Blog entry of Tuesday, December 29, 2009:

Five pounds of organic rice bran for $1.99? Packs of organic soba for $1.99? A 4-pack of non-GMO natto for $1.99?

Just in this last year, there has been important new data reported about Vitamin D, the "sunshine" vitamin.

Be aware that some of the ideas expressed in macro cookbooks from the 20th century need updating in the light of current information.

These books focus on the healing phase of the macrobiotic diet.

#7 Diet -- an accompaniment to Zen Macrobiotics, by Francoise Riviere.

Although essential human nutrients like Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D are only found in the macrobiotic diet in adequate quantities in fish and shellfish, some macrobiotic cookbooks are more equal than ot

If you live in the European Union or in Asia, canned and even fresh sardines are widely available. In North and South America, however, sardines are in very short supply.

Any time you get a chance to browse in a used bookstore is time well spent. Yesterday we took a disabled family member to the hospital for their scheduled surgery.

This is a hyperlink to my account on the LibraryThin

For more than three decades, independent cooperative food stores have offered various sizes of metal screen-topped glass jars for seed sprouting at home.

Here is one of my favorite-ever quotes about whole grains from someone who was very macrobiotic in their thinking, even though they may never have heard of George Ohsawa.

"There is in Ameri