Product Description

The definitive guide to incorporating a macrobiotic diet into your daily life

Do you want to make the most of macrobiotics? This practical guide uses a body, mind, and spirit approach to introduce you to the basics of this popular diet. You'll see how to use macrobiotic principles to enhance your health and happiness; prepare the right foods to increase your energy and fight off disease; and make lifestyle changes to support your new way of eating.

• Begin on the path to healthy living — understand the science behind macrobiotics and how to apply the principles to your daily life

• Heal the macrobiotic way — discover the foods and nutrients that influence good health and heal common diseases

• Plan for successful, non-stressful change — create a macro-friendly kitchen, shop smart, and introduce new foods to the family diet

• Make marvelous macrobiotic meals — prepare delicious, easy-to-follow recipes from breakfast to dessert and plan your weekly menu

• Take it on the road — make healthy restaurant choices

• Round out your macrobiotic lifestyle — get tips for exercise, creating a more nourishing environment, and developing a self-healing personality

Open the book and find:

• The basics of macrobiotic nutrition

• How to marshal your body, mind, and spirit to renew your health

• Ten tips for prompt, permanent weight loss

• Practical ways to eliminate cravings for unhealthy food

• More than 50 healthy, tasty recipes

• Time-saving cooking techniques

• Tips on managing your blood sugar with macrobiotic foods

• The right tools and equipment to stock a healthy kitchen

• A sample macrobiotic menu

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68671 in Books
• Published on: 2009-05-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470401385
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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About the Author

Verne Varona is one of the most energetic and dynamic health educators in the country. A nationally sought-after speaker, Varona has authored articles for natural publications such as Natural Health, Alternative Healing, Macrobiotics Today, and Healthy Body & Fitness, and is also the author of the bestselling Nature's Cancer-Fighting Foods.

Customer Reviews

The Best Macrobiotics Guide
This is not just a book it's an encyclopedia!! With Verne's excellent guidance my life has been transformed! You will experience what I mean when you get this book. If I can do it anyone can, and now in this "Dummies" book format it is so easy, Verne hasn't skipped a beat. It's ALL there! The recipes are very delicious and extremely satisfying. Already in my first week with the book I feel a few extra pounds melting away and increased energy. Verne's Macrobiotics for Dummies is the definitive guide for anyone who wants to have energy, be happy, be disease free, be your perfect weight and enjoy fabulous food at the same time. Thank you Verne!!

My comments on Macrobiotics for Dummies by Verne Varona


I have been reading an amazing book called Macrobiotics for Dummies by Verne Varona and thought it was full of wonderful and helpful information about health, nutrition, macrobiotics and general wellbeing. I loved it and bought copies for friends too. I would certainly recommend it to anyone who is interested in getting healthier and want to enjoy a better quality of life. Verne is a wonderful writer and puts everything across in an easy way which makes it enjoyable to read and is entertaining too. So pleased I bought it and am sure it will inspire so many people to change the way they think about their health. Julie x

great advice in this publication
"Macrobiotics For Dummies" is a clear and concise document that lays out the principles of macrobiotics along with some of the history of the movement. Anyone interested in diet and general health who is not familiar with macrobiotics will gain practical knowledge and advice from this publication, and those already exposed to these principles will find it to be a nice 21st century update. The tips given throughout the book are easy to remember, and following these principles does not require spending lots of money at the grocery store. In fact, it may reduce your grocery bills.
In an age where cancer rates are high, heart disease is still a threat, people are subject to attacks from various flus and colds, and medical costs continue to rise, this book gives sound advice to help control obesity and maintain the immune system, along with making a case for the favorable impact to the environment that is possible with increased adherence to macrobiotic principles.