The Macrobiotic Diet

The English term 'macrobiotic' was derived from the Greek macro meaning great or long and bios which means life. Together, the term connotes long life and when we refer to the diet, then we also need to add healthy to the equation.

The macrobiotic diet, therefore, was formulated with health and long life in mind. In fact, practitioners of macrobiotics use it as a tool to help one learn ways to live a good and healthy life within the natural order.  Philosophers, physicians (Hippocrates was one of them), and historians have time and again applied this term to mean living in total harmony with nature, eating a balanced diet and living life to a ripe and active old age.