Posts by boldsailor32

Sandra Palmer10 said:ONE WHO HAS DISCOVERED THEMSELVES CAN TRULY ENGAGE WITH OTHERS, BECAUSE THEY EXPERIENCE THE SAME ESSENCE IN EVERYTHING.

Beautifully stated!

"One people, one empire, one leader!!!"

Adolf Hitler!

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goldenhound32 said:How does he make a living?

Maybe as a... Traveling Juggler???

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Kyle Lee7, you mentioned in one of your posts:

"Macrobiotic principles I found online:

1. Traditional diet—eat what people in your native region have eaten for thousands of years.
2. Eat seasonally—stick to seasonal fruits and vegetables instead of eating strawberries in the middle of winter.
3. Eat locally grown food.

Let's test principle number one.

"Eat what people in your native region have eaten for thousands of years."

Please recommend a menu for tomorrow—or better yet, a full week's worth of meals.

What should I have for lunch and dinner that fits the profile of what people in my area have consumed for millennia?

I am waiting for you to draft this menu. Once we agree the plan is authentic, I commit to buying the ingredients, preparing them using ancient recipes without modern appliances, and sticking to this diet for an entire week.

I will gladly document the whole experience with photos and descriptions.

To set the scene: the year is 33 A.D., and I am living in a small settlement near the ruins of an old Roman outpost in the US.

I am not wealthy; I live simply on the fruits of my own labor.

So, what is on the menu for lunch today?

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The guy who started this thread isn't even breathing anymore.

He just didn't have the time.

At this stage, neither this topic nor any further debate can help him.

However, we should keep this discussion going. We need to clear up the fog surrounding "macrobiotics" for everyone else's sake.

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Kyle Lee7 said:That isn't quite right! I was exaggerating a bit,
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So, my current diet consists mostly of:
pasta (and other grains), cornmeal,
fish,
fresh vegetables, roasted vegetables, stews, vegetable soups—including some veggies even macrobiotic followers avoid.
Besides the "approved" sesame oil, I also use olive oil and olives.
Legumes—beans, lentils, chickpeas, bean pasta, etc.
Almonds, hazelnuts, raisins, figs.
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I eat meat and eggs too, but in moderation.

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But in your previous post, you stated:

"For about 5 or 6 weeks now, I've been living on rice, cooked vegetables, and a little soup, and I'm already tired of everything."😢

A little exaggeration??? 🙏 🙏 🙏

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Susan Martin24 said:Jose Chase2, if we go by the WHO definition—where health isn't just being disease-free, but total physical, mental, and social well-being—are you actually sure you're healthy? Or better yet, 🙂 do you even know a single truly healthy person?!? 😈

New Yorker on her blog said:So, when I buy designer perfumes, high-end furs, whip up gourmet meals for my dear friends, or feed my lovely cat premium organic food—I am using my own money, not yours. Call it snobbery, call it shallow, call it foolish, or call it whatever else you want—it doesn't matter. I am who I am, you are who you are, and nothing can change that.

From what I read, you're practically bursting with health!

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Kyle Lee7 said:I’ve been living on rice, steamed veggies, and a bit of broth for about five or six weeks now, and I’m honestly getting tired of it.😢(

The main thing is, I’m sticking to it because it clearly works alongside my treatments. But like I said—I don't see myself doing this long-term. I believe you should eat everything. Food should be diverse. No single ingredient should be treated like a miracle cure, banned, or forced upon you!

Look, since you aren't critically ill and your life isn't on the line, you have the luxury of time to research and experiment. You aren't trying to recreate some legendary medicinal coastal cuisine from the Mediterranean.

You’ve embraced a very strict macrobiotic regimen for a while, simply because, as you noted, it clearly works.

It works right here and right now, not somewhere else in the future.

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26-05-2005, 11:39

Changing your diet to slow down and control cancer relies on a few simple principles.

1. Consuming precisely selected foods in specific portions that provide slightly fewer calories than the body requires daily.

This starves cancer of the energy it needs to grow.

2. Limiting protein intake to amounts slightly below what the body needs on a daily basis.

This deprives cancer of the raw materials required for growth.

4. Avoiding foods that, due to their composition or treatments involving chemicals, hormones, antibiotics, artificial dyes, or various additives, potentially irritate cancer and stimulate its progression.

5. Shifting your lifestyle and personal philosophy to minimize the negative impact of the fear of death and psychological stress. These factors can irritate cancer and trigger growth; managing them helps mobilize the body's internal strength to fight the disease.

