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Georges Ohsawa est un enseignant japonais , qui fonda le mouvement connu sous le nom de macrobiotique. Son véritable nom était Yukikazu Sakurazawa , mais il signait aussi Nyoiti – prononcé [ ɲo̞it͡ɕi] – Sakurazawa. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. octobre 1893 – 23. avril 1966
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“Sickness is the first warning that we have made a wrong judgement. A healthy person is never unhappy.”

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Source: Essential Ohsawa - From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics (1994), p. 77

“Macrobiotic living is the process of changing ourselves so that we can eat anything we like without fear of becoming ill; it enables us to live a joyful life during which we can achieve anything we choose.”

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Source: Essential Ohsawa - From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics (1994), p. 82

“Some people think that macrobiotic philosophy is no more than the teaching of a diet - the eating of brown rice, carrots, and gomashio (sesame salt), others imagine that it is summed up in the statement, "Don't eat cake and sugar."”

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How far from the truth!
Source: Essential Ohsawa - From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics (1994), p. 82

“Chewing transforms even toxins into nutritive substances.”

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Ohsawa used this as metaphor to describe how to read books.
Source: Essential Ohsawa - From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics (1994), p. 97

“"You are what you eat." Nothing else. Never. If you are nourished with cow's milk and later with herbs, you'll become someone whose whole life is good only for being exploited by others.”

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Atomic Age - And the Philosophy of the Far East (1977), p. 53

“He who thinks that macrobiotic living is merely a cure for physical ailments, however, can never rea be helped. It is not a new medicine to stop pain or suffering, but rather a teaching that goes to the source of pain and eradicates it.”

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Source: Essential Ohsawa - From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics (1994), p. 81

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