The Macrobiotic diet comes from the Far Eastern philosophy of Macrobiotics (literally "Great Life"). Despite a reputation of being nothing but brown rice, this diet includes more that simply brown rice. The food list has been composing for many years.
 Macrobiotic essential food
* 50% whole grains
* 25% seasonal vegetables that can be cooked or eaten raw
* 10% protein foods, for example fish or legumes
* 5% sea vegetables
* 5% soups
* 5% fruit, nuts or seeds.
Food should be organic and fresh. The Macrobiotic lifestyle also emphasizes the way of its preparation. You shouldn’t cook your food in the microwave oven. Rice needs to be prepared in a pressure cooker. Eat and chew your food slowly.
Banned food
You mustn’t consume such foods as sugars, spices, alcohol, eggs, meat and cheese. This has everything to do with the extreme yin and yang properties.
The Advantages of Macrobiotic diet
This diet is rich in natural, unprocessed foods, complex carbohydrates and vegetables. It has small amount of saturated fats and includes more essential fats. Due to these factors it can help you lose weight and it is very low in calories. But in fact it looks more like a lifestyle than just another fad diet.
There are a lot of disputes connected with healing abilities of the Macrobiotic diet. It can assist in curing cancer and heart diseases. But some claims haven’t been proved yet.
The Disadvantages of Macrobiotic diet
The Macrobiotic diet plan is very strict. It may lead to the nutritional deficiencies, mostly calcium and iron deficiency.
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