The revolution in my head
Macrobiotics is not a diet, but a way of life and thinking, the result of which does not come immediately, but remains forever. Prepare that you have to give up most of the formed eating habits and actually learn to eat anew! Although the world of rich and famous macrobiotics entered some 5-7 years ago, its main principles were formed as far back as the 4th century BC. "Kitchen improving judgments" has been used from time to time in Japanese Zen Buddhist monasteries as a food system that allows you to maintain not only your body's health, but also the strength of the spirit, and even with the help of flavors to change your mood and the overall picture of the day. It is rumored that Brad Pitt left Gwyneth Paltrow for the reason that the passion was too fanatical to observe the principles of macrobiotics and did not let the poor fellow drink pies with a cola. It's funny, of course, but after the videotaping of Guy Ritchie that the Divorce's love for yoga and healthy nutrition served as the catalyst for the divorce from Madonna, the world community will not be surprised! Explicit pluses of philosophy. Following the principles of macrobiotics is a guarantee that you will never get fat!
Minuses
The system requires discipline and will power. You can no longer snack with sandwiches or execute cakes for harmfulness through eating! Influence on well-being. Macrobiotics sharpens the flair and allows using food to eliminate health problems at the initial stage. Philosophy brings its followers:
- Physical and psychological health;
- endurance;
- appetite for life;
- deep sleep;
- a solid memory;
- clarity of thoughts and actions.
Golden mean
Ancient Chinese philosophy stands on two main whales - Yin and Yang, male and female beginning. In the "Book of Changes" it is written that the secret of harmony and happiness lies in the interaction of the two opposites and the balance between them. The adepts of macrobiotics also use these concepts and divide the food into two groups: yin - carrying female energy, and yang - charged with "masculine spirit". Jan - white, outer, deep. Yin - black, female, inner, wide. Accordingly, if you abuse women's products, then you risk getting fat, spreading out in breadth. Jan-products keep the body in a tone, but do not expect too much from their overabundance: first, the abundance of male energy will spoil the skin, nails and hair, and secondly, make you irritable beyond measure not only during the PMS period - why do you need this happiness? To stay slim and feminine, combine the products so. so that the yin and yang energy in the body is equal.
m or f?
At first, however, it is worth making a kink in the direction of products with the energy that you do not have at this stage - its deficit is calculated by several signs. Emotional signs. Analyze your day. How many useful things can you do in a day? What do you usually do after work? If you always carry out your plans, you clearly know what you want, you know how to prioritize, and sometimes even go too aggressively towards your goal; evenings you spend actively, and sitting at the TV you prefer active rest or dances till the morning even on weekdays, then Yan-energy overflows. If you feel tired, before you wake up, you rarely struggle with circumstances, preferring to go with the flow; often crying, from work you hasten not in search of adventure, but in the arms of your favorite couch, then in your body a lot of yin-energy. The overabundance of female energy is considered the main reason for passivity, laziness, fear of change and unwillingness to make efforts to implement what was conceived. Yin in the body forces you to postpone the diet on Monday, to be tempted with cakes, it is naive to believe that a wonder-slimming belt will replace a full-time workout in the gym, and blindly dreaming that a beautiful prince will love you and such, loose, lazy and yearning. Look the truth in the eye: good-natured pyshki, the main achievement of which is a successfully baked pie or a fried duck with apples, very few people need. Efficiency, activity and interest in life should be aroused by yang food! Physical signs. If your palms and feet are often hot, the pressure is slightly increased, the skin is reddish, the bright red tongue is covered in yellow, you say loudly and emotionally, and at night Morfey often meets insomnia - an overabundance of energy yang is obvious. If the limbs are cold and, as a rule, slightly damp, you say quietly, and during the day you often dream to take a nap, although at night you fall asleep, just touching the pillow, know: the body was swept by the current of yin-energy.
Announce the entire list
In addition to food recommended for eating, the macrobiotic also releases sharp yin and yang foods - they should be completely ejected from the plate and anathematized! The sharp yin products include: all sweets (including fruits with high glycemic indices and curd desserts - contrary to popular belief, they bring little benefit, because sweeteners, starch and preservatives are more than calcium and lactobacilli); carbonated drinks with sweeteners, all chemically modified, refined products (including tea with dyes, cookies with flavors, any unnatural color food, canned food) and some vegetables. The most "vigorous": potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. Carbohydrate food requires a lot of energy for digestion, so it causes yang deficiency and drowsiness. The same goes for "not in the measure of the yeast" yeast. So, you know, all the baking will have to be excluded from the diet. As, however, and porridges of fast preparation: manufacturers do not spare for them neither sugar, nor preservatives. Sharp yang foods: red meat (especially fried), poultry, eggs, all spicy dishes, cheeses (except tofu), fatty fish flavored with sauces, smoked sausage, sausages, pickles. Sharp yin and yang products often become the cause of the night, sorry for the word, zhora and systemic overeating: after frankly female desserts you want to eat a little spicy and vice versa - an imbalance of energy provokes an unnatural feeling of hunger!
It's possible...
The basis of the diet of a follower of macrobiotics is made of whole grains and vegetables grown at the place of residence, in accordance with the season. Rice, wheat, barley, buckwheat, corn groats ... the choice is yours! Whole-grain porridge is your best friend in any situation: hot and seasoned with spices, it awakens yang energy, but warm, brewed on milk and sweetened with dried fruits - nourishes the opposite, feminine, beginning. But remember that only hardened macrobiotes can lean on cereals! You as a beginner need to control their number, or you will cause an imbalance of minerals in the body. Vegetables (but not "dangerous" potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants!) You can eat in any form: fried, boiled, baked, and almost in unlimited quantities. The third place in the list of allowed shares: lean fish, seafood and dishes from legumes. Also, you can eat nuts, seeds and fruits, if you promise to clearly control the portions. A couple of fruits a day and a handful of nuts 2-3 times a week is enough to maintain a normal balance of energy.
