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George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (born 1893)

Historical image related to George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (born 1893) from April 23, 1966

George Ohsawa

Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine

George Ohsawa was a Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine who was the founder of the macrobiotic diet. When living in Europe he went by the pen names of Musagendo Sakurazawa, Nyoiti Sakurazawa, and Yukikazu Sakurazawa. He also used the French first name Georges…
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Macrobiotic diet

Fad diet fixed on ideas about types of food drawn from Zen Buddhism

A macrobiotic diet is an unconventional restrictive diet based on ideas about types of food drawn from Zen Buddhism. The diet tries to balance the supposed yin and yang elements of food and cookware. Major principles of macrobiotic diets are to reduce animal products, eat…
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