Macrobiotics: An Invitation to Health & Happiness

This book is for people whose aim is health and happiness, by and for themselves. Whatever problems we want to solve, we should start with ourselves. This is the Oriental approach. A happy society must be built on happy individuals. Every person's happiness depends on his health. Western science has also attempted to establish happiness in man. Due to the lack of the fundamental life principle, however, it has reached a state of confusion in trying to solve many problems - cancer, heart disease, diabetes, drug abuse, abortion, birth control, allergy, crime, social disorders, pollution, over-population, poverty, etc. Macrobiotics is neither merely a way of curing illness nor a mystical Oriental cuisine. Some people think it is a brown rice diet, others that it is a means of giving up pleasure at meals. How far from the truth these ideas are! Macrobiotics is a profound understanding of the orderliness of nature, the practical application of which enables us to prepare attractive, delicious meals, and achieve a happy and free life. --- from book's back cover