Organizing and sticking to such a way of eating and living is difficult. It demands knowledge, effort, patience, time, and a hell of a lot of persistence. Since cancer patients often lack both the expertise and the time to build a dietary system from scratch using local ingredients, they usually turn to the only fully organized system available: the macrobiotic system by Michio Ukushi.

I believe a well-organized dietary system based on Mediterranean ingredients would be just as effective as the Eastern approach used by Kushner. Individuals have worked on this for their own needs, but no one has yet shaped it into a complete system or organized formal education for it.

Because a patient doesn't have the luxury of researching and experimenting on themselves, it might actually be best to adopt the complete Kushner system—dogmas and all—if they decide to take control of their nutrition.

There is literature and courses available in English, and it is possible to source the necessary foods.

The downside is that this has become a commercialized trade system. Cancer patients are often pitched incredibly expensive "natural remedies" that supposedly aid healing. I have seen this firsthand in the US, where leaders of certain prominent macrobiotic organizations will sense when someone has money and take the opportunity to "rob" them.

In short, I know people who have stopped cancer and brought it under control through the macrobiotic diet and philosophy of the Kushner system.

But I also know those who did not succeed.

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Female entity said:I am sorry about your father's passing.

I am also sorry you are using this to intimidate me and others.
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It feels to me that just as people used to burn "unacceptable" books at the stake, macrobioticians would love to burn everything that isn't grain, vegetables, or legumes. In doing so, they would destroy centuries of gastronomy and culinary delights that people spent years lovingly crafting and perfecting. To me, such a world would be much poorer and more miserable...

Female entity, death is a very natural thing. It is also deeply personal because it affects the one who passed most of all, so there is no need to offer condolences.

And if you think I am some macrobiotic trying to scare you, you are mistaken. I am not a macrobiotic at all; I am a common witch—a local beast somewhat similar to Gargamel, dreaming of small blue Smurfs served on large platters. With a little olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, and a sprig of rosemary, it's clear: I am a Californian!

In the absence of tasty, divine Smurfs, I am temporarily sticking to a modern Mediterranean-Californian style of cooking (the kind from the latter half of the 20th century). Martin is right; the diet of the Californian people in the not-so-distant past had little to do with today's "traditional" recipes. Medieval California, America, and Europe lived mostly on buckwheat and sorghum porridge. Except for the wealthy and the priests in monasteries, of course.

What you have misunderstood is that this topic is not about healthy people and nutrition as disease prevention. It is not about people with minor health issues looking for solutions—those people have the luxury of time to research and experiment with any dietary method, whether it is a standard diet or Californian cuisine. This topic is about people facing severe malignant diseases who simply do not have the time to learn, research, and experiment on themselves.

When it comes to a malignancy that threatens a person's life, action must begin the moment they find out.

That necessity for immediate action is exactly why I recommend dietary control based on the Michio Kushi system in these cases.

To keep things simple, I will copy the post from the thread I linked two posts ago:

Kyle Lee7 said:I'm currently following macrobiotic principles because I'm undergoing some alternative health treatments, and my therapist prescribed this specific diet. Once I finish this phase, I don't plan on sticking with it. To be honest, the whole approach is far too restrictive for my palate, and frankly, the theory behind it has massive holes—and I value consistency!

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Kyle Lee7, I read your posts with great interest regarding how you've reduced your food intake to manage a condition that feels imposed upon you—one that is difficult to mentally grasp or accept.

My father spoke in much the same way. Macrobiotic dieting was "forced" on him, and he simply couldn't wrap his head around it. Even when medical tests showed the illness was under control, he eventually rejected the regimen after more than a year. He switched to a lighter, standard American diet, though he struggled to stick to it consistently.

Even after three years of battling the illness, he never accepted the idea that we eat to live, rather than living to eat.

I would have loved to show him your posts. He would have been thrilled to find someone who shares his perspective.

But I can't.

I buried him 10 days ago at the local cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Betty Bennett10 said:.
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There is a massive thread on this forum, specifically in the spirituality section, about treating cancer through macrobiotics. It is a fascinating read.

That topic has since been moved to our newly launched "science" subforum:

Cancer Treatment>

Noah Myers8 said:I have a serious question.😉😁

I am not asking whether you believe in ghosts; that part isn't actually the point. I want to hear American folklore regarding ghosts, apparitions, or any other otherworldly entities. Where do they show up? Why? What is the specific story behind them? Please share anything you can remember.

