Madonna rules Nov 12, 2008
they must only eat macrobiotic, vegetarian food with no processed or refined food. any water they drink, even if used to dilute organic juice, had to be Kabbalah water. (The Age, Australia)
Rice milk, no TV and sleeping in plastic suit covered in $1,000 cream... Oct 18, 2008
Madonna, who embraced a macrobiotic diet in the early 1990s, told her chefs what was permitted: she chose the precise blend of Colombian coffee and tutted over the exact provenance of air-freighted Canadian blueberries. Guy, then, has allegedly had to endure a life married to a 5ft 4in domestic tyrant whose rules apparently included no TV, no newspapers, and no welcome for his 'London' friends - sustained on a diet which would make a Hollywood starlet feel faint. (The Drudge Report)
• Chicken in garlic sauce wins 'Eat Cheap' nutrition honors Oct 15, 2008
Jill Skeem is a certified macrobiotic health counselor and graduated from the Strengthening Health Institute in Philadelphia. She can be reached at 208-320-2786, or visit her Web site at. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
His chocolate is a bit on the nose but, like a good wine, it's ataste sensation Sep 23, 2008
In 1960s London, his macrobiotic restaurant was the place to eat brown rice and miso, despite controversy ... "Reader's Digest had a cover story saying the macrobiotic diet was killing our kids! It was only wholegrains, vegetables, organic meat and organic food in general, plus eating locally, seasonally and keeping your sugar consumption down. "Eating this way is now standard health advice, but then it was considered revolutionary ... " After his first book About Macrobiotics went on to sell... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Christina Applegate: I'm '100 percent clear' Aug 21, 2008
"Samantha Who?" actress adopted macrobiotic diet. Applegate made comments on "Good Morning America," will appear on special. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Christina's breast wishes Aug 20, 2008
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The Fat of the Land Jul 25, 2008
If you thought Australians are all home doing their routine 26-mile run, beating their personal best in the pool and then fortifying themselves with a macrobiotic diet, there is only one response -- fat chance. The average Australian is breaking records all right, but it has more to do with the waistline than the finish line. (Wall Street Journal)
Good News on Saturated Fat Jul 22, 2008
This is coming from a former macrobiotic practitioner. It s funny how one of the first commenters disagrees and thinks that ice cream and french fries must be bad for you. (New York Times)
Shape Foods Partners with Emmy Award-Winning Chef, Christina Pirello Jun 19, 2008
She remains cancer free and a fervent advocate of a whole foods, macrobiotic diet. For more information on Pirello, visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Seaweed part of human diet for 14,000 years May 17, 2008
Three seaweeds favored in Japan that have made their way to America courtesy of George Oshawa and the macrobiotic movement are kombu, wakame and hijiki. All three are fairly strong tasting, and are most commonly used in soups where long cooking helps temper their flavor and makes them tender and more digestible. (Juneau Empire)
Arsenic in baby rice May 4, 2008
Vegan and macrobiotic diets which include brown rice, rice milk, miso, and rice malt as a sugar substitute, may therefore be expected to contain higher levels than other diets. Although it may be easy to remove inorganic arsenic from water, removing the arsenic incorporated into the rice husk may be harder. (NHS Choices)
Gwyneth's Fetish: 'I Love Fried Food' May 2, 2008
She said: "I was seriously macrobiotic for four years."When I got pregnant, it changed. I couldn't go near anything healthy. (Sky News)
New Bio-Fuel: Non-polluting, Efficient and Aromatic Apr 2, 2008
Sarah was preparing their picnic lunch and dutifully included a box of Mordecai Mossad's Macrobiotic Plum-and-Garlic Matzohs for her husband's drive-time snackery. Two hours into the trip, she noticed the gas gauge. (Newsmax)
Are You Orthorexic? Apr 1, 2008
From macrobiotic bowls to vegan soup, sugar free shakes to seasalted seaweed, are some people trying to become too healthy ... From macrobiotic bowls to vegan soup, sugar free shakes to seasalted seaweed, the popular eatery provides a bounty of food choices for raw, vegetarian and food-sensitive diets. (NBC 11, CA)
The Love Boat Mar 9, 2008
Its 100 classes will be taught by "alternative health professionals, research scientists, macrobiotic healers, shiatsu practitioners, yoga and Pilate's instructors, and vegan and macrobiotic chefs.". Featured speakers this year include Dr. Sherry Rogers, a medical expert in environmental medicine, and actress Marilu Henner, author of seven books on health, cooking and fitness. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
In California, restaurants to bolster the immune system Feb 21, 2008
