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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 615
EAN: 9780806524054
ISBN: 0806524057
Label: Citadel
Manufacturer: Citadel
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 228
Publication Date: September 01, 2002
Publisher: Citadel
Sales Rank: 647791
Studio: Citadel
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This book introduced two new words into our vocabulary. The first, a well-known Japanese term, sanpaku, describes a condition in which the white of the eye can be seen between the pupil and the lower lid as the subject gazes directly forward. This, we quickly learn, connotes a grave state of physical and spiritual imbalance. The sanpaku is out of touch with himself, his body and the natural forces of the universe. Symptomatically, sanpaku can be recognized by chronic fatigue, low sexual vitality, poor instinctive reactions, bad humor, inability to sleep soundly and lack of precision in thought and action. Macrobiotics, our second term (and one which quickly became part of the English language) is the simple, natural means of correcting the dangerous sanpaku condition and creating a state of health, harmony and well-being, within and without.
Based philosophically on the ancient Oriental concept of Yin-Yang forces in the universe, and biochemically on the important relationship between sodium and potassium in the body, macrobiotics has been known and practiced in the Far East for many centuries.
The macrobiotic diet, the author claims, not only cures existing ills but fortifies the body against disease. And macrobiotics has been welcomed by weight-watchers as a means to rapid weight loss.
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Ahem!! The very real benefits of macrobiotics aside, I must strongly take issue with the premise of this book, which is that somehow having a visible portion of the white of one's eye above or below the iris is an indicator of unhealthy diet, even a portent of doom. Come ON, people!
Must I point out that human beings of different ethnic origins naturally have differently shaped faces? And that when someone bends their neck to look down at something (like a shorter person holding a camera), ... Read More
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I feel that the introduction portion of the book would give a reader a good idea of the whole concept. Must read!
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I was into MB in the 60's but like many things it fell to the wayside when I got married and my wife had no interest. That made it too difficult at the time to continue my diet/lifestyle...but 25 years later...I developed issues with my health from anemia to high blood pressure and this went on for years with B-12 shots monthly to Atenenol for the high BP.
I decided it may be time to go back and try macrobiotics and the first book I bought was "You Are All Sanpaku" b/c thats the book I remembered. ... Read More
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Five Stars!! This book nearly jumped into my hands off the shelf of a second hand bookstore decades ago. The title "You Are All Sanpaku" seemed to indicate that it was a fictional novel, but it is a work of non-fiction that has come back to haunt my thoughts over and over. The notion that people with the whites of their eyes exposed on the sides and bottom are not only ill, but ill-fated? Preposterous!! And a diet can correct it? HogWash!! But....
But when Teddy Kennedy had his woes over ... Read More
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This was an interesting read. This book was read by many of my friends back in the sixties who went on to adopt a macrobiotic diet and stuck with it all these years. After reading this book recently I was sufficiently inspired to try Ohsawa's ten day brown rice fast. My main motive was curiosity about Ohsawa's claims for a rapid increase in physical well-being, as well as for the promise of a remarkable sense of mental clarity by the end of ten days. I was also excited about the promise of rapid weight ... Read More
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