Please find the  November 9, 2011 Wholly Macro Delivery Menu below, as you scroll down through our Weekly Article to the Weekly Menu / Order Form section. Or, you can click on the Weekly Menu link above to go directly to it.

And NO, we are not referring to McDonalds Happy Meals. It is  McDonalds, isn't it, or is it Burger King?? And what is so happy about those meals anyway??? It can't possibly be the way that you feel after you eat them, can it? Is it the toys that come with them? There was a lot of (bad) press recently about how these "restaurants" (I use the term loosely) "bribe" both parents and children to purchase their extremely unhealthy happy meals for the toys alone, and some pressure from the "food police" to make the contents of the meals more healthy, since both parents and kids actually do inevitably end up eating the food that accompanies the toys in the happy meal box. In fact: A recent study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association states that "about 20% of all children are obese, and take-out / fast food is fueling that epidemic." Because these meals are typically high in sugar, salt, fat, and calories, they are addictively and dangerously popular. And wow, if the powers that be, the ones that reside over food quality, find the food in the happy meal box to be problematic, you really have to consider that it must be pretty darn unhealthy!!

So: one has to wonder: Can happiness be possible without health? And, can one truly be healthy without happiness? Or, is it as we at Wholly Macro suspect, all tied in together - ALL ONE ENTITY - a full circle of health ~ happiness, happiness ~ health.

Studies in publications such as Applied Psychology have found that happy people tend to live longer and experience better health than their unhappy counterparts.

And happiness seems to be about choices and about freedom. It is about the freedom to change, and the freedom to pursue our passions. Research done at the University of Wellington in New Zealand found that individuals able to make their own choices claim the highest levels of happiness and well being. Wealth in the form of money may provide you with more choices, but it is only in realizing your dreams and passions that you can find true happiness. And without true health, it is pretty difficult to realize your dreams and passions. Your own state of ill health will weaken you and limit you from fully living. We don't have full control over this of course, but we do have a great deal of control over it through the choices that we make each and every day and each and every meal.

We can adopt good mood happy foods into our diets.

By eating complex carbohydrate rich foods such as whole grains we can stabilize our blood sugar levels and prevent spikes and plunges that lead to crankiness and irritability. Complex carbs are like eating a spoon full of serenity. They are associated with reduced stress and improved physical and mental health, so thus ward off emotional imbalances such as anxiety and depression.

We can also eat brain enhancing omega fatty acid rich foods such as nuts, seeds, wild fish, and vegetable oils. B vitamins are excellent brain food as well and are abundant in protein rich foods such as beans and seitan. They keep the mind sharp and help us to avoid age related brain drains such as Alzheimer's, dementia, and other mental illnesses.

If we stay focused on high quality carbohydrates, good quality protein such as dried beans, and every organic vegetable that we can get our hands on, we are exercising our ability to choose.  

To choose to insure that we get as many essential and important vitamin, mineral, and omega fatty acid rich nutrients as possible into our diets. And in doing so, choosing health, choosing happiness, and trusting nature's delicious foods as our best defense in cutting cholesterol, preventing cancer, reversing heart disease, alleviating allergies, and helping us to manage scores of other conditions and live better lives.

We must consciously strive to make all of our meals meals that heal, because meals that heal are the true happy meals!!

Please take a look at the menu below. It is full of several beautiful and healing meals that we plan to prepare for you this week at Wholly Macro.

And let us all BE HAPPY. And Healthy. Amen!

Gayle and Jaime / Wholly Macro

VIRTUALLY ALL INGREDIENTS ARE ORGANIC

PLEASE PLACE ORDERS BEFORE NOON ON MONDAY!!

For our out of town clients we have recently negotiated significantly REDUCED SHIPPING RATES with UPS. Please contact us directly as we do ship Overnight or Two Day Delivery.

NATURAL LIFESTYLE HEALTH CONSULTATIONS

Health consultations offer compassionate, therapeutic listening related to any and all emotional issues, combined with visual diagnosis you will receive information on selecting, balancing, varying, and preparing natural foods in a practical way based on oriental medicine to strengthen organ function in order to improve your health. 

To read more about Natural Lifestyle Health Consultations see our website,

www.whollymarcrobiotics.com 

PRIVATE COOKING CLASSES

   LEARN NEW COOKING SKILLS

   IMPROVE WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW

 LEARN NEW RECIPES

Private cooking classes are held in the Wholly Macro kitchen. This is an excellent hands on natural foods cooking class. You will leave the class feeling confident in knowing that you can now cook with unprocessed whole grains dried beans, a wide variety of healthy vegetables including sea vegetables, the proper amount of good quality sea salt, and so much more. Instruction is based on oriental medicine/macrobiotic principals. Start with a basic class  with soup, beans and grains or try a dessert class for a real treat! You choose, or we can choose, depending on your needs.

Classes can be in a group or individual.

Call to schedule your next class.

SPINEALIGNER

www.whollymacrobiotics.com 

Here's some feedback from a consultation client.....

" three years ago I discovered that I had breast cancer.  I had heard of Macrobiotics years ago. I didn't understand the concept but immediately I knew that that would be the route that I would pursue. But where to go and who to see was the question. Thank God for reading the macrobiotic newsletter. For in the newsletter there was  an article about Gayle Stolove. I just felt her strength and passion burn through the page that I was reading. I immediately made an appointment to see her and although I was still so frightened,  I felt so comfortable talking with Gayle. Gayle  guided me through the whole process. I thought that the macrobiotic way of life would be boring and just eating rice. Well, I love the foods that I eat and I just feel good about it all.  You see, after the surgery, you are sort of left on your own.You have to make your own decisions, etc. Everyone gives you different advice as what to eat, what to do, etc. Doctors don't understand what the patient is going through nor do they understand what kind of diet they should follow. I adopted Gayle as my guardian angel.  You can't find that with any nutritionist or doctor. I love receiving her weekly e-mailed newsletters. They are so full of wonderful knowledge and beautiful healthy recipes. Gayle is a remarkable human being. She truly cares for her clients and gives them her all, one hundred percent of the time. Gayle has been there and therefore she is so compassionate and dedicates her life to helping people like me....."     a cancer survivor