by Edward Esko (Author), Bettina Zumdick (Author), Alex Jack (Author)
Macrobiotics spearheaded the natural foods movement, organic farming, and alternative and complementary medicine. Since then, nearly every country in the world has introduced dietary guidelines and food pyramids or other graphics promoting whole grains, soy products, fresh vegetables and fruits, and other plant-based foods. This book summarizes the key medical studies, scientific reports, and case histories on diet and heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and other disorders leading to this nutritional axis shift. Unfortunately, because of its bias against alternative medicine and holistic health, Wikipedia does not fairly represent macrobiotics and many other integrative approaches. The contents of this book were submitted to Wikipedia but immediately rejected as fringe, although they summarized scores of peer-reviewed scientific studies. Hence, this book is being published and we are creating our own web site Makropedia.com as the Encyclopedia of Diet and Health.
Author Biography
Alex Jack, Edward Esko, and Bettina Zumdick are leading macrobiotic teachers, counselors, and cooks. They are the founders of the Planetary Health Institute that sponsors the Macrobiotic Wellness Retreat and the Macrobiotic Summer Conference. Alex is co-author with Michio Kushi of The Cancer Prevention Diet and many other books. Edward is the author of One Peaceful Universe and other publications. Bettina is nutrition director for the Macrobiotic Breast Cancer Study.