With the majority of Americans now attempting to eat healthier and
an estimated million of them each year in the past decade adopting
vegetarian or semi-vegetarian diets, The Great Life Diet is ready to
enter the cultural mainstream.
In seven steps, The Great Life Diet offers a balanced and orderly
approach to an active, fulfilling daily life. The aim always is to
strengthen health, however good or ill. Indeed, thousands of people,
their ailments ranging widely from the common cold to chronic
fatigue to heart disease and even to "incurable" cancers, have been
helped, often dramatically, by espousing the dietary and lifestyle
practices described in Waxman's instructive guide.
With sound sense and flexible principles, this diet extends to its
readers a means both to better their health and to significantly
enhance the joy in their daily lives.
Available online at www.amazon.com
and will be in bookstores soon.
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS
-- Kirkus
Waxman, founder of the Strengthening Health Institute in
Philadelphia is an able guide to a macrobiotic diet and lifestyle. First
popular in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, macrobiotics will no
doubt resonate today with a population increasingly plagued by obesity, heart disease and environmental problems. The Great Life Diet
provides a detailed explanation of the history, the principles and the reasoning behind the diet, but just as importantly, how to
integrate it into your life-by first adding whole grains and vegetables, and gradually working up to eliminating not only refined flour and sugar, but also meat
and dairy products. Waxman, a patient and down-to-earth teacher who
has been practicing macrobiotics for more than 35 years, walks the reader through the seven steps of the diet. The emphasis rests on overall
physical and spiritual health, and Waxman claims that following the macrobiotic diet can result in increased energy, improved skin and sexual
well-being and a lower risk of cancer and other diseases. The author, a self- confessed former junk-food addict, makes an inspiring guru-wise, encouraging
and transcendent, but also accessible. A refreshing book that focuses on overall health, rather than just weight loss.
-- Publishers Weekly
This breezy beginner's guide to healthy, conscientious living from
health and nutrition expert Waxman (Ten Steps to Strengthening
Health) offers a number of attitudes and techniques for improving
health, most notably a diet high in grains and other macrobiotics.
Despite nearly 40 years of clean living, the former junk food
addict is still able to connect in a direct manner with those just
starting on the road to health. More a philosophy than a regimen,
Waxman's seven steps encourage devotees to become more self-probing
and self-aware. His rules include thinking about the contents of
daily meals, eating two or three balanced meals every day centered
around grains, and to eat slowly, chewing well. While much of his
advice is practical (some might call it common sense), unusual (but
harmless) tactics stretch credulity (a daily 10-15 minute rub-down
with a warm, wet cotton cloth promises "beautiful, new and younger
looking skin"). Other rules include never reheating leftover
vegetables, wearing only cotton clothing and a rather complicated
system for figuring out which cooked foods can be mixed together on
a plate. Few recipes are provided, so those looking for a variety
of macrobiotic dishes will be better served elsewhere. Open-minded
readers may find the book revelatory, but skeptics may also be
swayed by Waxman's disarming charm.
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Inc. All rights reserved. --Anh-Huong
Nguyen, Meditation Teacher, Author of "Walking Meditation"
Denny Waxman's practice and teaching on
macrobiotics carry in them the essence of Buddhist teachings on
interbeing, happiness and compassion. Through his message and
conviction that personal health is the basis for planetary health,
I see in him a truly engaged Buddhist.--Ingrid Levin, Salve Regina Univ. Lib., Newport, RI
Macrobiotics expert and health counselor Waxman (Ten Steps to
Strengthening Health; The Great Life Handbook) presents a cogent
seven-step guide to the dietary, lifestyle, and spiritual aspects
of the macrobiotic philosophy. Waxman's straightforward and concise
explanation of the basic tenets of macrobiotics is well suited to
newcomers to this Eastern-influenced approach to strengthening
physical and mental health.
He emphasizes the value of having calm, seated meals at the same
time each day and explains the dietary importance of eating grains
and vegetables at each meal. Waxman also clearly addresses the
lifestyle aspects of macrobiotics, which include proper forms of
exercise, creating a more natural home environment, and cultivating
what he calls a "spirit of health." This work is likely to appeal
to open-minded readers interested in whole foods and natural
living.
For a more in-depth guide to macrobiotics, consider also Michio
Kushi and Alex Jack's The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health.
Recommended for public libraries.
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