Hi everyone,
My name is Sanae Suzuki.
I am a whole health macrobiotic nutrition counselor for people and pets.
I have been teaching macrobiotics cooking and lifestyle for almost 20 years after I healed myself from ovarian cancer by practicing and live macrobiotics. You can see all the classes info. and what I offered 193 classes/events last 5 years at Meetup I am so thankful to my health, my macrobiotics practice and all of you!
It was one of my dreams to teach for healing class for women for a long time and this year I was able to start it at Seed Kitchen this year almost every month.
It has been a really great opportunity to practice and teaching this class.
The last month I was planing to teach class for Thyroid problems and many people who could not come to the class have requested me to post this on my blog so here is one for everyone. I hope this help many people and I hope to practice and teach my macrobiotics many more years.
These are the things I shared in the class:
When I read an article that it's estimated that as many as 59 million Americans have a
thyroid problem. I questioned myself “Do most of us know about it?”. I
had time to time people who have had a thyroid cancer and a problem came for
macrobiotic counseling to me. The macrobiotic approach of diet and life style
definitely helped and healed them when they followed directions. I, myself had
to followed the direction to help heal my two dogs who had thyroid
problems.
Some of you might wonder that a dog and a human have the
same problems and results? Yes, I have seen so many symptoms with human also over
dogs. I have researched more when I needed to help my two dogs from their thyroid
problems and applied to them and sure worked so much and they are both doing
good. They are not taking any western meditation anymore. You can also get
benefit from macrobiotic approach for thyroid problems.
The first, you need to know your thyroid grand. It is an
important organ just like heart and stomach and others, but the majority of us don't
know it yet. It is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck a small gland
found at the base of your neck just above your collarbone, just below your
Adam's apple. I think it should move like butterfly and be flexible so the
thyroid hormones control your body activities and metablism like your body temperature and how fast you
burn calories and how fast your heart beats.
1. The example signs of Thyroid
problems
Since undiagnosed thyroid
problems can dramatically increase your risk of obesity, heart disease,
depression, anxiety, hair loss, sexual dysfunction, infertility and a host of
other symptoms and health problems, it's important that you don't go
undiagnosed.
You
don't need to have all of these symptoms in order to have a thyroid problem,
but here are some of the most common signs that you may have a thyroid
condition:
1) Fatigue.
2) Weight Changes.
3) Depression and Anxiety.
4) Cholesterol Issues
5) Bowel Problems.
6) Menstrual Irregularities and Fertility Problems.
7) Hair/Skin Changes.
8) Neck Discomfort/Enlargement.
9) Muscle and Joint Pains, Carpal Tunnel/Tendonitis
Problems
3. Two major problems of Thyroid:
4 Macrobiotic Medicinal Remedy Drink for
Thyroid:
The
modern diet of meat and other processed foods can cause the thyroid to
malfunction.
Modern diets low in iodine
and other trace of minerals found in whole grains, vegetables from land and
sea, and other fresh foods are primary cause. Doctors can give a western
medication but it doesn’t address the source of the problem.
This drink is can help
to detox your body’s condition and support for hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism both.
1/4 cup each vegetables of
carrot, burdock, daikon, lotus root
1 cup daikon greens or other
hard leafy greens
1/4 cup komubu, soaked
chopped small
4 cups water
1. Finely
chop all the vegetables and soaked kombu.
2. Put
all the ingredients and add water to bring a boil in a covered pot.
3. Lower
the flame, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
4. Add a pinch of sea salt or 3~4 drops of tamari or ¼
umeboshi plum at the end of cooking.
5. Drink
and eat 1 cup while it is warm/hot.
6. You
can drink and eat everyday, 1 cup, for 10~14 days. Then every other day for an
equal period.
If you have concern it is important to have a
macrobiotic counseling for more advise.
Ingredients of vegetables before prepping the medicinal remedy drink for thyroid
All the ingredients ready to make the medicinal remedy drink for thyroid
Simmering the medicinal remedy drink for thyroid
The medicinal remedy drink for thyroid
5. Macrobiotic food
and life style recommendations for Thyroid problems
1) Example of what to eat more
· Vitamin A rich foods (carrot. butternut squash, dark leafy
greens, sweet potato, dried apricots etc.)
· Omega-3 Fats (sea vegetables, fax Seeds, chia Seeds, hemp seeds,
mung beans, winter squash, leafy greens, berries, etc.)
· Miso/ Miso soup *
· Soy sauce/ Natto fermented soy beans products *
· Umeboshi plums *
· Sea vegetables/Iodine* (including kombu, kelp, dulse, nori,
wakame, arame etc.)
The best to getting from the sea
vegetables directly, but if you are not used them you can take
sea
vegetables/seaweed tablet as a supplement till you get used to eat them.
*too much iodine can actually trigger
thyroid problems and worsen symptoms, so it’s
important to have a healthy balance.
· Saltwater fish (2~4 oz 1~3 weeks only with grated daikon and lemon juice if you want to eat fish)
*** To find good recipes for Miso, Natto fermented soy beans and umeboshi plums you can check vegan macrobiotic healing cookbook "Love, Sanae"
2) Example of what to avoid:
· Any meat and dairy food.
· Refined processed food.
· Cauliflower (Any vegetable that
falls into the broccoli family is a goitrogen
and shouldn’t be eaten more than twice a week if you have hypothyroidism
and raw if you have hyperthyroid.)
· Millet
· Pine
nuts/Peanuts
· Unfermented soy
· Canola
oil · Iodized salt (iodized salt is heavily processed so recommend avoiding)
With all the participants
3) Example of Life style:
1)
Make your medicinal
drink yourself and cook your healing food at home.
2)
Go to bed early
and rise early.
3)
Be active
mentally and physically.
4)
Everyday do light
exercise or take a walk outside for a half hour.
5)
Massage yourself thyroid
ground area to stimulate for 5 minutes every day and also receive Shiatsu
massage.
6)
Until the
condition improve, you may take a small amount of food 4~5 times a day instead
of 2~3 times a day, but have it at regular times.
7)
Avoid artificial
environments, including exposure to high-voltage lines, excess air- conditioning,
stagnate sir, dampness or high humidity and chemicals (including cosmetics and
other body products). No fluoresces light. No X-ray (including at the airport
also)
8)
Keep your living
area clean and in good order.
9)
Avoid stressful
human relations.
10)
Try to keep in
touch with nature and live simply.
11)
Use organic
cotton for underwear. Bed sheets, pillowcases, and comforter cover.
12)
Try to avoid
using TV, computers, microwaves, fluorescent lamps, and other devise and
equipment that emit strong electromagnetic filed.
13)
Tell yourself you
are better and no more thyroid problem and sign happy song everyday.
Be healthy and be happy!
Love, Sanae
❤ Next Macrobiotic Healing for Women class is Dec. 15. Sat. at 10am. If you want to register, please click Meetup.
❤ Next Macrobiotic Healing for Women class is Dec. 15. Sat. at 10am. If you want to register, please click Meetup.
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