Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The theory or practice of promoting well-being and longevity, principally by means of a diet consisting chiefly of whole grains and beans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The art of prolonging life.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The art of prolonging life.
- n. A philosophy or attitude that health and long life are promoted by adhering to a diet consisting mostly of whole grains, with some vegetables, beans, fruit, and moderate amounts of seafood. However, the absence of essential nutrients such as fat makes such a diet of questionable value if strictly adhered to.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Knowledge relating to long life; the study of longevity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the theory of promoting health and longevity by means of diet (especially whole beans and grains)
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Examples
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So, Japanese food has been transformed into so-called macrobiotics in a Western way and was imported back to Japan.
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It details her own journey of healing through macrobiotics and the recipes with pictures she used.
Jay Weston: Seed Bistro Is Vegan.. But Wait, It's Delicious!
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I also explained that, for me, macrobiotics made more sense because a vegan diet was not always healthy.
Christina Pirello: Attention, Fellow Vegans: Other Humans Deserve Compassion, Too
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In macrobiotics, we say that by living according to the laws of nature, we are choosing to create a bigger life, one steeped in ancient wisdom, tradition and freedom of choice.
Christina Pirello: Attention, Fellow Vegans: Other Humans Deserve Compassion, Too
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I explained that, for me, as a vegan, macrobiotics helped me find nutritional balance, but that macrobiotics was not always vegan, that animal food was sometimes used to create health in people who are compromised.
Christina Pirello: Attention, Fellow Vegans: Other Humans Deserve Compassion, Too
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In macrobiotics, it is said that by living according to the laws of nature, we are choosing to create a bigger life, one steeped in ancient wisdom, compassion and freedom of choice.
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David Snieckus is a graduate of the world renowned Kushi Institute and has been practicing macrobiotics since 1977.
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After three years of formal study of the philosophy and practical application of macrobiotics at the Kushi Institute in
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They might call it different things: veganism, macrobiotics, the raw food diet, Scientology, but in the end it is all about rejecting "bad" food and imposing a strict scaffolding of dietary rules to protect your fragile body.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen: Hilary Clinton Does Not Have An Eating Disorder
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I was led into macrobiotics in my mid-twenties as a result of a diagnosis of acute leukemia, an excuse that could serve for crimes much more severe than following the vague, capricious dietary notions of a chain smoking Japanese mystic.
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