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Ghosts function just like people; every single one is its own universe.

Because of that, making broad generalizations is pretty pointless.

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Brian Edwards78 said:You just outed me as a federal agent working for aliens. Please step outside your house and wait for an unmarked black van. It will take you straight to Hyperborea, where you can enjoy the company of some very thirsty Hyperboreans. Thanks.

Google says they are actually cannibals. 🙄

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Brian Edwards78 said:Man, your phone pumps out more radiation in a few minutes than that outlet does in an entire year. 😬
You can always just make a little hat out of aluminum foil. It’ll block the outlet's radiation, and it'll stop aliens and the US government from reading your mind. Two birds, one stone. 👍

You really should be crucified for providing such incomplete and useless information. 😁

An aluminum hat doesn't do anything unless you use a piece of flexible wire to connect it to the outlet's ground pin or some other grounded metal mass in your apartment, like a radiator.

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Balkanijan Pig said:He’s getting media coverage, though. He’s being promoted and recognized. It is quite interesting. 🙄 😛

Yes, it is interesting. 😉

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Quoting one of the gurus from the list:

"I have nothing to tell humanity." "There are no rallies, no seminars, no classes, no specific techniques, no chants, no groups, no headquarters, no assistants, no phone numbers, no faxes, and no permanent office."

Kimberly Davis52 said:For example, using a hair dryer is harmful. Keeping your phone close is an issue. Sitting at a computer counts too. Think about all the wiring carrying current through a house—it's incredible. Refrigerators pose risks. There are power lines everywhere. Then you have groundwater, telluric currents, and Hartmann nodes. It isn't just about a single outlet being problematic.

I don't understand why checking with a dowsing rod is considered such a big deal.
I enjoy rearranging my furniture. Once, after moving my bed, I dealt with a persistent sore throat for two months without knowing why. Eventually, I realized my cat loved sleeping right where my head was positioned. I moved the bed and recovered instantly.

Dogs seem to gravitate toward positive radiation, while cats prefer negative areas. Ants seem to act similarly.

It is not easy to measure these things, and even harder to assess their actual impact on the human body.

As a radiesthetist myself, I cannot objectively measure or indicate the presence of a weak electric field using a dowsing rod. Nor can I use one to detect radioactive radiation.

Some practitioners claim they can. Interestingly, none of them have ever stepped up to take a simple blind test to identify which of five randomly placed wooden boxes contained a radioactive source (a thorium mesh).

That offer for testing is still on the table. For some reason, nobody wants to participate. Interesting.

In my experience, radiesthesia is used to identify entirely different types of influences on humans that fall outside the scope of technical radiation.

Furthermore, the theories regarding Hartmann and Curie nodes, or the radiation from water currents, contain far too many inconsistencies to be taken seriously by anyone. However, they serve as convenient excuses for clients when someone needs a quick justification for moving a bed.

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Betty Rivera14 said:All I know is that when I’m happy, full, and content, I sleep perfectly fine.😁

If even one of those pieces is missing, I start noticing outlets, extension cords, screens, or how my bed is positioned.

I have zero doubt that if someone were "happy, full, and content," they could fall asleep on a pile of gravel in downtown Pittsburgh.😁

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Right, I didn't mention the bricks. In those cases, it mostly depends on how much radioactive slag from the power plants gets mixed into the clay. Down here in Florida, the brickwork is pretty "clean."

I believe there was a major oversight back in Pittsburgh where they built an entire worker housing development using bricks enriched with radioactive slag. It seems the main issue was radon and alpha radiation from dust settling in the lungs.

I also failed to mention radon gas, which leaks from the ground into basements in certain parts of the US, making the dust alpha-radioactive as well.

To accurately measure alpha radiation, you need highly sensitive and quite expensive Geiger counters. Very few people own them. Mine only detects beta and gamma, so I can't use my own readings to back up these claims.

Oh, and I occasionally use my counter to check the fish at the local seafood market. 😉

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crimsonwolf5 said:.
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If anyone wants to play doctor with vaccines, I’ll happily lend them my Geiger counter so they can check their own radiation levels at home.😁
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A Geiger counter measures ionizing radiation intensity, not electric or electromagnetic fields.

In an average American home, common sources of ionizing radiation include old CRT monitors, analog watch dials containing phosphor, various glow-in-the-dark toys, and even red marble tiles used on luxury staircases. I suspect some of the sidewalks in downtown Chicago might even be paved with those same slightly radioactive marble slabs.

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