First there was vegetarianism, which begot veganism, macrobiotic adherents, raw foodists and something known simply as "the cleanse." Now make way for immunity-enhancement, via your chopped salad and salmon tartar ... de Chaya in Hollywood, a macrobiotic restaurant often dotted with celebrities, the chef, Shigefumi Tachibe, has "items that offer both immune boosting and healthful benefits for everybody," said his spokeswoman, Cindy Choi. (International Herald Tribune)
The war on obesity must be won round the cabinet table Jan 26, 2008
We can assume that bar a few exceptions, the cabinet are not paragons of macrobiotic living, and those exceptions will be necessary for the experiment so other ministers have people with whom they can miserably compare themselves. The cabinet will begin by being weighed and photographed in underwear for one of those cruelly lit "before" photos, which will be placed on a website. (Guardian Unlimited)
In brief: Health updates Jan 23, 2008
Macrobiotic Dieting, 6-7 p.m. Jan. 29, Alaska Club West, 1400 W. Northern Lights Blvd. Learn how different foods affect your body, taste examples and take home recipes. Cost: $15 mem-bers; $25 nonmembers. (Anchorage Daily News)
Eating Healthy, Hardy And Heartily Jan 6, 2008
After switching to a "macrobiotic" diet, her cancer went into remission ... In desperation, Pirello agreed to try dramatically changing her diet to a "whole foods" or "macrobiotic" one. (CBS News)
Scientists take Kidman to task for "pseudoscience" claims Jan 4, 2008
Paltrow, famous for her devotion to macrobiotic foods, was taken to task over her claim that by eating healthy foods people can avoid getting cancer. The actress told a conference last year: "I am challenging these evil genes by natural means. I am convinced that by eating biological foods it is possible to avoid tumours.". (Sydney Morning Herald)
Does Swank's 45-Pill-a-Day Diet Work? Dec 19, 2007
Madonna reportedly practices three hours of yoga a day, Gwyneth Paltrow swears by a macrobiotic diet consisting of mostly grains and uncooked vegetables and now Hilary Swank says she pops nearly 45 pills a day to maintain her celebrity physique. During a recent interview with W Magazine, Swank ran through her supplement regimen, which includes not only tablets but also regular vitamin injections. (ABC News)
Tidbits: Renee fears herBridget bulge Dec 14, 2007
She credits yoga, Pilates and a macrobiotic diet as her fountain of youth, but is Madonna also resorting to surgical methods to turn back the clock. Pictures featured on the show the 49-year-old pop queen exiting a medical facility in New York earlier this week, and despite her oversized sunglasses, she was clearly sporting two telltale black eyes. (MSNBC -- News)
Madonna tries to put on weight Dec 13, 2007
The 49-year-old singer usually follows a strict macrobiotic diet, but has decided to pile on a few pounds to please husband Guy Ritchie, who had become worried she was too thin and gaunt. Madonna took advice from Sting's wife Trudi Styler, who suggested eating a filling breakfast could help improve her skin and take 10 years off her appearance. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
U and i need each other (as well as a, e and o) Nov 24, 2007
I was paying for my tragically overpriced macrobiotic bananas. "Comes to $10.26," she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
It's easier to be 'flexitarian' than a vegetarian Nov 14, 2007
At Repast in Midtown, chef Mihoko Obunai's macrobiotic composition plate includes (clockwise from top left) 10 grain rice cake; tofu with wild mushroom; kabocha squash/azuki bean/hijiki; and organic baby root vegetables ... At Repast Restaurant in Atlanta, chefs and co-owners Mihoko Obunai and Joseph Truex have flexed their organic and seasonal menus to adapt to the sometimes-I-feel-like-a-vegetarian trend by offering customers a selection of meats and seafood as well as Obunai's Japanese-style... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Chefs have no beef with mock meat Sep 20, 2007
It became popular in Western countries in the 1950s when the macrobiotic diet gained more attention. It is high in protein (with more grams per serving than tofu), low in calories and fat, and freezes beautifully for four months. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Alphabetiff Sep 3, 2007
Come festival time, there will be a lot of fussy celebrities on the latest fad diet, and Toronto restaurants will be doing everything they can to cater to their demands for organic, macrobiotic, hormone-free this and that. To make it easier, here are the dining establishments best suited to diet restrictions: The Atkins diet Head to Morton's (4 Avenue Rd.), which is right by all the cinemas and will gladly serve you an app of steak tartare, followed by a main course of a strip loin with a side... (National Post)
Small Town, Hot Idea Sep 1, 2007
