New Age Health Care - Way of Life Literature

Thus, not all chiropractors are involved in the occultic
theories and practices. Some merely use physical
a d j u s t m e n t s a n d m a s s a g e t o r e m e d y
neuromusculoskeletal ailments rather than dealing at an
occultic “innate” level, and they do not condemn modern
medicine.
Macrobiotics
Macrobiotics is a largely vegetarian diet (some fish is
allowed) that incorporates occultic principles of eastern
mysticism. Its practitioners admit that it is not just a diet
but “a philosophy of dynamic living.” The Bible-believer
will want to know exactly what that philosophy is and
whether it is in accordance with God’s Word.
The term “macrobiotic” means “big life” or “the way of
longevity.”
It was brought to Europe in the early 20th century by
George Ohsawa, a Japanese philosopher, and to America
in the 1950s by students of Ohsawa, the most prominent
of whom was Michio Kushi. Many of the first customers
and owners of alternative food stores were students of
macrobiotics (“Health Food: Macrobiotic Brown Rice,”
Natural Museum of American History, http://
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?
key=35&objkey=97).
The diet itself focuses on eating whole cereal grains,
such as brown rice, as staples (50-60%), supplemented
with vegetables (25-30%), beans and legumes (5-10%),
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