. The recipes are wonderful.There are recipes that I can barely read anymore, as I have made them so often and they are totally disfigured with blobs of tamari and other ingredients. If you like to eat simply and healthy with lots of variety, but still want to stick with the macrobiotic principles, this book is well worth getting.

I recently read Alicia Silverstone's book, The Kind Diet, in which she follows a vegan/macrobiotic diet. Already being vegan a short time, I wanted to know more about the macrobiotic part and am very pleased I purchased this book. It really explains what macrobiotics is and explains how & why to develop a healthy diet along with a lot of good recipes.

I'd previously tried to stay away from all grains & ate just meats & vegetables, no fruit but I could not control my Diabetes type II. Keith Michell's Practically Macrobiotic Cookbook really works for me. I feel healthier with blood sugar levels pretty much under control. And, I already LOVED brown rice so it works great for me.

Anything Keith Michell writes or does is fine with me. After all, who can argue with Henry VIII? Handsome, youthful and still going strong, he must be doing something right. Maybe his role as the progressively aging, fat and unattractive Henry put him on the course for staying trim and vigorous into his 70s. I can't wait to read it!