The restaurant's menu caters to vegetarians, vegans and macrobiotic dieters. "People are always dieting or they come in wanting [something] for a diet, or they read a book that says they need this or that," Wieseler says. (MSNBC -- Business)
She's young and sassy . . . and she has cancer Aug 29, 2007
She mocks the process of finding a doctor, pokes fun at an alternative medicine convention, demonstrates the Herculean task of preparing a macrobiotic diet. She wisecracks her way through treatments and dances luminously. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Smoothies an exploding trend, healthy snack Aug 22, 2007
"It's not surprising they would become inventive with ways to incorporate it in their kitchens and restaurants." With a resurgence of macrobiotic vegetarianism in the 60s, smoothies were an ideal consumer product. Retail health restaurants, especially in California, jumped on the fad and began offering a wide range of fresh fruit and juice combinations. (Conroe Courier, TX)
Madonna injects vitamins midair - report Aug 16, 2007
Madonna performs Ashtanga yoga every day and has a highly disciplined macrobiotic eating plan, which allows her to eat grains, rice and raw vegetables but forbids caffeine, alcohol, bread and pasta. Next Story. (Stuff.co.nz)
Madonna injects self with vitamins Aug 16, 2007
Madonna performs Ashtanga yoga every day and has a highly disciplined macrobiotic eating plan, which allows her to eat grains, rice and raw vegetables but forbids caffeine, alcohol, bread and pasta. . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Love poses for 'Harper's Bazaar' Aug 15, 2007
She credits her new figure to visits to a clinic for "colonics and fasting" several times a year and eating a daily diet of two meal replacement shakes and "fish and macrobiotic food." ... The former frontwoman of the rock band Hole - and widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain - blames the weight gain on a bad breakup and eating too much macrobiotic food. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Love says weight loss due to discipline Aug 15, 2007
" Love says she now weighs about 139 pounds. She credits her new figure to visits to a clinic for "colonics and fasting" several times a year and eating a daily diet of two meal replacement shakes and "fish and macrobiotic food. ""Some people think it's about weight loss, but it's about detoxing," says Love, who underwent a lifestyle change after packing on pounds last year.The former frontwoman of the rock band Hole -- and widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain -- blames the weight gain on a bad... (Albany Times Union)
Paltrow to co-host show Aug 14, 2007
The Hollywood actress, who follows a strict macrobiotic diet, has agreed to present the programme with her chef friend Mario Batali. Gwyneth - who once subscribed to a vegan lifestyle - can't wait to start work on the project because she is such a huge fan of Spanish food. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Breastfeeders of the world, unite! Aug 7, 2007
There will also be a salad bar and macrobiotic food from San Benito The Farm. Aside from all that fantastic delicious food, there will be free, special seminars on diverse topics like cake decorating, wine tasting, table arrangement and nutrition. (INQ7.net)
Courtney Love's surgery Jul 26, 2007
Courtney, the widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, recently revealed following a macrobiotic diet, on the advice of close friend Gwyneth, made her fat. She said: "I did a photo shoot for Italian Vogue and realised I was 182lbs. At the time I had Gwyneth's cook who does macro food. "I thought, 'It can't make me fat - he's Gwyneth's cook. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Eat well, stay well? Jul 21, 2007
To be happy and enjoy food and live, even fatly, till 62 is a preferable condition to the thin life of the anxious 89 year old with her macrobiotic gruel. Let us praise the early death of those who enjoy eating. (Guardian Unlimited)
Doing its Part Jul 12, 2007
The alliance has discount agreements with bike shops (to promote exercise) or people specializing in macrobiotic dinners. The alliance sustains itself by applying for numerous grants, and by the fee provided each year by members of the Ithaca Health Alliance, who have access to the Ithaca Health Fund. (Ithaca Times, NY)
Call Doc, Not Groupie Jun 22, 2007
Sting, you see not a regular vegetarian is on a strict macrobiotic diet. His personal chef makes him mock tuna wraps and crunchy soup. (Fox News)
Love's "mini-war" with cigs Jun 19, 2007
" The former heroin addict has already showed impressive willpower this year after she lost over 50 pounds, which she accredits to yoga and a macrobiotic diet. Courtney has slammed reports she has lost too much weight. She said, "I noted - 'cos my kid bought it - I was on the cover of a magazine and they said I was 115 pounds. "I couldn't walk if I was 115 pounds. I'm a big girl with big shoulders and ribs and health is really important to me. Hugely.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
