Articles Standard Diet and Healing Diet Foods to Eliminate While On Healing Macrobiotic Diet Healing Macrobiotic Diet-Transition and Discharge Phase General Suggestions Methods of Cooking and Food Preparation Setting Up Your Macrobiotic Kitchen You Must Have "Good Blood Quality" For Best Health Common Mistakes In Beginning Macrobiotic Practise Condiment Guidelines/ Use of Leftovers and Reheating Foods Maintaining Macrobiotic Practise While Travelling Transition and Discharge What's Wrong With Soft Drinks? Sugar Dairy Products Fats Salt Caffiene The Standard Macrobiotic Diet and The Healing Macrobiotic Diet The Standard Macrobiotic Diet consists of an organic whole foods diet, free of chemical pesticides or excessive processing. The basic breakdown of food categories are shown in the following table. The Healing Macrobiotic Diet differs somewhat from the Standard Macrobiotic Diet in that the basic proportions are different and, depending upon one’s condition, certain foods are to be avoided entirely for a period.