For many, adopting a vegan diet plan is a first step to a healthier lifestyle. However, any way of eating that is based on restricting may not be sustainable in the long-run. A healthier approach to a vegan diet could be based on the Strengthening Health Approach to macrobiotic practice which encourages adding and incorporating healthy eating and lifestyle practices. Many have discovered that they love and crave the foods they have started to add, which reconnects them with the source of all life: food.
Both macrobiotic practice and veganism share some things in common. For starters, both have been misunderstood healthy eating lifestyles based on restriction and limitation, as opposed to a new life full of adventure and discovery. Both lifestyles share a general commitment to social and planetary peace and acceptance. Many macrobiotic and vegan practitioners have experienced perhaps making others feel uncomfortable or threatened. Outside of major metropolitan areas, it can be a real challenge to find a healthy macrobiotic or vegan meal. Both are reflections of a type of growing, compassionate consciousness for the planet, and are dedicated towards moving us towards a more healthy and sustainable future for everyone.
It is unfortunate that some vegan practitioners have pressured others to embrace the vegan diet or vegan lifestyle. When people are encouraged to go at their own pace, as embraced by SHI by steadily adding vegan recipes and vegan lifestyle choices, they are more likely to be satisfied and continue in the long run. In a similar vein, people practicing macrobiotics as an all-or-nothing approach often have difficulty sustaining the practice in the long term.
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