Macrobiotic Diets Part 1 »
By Judi on Apr 23, 2008 in Natural Diet | 1 Comment
While I don’t think I could live within the strictness of this diet. I certain intend to live within this diet as far as some of its theories.
Their diet is broken down into percentage of what is consumed. The largest two groups of food being 50-60% of fiber and whole grain and 25-30% fruit and vegetable.
There are those who will find fault with these numbers and those that fully endorse them. Let’s break them down a bit.
In recent studies it was shown that only 8% of Americans consumed the recommended daily allowance of whole grains. What is even worse is that 42% of Americans got no whole grains on a regular basis.