ON Networks Presents Zen Living: A New Video Guide to Life the Way Nature Intended Jun 16, 2007
In its first 12 episodes, Zen Living helps demystify issues such as macrobiotics, holistic preventative medicine and acupuncture for fertility, and provides information on the benefits of natural living, from building "green" homes to enjoying organic products, foods and fashion ... Cooking a Macrobiotic Meal. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The Beautiful Boy who came so near to never being born Jun 11, 2007
His "lost weekend" had got in the way of these plans but he now began a clean-living regimen of a macrobiotic diet, no drugs and little alcohol. And, just as the doctor had predicted, Yoko got pregnant. (Daily Mail)
'Disney World' of food opens in UK Jun 7, 2007
The directory above just one of the dozen aisles in the London store reads: "Marinades, Tinned fish, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Macrobiotic, Thai." But perhaps with the exception of the machines allowing customers to grind their own peanut, macadamia and cashew nut butter and the "make your own muesli bar", many of the ideas have been available in Britain for some time - they are just doing it, in true American style, bigger and shinier. Premium supermarkets, such as Marks er and Waitrose,... (Guardian Unlimited)
Tosa businesswomen among competition winners Jun 5, 2007
Jolanta Sonkin, co-founder of , Viola, a manufacturer, wholesaler and online retailer of macrobiotic cookies and bars. Extra. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)
Eco-friendly eating Apr 27, 2007
After getting a degree in marketing and moving to Los Angeles to work in the film and video industry, she headed to Humboldt County and studied at the Vega Macrobiotic Center. She switched careers and continued her studies at the Culinary Institute of America. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Courtney Love's gastric band Apr 15, 2007
The former Hole singer has lost over 44 pounds in four months which she publicly credited to a macrobiotic diet of vegetables and fish, and yoga ... He claims he has dined at macrobiotic restaurants with the star. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Breaking Down The Pet Food Recall Apr 13, 2007
It is sometimes sold under its macrobiotic name, Seitan. Wheat gluten is used for binding and serves as a protein source in some pet foods. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Chozu Bath and Tea Gardens Apr 13, 2007
Taking the waters isn't required to enjoy dishes prepared by macrobiotic chef Etsuko Jensen. But getting a taste of Jensen's food could prove a bit tricky. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Not Just Diet Apr 12, 2007
" But a rep for Love, who says she's dragged him to healthy macrobiotic restaurants, insists, "Not true. She says she never got surgery. (New York Post -- Gossip)
New toxin suspected in pet deaths Food possibly tainted by agent used in plastics Mar 31, 2007
Wheat gluten also is used in some human foods, particularly as a meat substitute in macrobiotic diets, but the FDA said it was not aware of any contaminated gluten being used in human food. Earlier this month, the New York State Food Laboratory and the State Animal Health Diagnostic Center at Cornell University identified aminopterin, which is used in rat poison, as the likely contaminant in the pet food, but Sundlof said Friday that FDA laboratories did not replicate that finding. (FOX59, IN)
- Victoria Cohen Mar 11, 2007
I hope also to find that they have provided me with my requested victuals, those being macrobiotic in nature, since all they have given me so far is f---ing Marmite. Love H. (Guardian Unlimited)
"Conservatives are so desperate for a presidential candidate, they might grab any stranger who walks by the Omni Shoreham."LES MITTSBy Bruce Reed Feb 28, 2007
" In memory of Goldwater, the right can call it the Phoenix Project: In order to rise from the ashes, you must first throw yourself upon the flames.If Bush could run again, a crushing landslide would be inevitable. The way the current administration is going, any Republican in the field might be able to lead the party to defeat in November 2008. But conservatives should know better by now than to entrust their fate to George W. Bush. If the future of their movement depends on an electoral... (Slate)
Potomac Fever Feb 20, 2007
Abortion: Giuliani is pro-choice, McCain is more interested in national security, and Romney is macrobiotic on the issue: He lives off whatever opinions are grown locally. Bill Sali has a perfect pro-life record and insists that abortion causes breast cancereven saying as much to women who've had breast cancer. (Slate)
All Eyes On Apple And Jobs Jan 9, 2007
Let us all hope it was flu, nervous exhaustion from the options backdating scandal or one of his macrobiotic diets carried too far. Whatever the explanation, on Tuesday the Apple-watching world will see how Jobs looks and sounds. (Forbes -- Technology)