Transition rules
For a painless transition, I'll learn one more truth: it is important not only what is, it is also important how. First, any food that you have got in your mouth, chew at least 50 times! So you will learn to feel satiety in time, reduce the risk of overeating and poor stomach performance to zero. And this will allow you to "crack" the product: with a thorough chewing, a healthy and useful food will seem even tastier to you, but the harmful will become so nasty that you want to spit it out. Secondly, at first cereals are preferred soups with cereals. This will not break the mineral balance and gradually accustom to the "wet" food. Macrobiotes believe that with the right menu, most of the necessary fluid is received with food, which means that it is not necessary to drink water by barrels: boiled rice, for example, contains 60-70? O water, vegetables - 80-90%. Thirdly, in order to avoid "breaking" meat gradually replace with fish and dishes from legumes. For example, an acute Georgian lobio is a good example of a protein-rich dish, which, for all its satiety, does not inhibit metabolism, but, on the contrary, fires up the digestive fire. Fourth, if you want sweets, give preference to prunes, dates or chilled watermelon.
Make up the menu
Varying the ratio of the above products, within the framework of macrobiotic, dozens of dietary regimens can be created, among which are both fully vegetarian and non-strict, suitable for an active successful woman. Simply mix the products you like, experiment with recipes and - voila! - literally in a month you will begin to lose your pants on the go! For example, one of the options for a daily macrobiotic diet from Madonna is: Breakfast: oatmeal on water or soy milk. Lunch: rice with leeks and a piece of fish, cooked for a couple. Dinner: tofu cheese with vegetables. Take the power scheme of the diva for armament. Vegetables cook according to the recipe of the modern Japanese enlightener George Osawa - it was he who discovered Buddhist macrobiotics to the general public. The author of the book "Macrobiotic Zen" recommends to extinguish vegetables in a large cast-iron pot or gooseberry - so they do not lose juice. The bottom of the pan is cut with sliced onions, put a thin layer of sliced carrots on top, then a layer of colored or white cabbage, after layers of beets, pumpkin and turnips. Carcasses stew minutes 30-40 without salt! Ready-made dish of mayonnaise fields from tofu. It is prepared as follows: 220 g of soft cheese pounded with 3 teaspoons of vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon of mg salt, juice of one lemon and a spoonful of mustard. Macrobiotics stuffed cabbage leaves are also served for lunch: pearl barley wrapped in cabbage leaves or herculean-buckwheat porridge with spices. Cabbage rolls are cooked in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Similarly, pepper is stuffed: 3 cups of boiled buckwheat mixed with finely chopped onion, 2 stalks of celery and a large carrot, grated. Add to this mixture a few spices of 11 herbs, fill it with Bulgarian peppers, peeled, put them into a saucepan, fill with hot broth, top with 4-5 peas of black pepper, 2 cloves of garlic and bay leaf. Once the broth boils, turn down the fire and carcass peppers 30-40 minutes under the lid. If 3 meals for you are too small, extinguish the attacks of hunger with light dishes of stewed vegetables. Raw for the role of "firefighters" do not fit: they will only inflame the appetite. For example, prepare a vegetable marrow stuffed with mushrooms. One or two large vegetables cut across, cut out a part of the pulp with seeds and immerse the resulting "boats" in boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Removed pulp, grind, mix with finely chopped boiled mushrooms, weigh 150 g, lightly fried in vegetable oil with onions and parsley. Fill this stuffing "boat", put them in a pan, pour 1/4 cup of onion broth and then in the oven until cooked (15 minutes is enough). For macrobiotic-beginners, a recipe for tomato soup-puree with dill is good. For 2 servings, take 1 tablespoon of olive oil, dill, 4 medium onions, red or shallots, as well as one finely chopped carrot, half a kilogram of fresh tomatoes and vegetable broth (2-3 cups). Carcasses in a deep saucepan, onions, carrots and dill for 10 minutes, then add grated tomatoes and broth to it. On high heat bring the soup to a boil, after reducing it to a minimum and boil for another 5-10 minutes. Add a couple of snacks of sea food salt - and the soup is ready!
The result
Do not think that the adepts of macrobiotics deny themselves but tasty! Their crown dish is kish (open cake), stuffed with tofu. For the cake take 1 tablespoon of olive oil, chopped clove of garlic, a small onion cut into cubes, a pinch of sea salt, a glass of washed wheat and 3 glasses of water. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Pour the oil into a saucepan and fry onion with garlic, seasoned with salt. If desired, add your favorite spices and herbs - for example, rosemary. After 5-7 minutes, pour into the pan millet and fry it for a couple of minutes. Then add water, after boiling for half an hour protomi mixture on low heat. For the filling, take 250 g of tofu, 2 tablespoons of vinegar (preferably wine) and olive oil, 1 onion, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 2 tablespoons of fresh rosemary, a pinch of sea salt, 300 grams of fresh mushrooms, sliced, and 4 canteens spoons of soy sauce. Tofu, vinegar and 1 tablespoon of olive oil mix in a food processor. The second spoon of oil is heated in a frying pan, then throw there onion, garlic, rosemary and a pinch of salt. Fry the mixture until the onion becomes translucent. Add the mushrooms and fry them until soft. Season the vegetables with soy sauce and mix with tofu. Millet dough is laid out in a baking dish moistened with water. Top on the cake put a filling of tofu, sprinkle it with a tablespoon of soy sauce and bake the cake for half an hour. The dish fully meets the 3 basic rules of macrobiotic cuisine: tasty, healthy, harmless to the waist!