Macrobiotic Counseling
Macrobiotic Counseling and home remedies are to treat a variety of issues and conditions. San Ramon Wellness’s provider is happy to provide macrobiotic services to clients in San Ramon, California. Clients interested in macrobiotic should contact Healing Touch Academy to make an appointment.
Macrobiotic Counseling Q & A
What is Macrobiotic?
Q1 - What are the benefits of Macrobiotic?
Q2 - Does one plan fit all?
Q3 - What ailments respond to macrobiotic?
Q4 - Is macrobiotic safe?
Clients should report all pre-existing conditions before beginning a natural regimen.
Q5 - I am already healthy. Will a macrobiotic diet benefit me?
Absolutely! The best time to switch to a macrobiotic life style is when you are relatively healthy. You will experience significant and beneficial results. Most people undergo dramatic weight loss if they are overweight, increase in vitality, disappearance of everyday aches and pains, and develops a feeling of calm and emotional stability. In addition, people find improvements in their mental functions, hearing, eyesight, and in women, the female cycle undergoes dramatic improvement.
Q6 - Is macrobiotic diet expensive?
Not at all, it is a very economical way of eating and staying healthy. Generally, you can expect to reduce your food bills from 35% to 50% by switching from a conventional diet to a macrobiotic diet. Moreover, if you include the savings in medical costs because of enhanced health and well-being resulting from adopting a macrobiotic diet, the savings are multiplied many times over
Q7 - How quickly will I see results?
As the quality of your blood improves, health improves. It normally takes ten days for the plasma to recycle, so improvements begin to be noticeable after ten days. It takes 30 days for the white blood cells to renew, so immune function begins to improve after a month. It takes 120 days for the red blood cells to be renewed, so it is only then that true healing can begin.
Q8 - I want to lose weight. Will macrobiotic diet help?
Q9 - I am already thin enough. Will I also lose weight?
Since macrobiotic approach eating is based on a principle of balance, many times people who are underweight will gain weight on a similar diet to a person who is overweight loses weight. However, any person adopting a grain-based diet will have difficulty, in the initial stages, digesting the grains and vegetables properly. Thus, most people lose whatever weight they need to lose, up to about five pounds under what their weight will stabilize to, on a grain and vegetable diet. It is accurate to say that most people eating a macrobiotic diet are thin compared to the cultural (high fat and refined foods) norm. However, whatever weight loss occurs is usually optimal, and not indicative of disease.
Q10 - What is the philosophy of yin and yang that macrobiotic based on?
Macrobiotics yin yang approach to natural food is based on traditional formulation with the principle of balance, using foods that work in support of one another and to realign natural energies and promote health and wellbeing. These macrobiotic yin/yang guidelines can assist us in balancing our natural cycles with seasonal foods that are inherent in nutrients like Phyto-estrogen, calcium, vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates, and proteins.
Q11 -Why what we eat is important?
Scientists agree that refined food is a factor in most of the major diseases in western society.
- The National Cancer Institute estimates that our western diet is responsible for 35% or more of all cancer in the U.S. Only tobacco, responsible for about 30% of cancers, approaches the impact of diet.
- The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine estimates that 65-90% of all premature deaths in the United States are related to improper food and tobacco use.
- Studies have shown that the right diet not only can prevent heart disease, but is also an effective means of treating it
Q12 -How does San Ramon Wellness use Macrobiotic?
Our provider usually recommends macrobiotic as a complementary plan, typically in conjunction with cupping therapy, bee venom therapy, leech therapy, and acupressure therapy. If you would like to experience the benefits of macrobiotic, call or schedule an appointment online at San Ramon Wellness. The practice is currently welcoming new clients. The staff at San Ramon Wellness look forward to meeting you.