![]() ![]() They focused on blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and other basic blood values. In the early 1970s, Frank Sachs, a student at Harvard Medical School, was inspired by Michio Kushi’s lectures on macrobiotics in Boston and arranged with his professors at Channing Laboratory to begin the first medical studies on macrobiotics. This brief listing summarizes the major studies. Peer-reviewed research over the years has focused on heart values and cardiovascular disease, nutrition, children’s health, cancer, AIDS, diabetes, exposure to nuclear radiation, environmental illness, geriatric and psychiatric illness, and macrobiotic-quality foods. ![]() The Smithsonian Institution recognized the contribution of macrobiotics to “healthy diet, our increasingly global culture, alternative healing, peace studies, and traditions of grassroots activism” with the creation of a permanent Michio and Aveline Kushi Collection at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. It has also led to the prevention and relief of chronic disease and improved the quality of life of thousands of people. Scientific and medical research on the macrobiotic way of life, dietary approach, and key foods has influenced and shaped national and international dietary guidelines and medical treatment. ![]() By Alex Jack, Denny Waxman, and Aaron Shenhar ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |