Product Description This book introduced two new words into our vocabulary. The first, a well-known Japanese term, sanpaku, describes a condition in which the white of the eye can be seen between the pupil and the lower lid as the subject gazes directly forward. This, we quickly learn, connotes a grave state of physical and spiritual imbalance. The sanpaku is out of touch with himself, his body and the natural forces of the universe. Symptomatically, sanpaku can be recognized by chronic fatigue, low sexual vitality, poor instinctive reactions, bad humor, inability to sleep soundly and lack of precision in thought and action. Macrobiotics, our second term (and one which quickly became part of the English language) is the simple, natural means of correcting the dangerous sanpaku condition and creating a state of health, harmony and well-being, within and without.
Based philosophically on the ancient Oriental concept of Yin-Yang forces in the universe, and biochemically on the important relationship between sodium and potassium in the body, macrobiotics has been known and practiced in the Far East for many centuries.
The macrobiotic diet, the author claims, not only cures existing ills but fortifies the body against disease. And macrobiotics has been welcomed by weight-watchers as a means to rapid weight loss.
The Best-seller that Introduced Macrobiotics in the '60sDecember 19, 1999 Harold Kulungian(Amherst, Massachusetts) 40 out of 41 found this review helpful
The long, fascinating introduction to this Macrobiotic classic was written by the translator, from French: William Dufty, in 1965. The book was originally published under George Ohsawa's Japanese name, by University Press, and has been reprinted by two publishers. It is by far the most readable introduction to Macrobiotics, and is far more accessible than Ohsawa's ZEN MACROBIOTICS, which appeared in its standard revised edition the same year. Dedicated and addressed to 35 named international celebrities, only a very few of whom are still alive in 1999, this was a prophetic book that remains more vital than ever, as the biological degeneration of humanity has accelerated in the last three and a half decades!
The brown rice diet will change your life.March 2, 2004 macrobiotic-health.com(Pleasanton, TX United States) 19 out of 20 found this review helpful
After working with all the later books on macrobiotic health practices, I was fortunate to find a copy of George (Nyoti) Ohsawa's book "You are all Sanpaku." He convinced me of the need for the 10-day brown rice regime, and I began the fast gladly. (I had been dragging my feet in this area while learning to cook all over again.)
Health versus disease suddenly becomes very clear while turning the pages. If the Standard American Diet - of denatured, processed carbs, meats, and dairy, and foods which have been irridiated, microwaved, and stripped of nutrients - has not ruined your health yet, just wait. Most of us are sanpaku from birth. Once you know what to look for, you will see it in people everywhere. The chapter on sexual health is mind-boggling for all of us who have settled for ill-health.
We must start with physical health. Mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being will follow. We can take the necessary steps if we have the understanding. This book creates the understanding. Find out why we are all sanpaku.
Read this 30 years ago and am buying it again.November 25, 2000 Ted Hutchens(Rogersville, MO United States) 18 out of 20 found this review helpful
This is the 'bible' for symptoms of both good and bad health. I read this while working part-time in high school at a health food store, back when patrons were referred to as 'health-nuts'! I am longer in life now and returning to 'Oriental' medicine. This book will change your awareness of your health, if not your life.
FASCINATING AND TROUBLING ASSERTIONSOctober 31, 2005 RBSProds(Deep in the heart of Texas) 11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Five Stars!! This book nearly jumped into my hands off the shelf of a second hand bookstore decades ago. The title "You Are All Sanpaku" seemed to indicate that it was a fictional novel, but it is a work of non-fiction that has come back to haunt my thoughts over and over. The notion that people with the whites of their eyes exposed on the sides and bottom above the lower lid are not only ill, but ill-fated? Preposterous!! And a diet can correct it? HogWash!! But....
But when Teddy Kennedy had his woes over and over, and when actress Natalie Wood died in a boating accident of strange circumstances at a young age, an alarm bell went off and I went into packed boxes of books in the closet and found the book. No storm, no sniper, right under the nose of her husband and Natalie was as Sanpaku as they come. This book is one of the few that has survived over the years and pulled me back to re-read those opening pages before it gets down to the diet. Can it be true? The names continue to reverberate on the list of the Sanpaku:
John F. Kennedy, RFK, Stan Getz, Dorothy Malone, Adam Clayton Powell, Jackie Gleason, J. Edgar Hoover, Roy Cohn, Bette Davis, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Edward G. Robinson, Soyora, Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Malone, Willy Brandt, Francoise Sagan, and so on and so on. Some of whom did indeed run up against tough times or even unusual or untimely deaths. I'm not Sanpaku so I haven't really tried the diet. I am surprised that I'm the first reviewer to comment on the physical aspects of being Sanpaku and the part about fate. I'm sure the diet is nice but this is way beyond a mere diet.
Read the book and decide for yourself. Just don't throw it away, you'll need it for reference and to update the Sanpaku list. Five SPOOKY Stars!
You are SanpakuFebruary 13, 2008 KC 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I feel that the introduction portion of the book would give a reader a good idea of the whole concept. Must read!
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