Re: Fight fat with food - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper

July 6, 2006

Projects like this one together with counselors with Simone's

attitude will G-d willing make a very positive impact on people's

health.

I'm still struggling just with my own local impact - my husband is

making a sushi party tonight (white rice, sugar, etc etc) and he

realized he didn't have any rice vinegar, so I said, I have

plenty. " Show me " he says, which I do, and he has a fit, " this is

BROWN rice vinegar, you expect me to use this?? " Now mind you he has

been changing his way of eating, has been making breads with more

and more whole wheat, even took organic whole wheat kernels and

ground it himself (we have a Vita-Mix) and admitted the bread from

the organic kernels was better than the one that wasn't organic -

but lesson I learned, he has to take the steps when he's ready, no

way can I push it. Ditto with my father, who is now having

difficulties with his eyesight (along with diabetic condition which

he " controls " with pills) but he's 83 and just not interested in

changing how he eats, he'd rather take a slew of pills, and truth be

told, wonders why he's still alive as my Mom left 6 years ago, and

he's ready to join her.

and not much success with my kids either, so I really really have

great admiration for all people who do have a good influence on

others.

My question is how do I get stronger - every time my husband makes

sushi, I prepare my own, eat my own, enjoy my own, and then have

some of his, which I also like - how can I get to the place where I

don't eat his cooking, which is extreme even if it's sushi?

Klara

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July 6, 2006

About 750 people came to the lecture. It went well. There is

another lecture tonight, and they expect about 500 to attend! We

start cooking on the 16th.

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July 7, 2006

How you get stronger? You do just like you did, come here and rant

to us who understands what you're dealing with.

Also don't knock yourself for tasting a piece of his.

Reg

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July 12, 2006

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Will you be cooking macro foods or foods from Shintani's diet? I just got the book " Hawaii Diet Cookbook " by Shintani. I found it to be very commercial and diet program-y. I liked many of the recipes because they are alternatives of foods I used to eat growing up that don't include meat. I was surprised, though, that he talked about using whole foods yet some of his recipes had A-1 sauce, egg replacer, canned tomatoes and other supermarket branded items. However, I can see how this way of eating is a clear departure from the standard diet that many people in Hawaii eat, and Shintani's definitely has not given up on flavor and spices, with the cultural recipes he uses. I can see why many people do well eating his way. Most recipes in the book would not be considered macrobiotic, but his diet is not meant to be macro. Lots of nightshades, but maybe it's okay to eat more of those in Hawaii???

Lots of yummy recipe ideas, though, and some can be adapted to be a bit more macro, some would just be a nice vegetarian treat.

, what exactly do you do?

Darlene

About 750 people came to the lecture. It went well. There is another lecture tonight, and they expect about 500 to attend! We start cooking on the 16th.

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Will you be cooking macro foods or foods from Shintani's diet? I just got the book " Hawaii Diet Cookbook " by Shintani. I found it to be very commercial and diet program-y. I liked many of the recipes because they are alternatives of foods I used to eat growing up that don't include meat. I was surprised, though, that he talked about using whole foods yet some of his recipes had A-1 sauce, egg replacer, canned tomatoes and other supermarket branded items. However, I can see how this way of eating is a clear departure from the standard diet that many people in Hawaii eat, and Shintani's definitely has not given up on flavor and spices, with the cultural recipes he uses. I can see why many people do well eating his way. Most recipes in the book would not be considered macrobiotic, but his diet is not meant to be macro. Lots of nightshades, but maybe it's okay to eat more of those in Hawaii???

Lots of yummy recipe ideas, though, and some can be adapted to be a bit more macro, some would just be a nice vegetarian treat.

, what exactly do you do?

Darlene

About 750 people came to the lecture. It went well. There is another lecture tonight, and they expect about 500 to attend! We start cooking on the 16th.

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Will you be cooking macro foods or foods from Shintani's diet? I just got the book " Hawaii Diet Cookbook " by Shintani. I found it to be very commercial and diet program-y. I liked many of the recipes because they are alternatives of foods I used to eat growing up that don't include meat. I was surprised, though, that he talked about using whole foods yet some of his recipes had A-1 sauce, egg replacer, canned tomatoes and other supermarket branded items. However, I can see how this way of eating is a clear departure from the standard diet that many people in Hawaii eat, and Shintani's definitely has not given up on flavor and spices, with the cultural recipes he uses. I can see why many people do well eating his way. Most recipes in the book would not be considered macrobiotic, but his diet is not meant to be macro. Lots of nightshades, but maybe it's okay to eat more of those in Hawaii???

Lots of yummy recipe ideas, though, and some can be adapted to be a bit more macro, some would just be a nice vegetarian treat.

, what exactly do you do?

Darlene

About 750 people came to the lecture. It went well. There is another lecture tonight, and they expect about 500 to attend! We start cooking on the 16th.

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July 12, 2006

Hi Darlene,

I do have Terry's book, and what you're describing to me sounds like

what I've thought about too. His cuisine has been featured at

Zippy's as a healthier option, so you can get a tofu burger, for

example, which I think is pretty cool for such a fast food joint.

Yes, we might try to use some of his recipes since he's involved with

this project. I agree with a lot of what he's doing and teaching

people (esp the beginning of his book I think is right on target),

though I've heard how his food is kind of bla. He's somewhat

controversial here. One person I spoke to was convinced that his

recommendations killed her relative. I've adapted some of the

traditional Hawaiian recipes and find them yummy! I tried vegetable

lau lau though in my pressure cooker, and apparently didn't cook it

long enough. I got that horrible burning sensation in my throat from

undercooked taro greens. OUCH!!

Although he did study at the KI with Michio and understands MBs, his

primary focus on health seems to be as a physician. Having said

that, he has stepped out of that structured box here and challenged

the medical profession, so he's radical from that standpoint, since

he advocates changing one's diet to get off of medication. From his

lectures, it sounds like he wants to keep foods very familiar to his

patients so that they are not terribly overwhelmed by making a

transition to a healthier diet. When my friend showed him the menu

plan we had prepared to cook for the movie participants, he rejected

many things b/c they were too unfamiliar to people.

Some of the recipes will also be from Verne's book, Cancer Fighting

Foods.

I'm still waiting to hear about the cooking schedule, and wonder if I

actually will be able to do any cooking for this project. It remains

to be seen.

I'm looking forward to attending the Summer Conference!

When you say, what do I do, do you mean, what is my job? If so, I

work p.t. at the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii as a research

coordinator in the Natural Products and Cancer Biology Dept and

manage studies looking at health benefits of soy (in particular the

metabolism of isoflavones). As my passion, I'm developing a

macrobiotic business teaching cooking classes and lectures, working

as a personal chef, and doing monthly macrobiotic dinners. In my

very cherished free time, I see movies, read, run around Diamond Head

happily followed by a soak at Kaimina beach (I love it), and do yoga,

either in my favorite studio (Manoa Yoga) or for free by the

Natatorium (taught by two naturopaths)!

How about you? What do you do?

Aloha,

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