Breakfast Food Glossary for Macrobiotic Diet

Daikon: Radishes oriental winter white flesh with the outer skin, usually white, can also be black, pink or green. Its flesh is crisp and juicy and taste relatively fresh.
Fu: Pattie seitan (wheat gluten) air-dried.
Miso: Fermented soybean paste used as condiment.
Natto: Condiment soybean obtained in the presence of the bacteria Bacillus natto.
Panisse: Type of fries Parents of Southern France, made from a mixture of chickpea flour, water and olive oil. After having rested two hours, cut the dough into a circle is put to fry in peanut oil.
Spinach (birnel): condensed pear juice that can be spread on bread or used in dessert recipes.
Tahini Butter of crushed sesame seeds.
Tempeh: Proceeds from soybeans fermented with Rhizopus oligosporus close. It can also be made from other legumes such as peanuts, red beans or small white beans. It takes the form of a cake that can be cut into pieces and cooked it.
Bancha tea: Green tea from Japan, very sweet.
The Mu: Preparation of 9 or 16 different plants (mu # 9, # 16 mu) with ginseng. It is a mixture of plant yang type, recommended for people yin constitution affected by cold or excessive consumption of sugar. Mu Tea # 16 is less powerful than the No. 9 and works as a general tonic.
Yannoh: caffeine-free beverage, made from roasted grains.
An initiation step
The “yanginisation”
This process involves applying an agent of “yanginisation” like oil heated to a food yin for it to become more yang. The heat of the fire or the sun, salt, and baking are agents of “yanginisation. A long cooking or to heat converts the energy of a yin yang in food.
It is suggested to learn the macrobiotic diet gradually, passing through a phase transition. Using a macrobiotic counselor may also be valuable.
This picture, taken from a site dedicated to promoting macrobiotique18 gives information about different foods to eliminate or promote. There are also foods recommended in transition to a Western diet to a macrobiotic diet. In addition, a brief cooking and heat is preferred.