You Are All Sanpaku
by Sakurazawa Nyoiti
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Author: Sakurazawa NyoitiTranslator: William Dufty
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); Japanese (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN: 0806524057
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Citadel
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- ISBN13: 9780806524054
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Book Review: Excuse me, We Are All What...?
Summary: 1 Stars
Ahem!! The very real benefits of macrobiotics aside, I must strongly take issue with the premise of this book, which is that somehow having a visible portion of the white of one's eye above or below the iris is an indicator of unhealthy diet, even a portent of doom. Come ON, people!
Must I point out that human beings of different ethnic origins naturally have differently shaped faces? And that when someone bends their neck to look down at something (like a shorter person holding a camera), the lower whites of their eyes automatically reveal themselves? The biggest point is this: there is absolutely no scientific basis in medicine to believe that this so-called condition has any relationship to one's health. We don't believe in physiognomy any more - when was the last time a doctor measured the shape of your child's head to see whether or not he was going to grow up to be a criminal?
Anyone who applies any basic reasoning will automatically see the fault in logic. Here are some supposed signs of "sanpaku:" chronic fatigue, low sexual vitality, poor instinctive reactions, bad humor, and lack of precision in thought and action. Held up as an example, based on his presidential photo, is John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy! Hmm, let's look at this...chronic fatigue? Despite having an almost crippling back problem, the man was a workaholic, who regularly put in a 70-80-hour work-week. Poor instinctive reactions? I guess you could say The Bay of Pigs wasn't a good call, but what about the Cuban Missile Crisis? I'd call that very good instincts. Bad humor? JFK had a touchy side, but he was an enormously positive person, and sometimes a brilliantly funny man. Lack of precision in thought and action? Kennedy was the smartest, most logical, and most coherent president ever. Low sexual vitality? In JFK? HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
It is a very common tactic of those who are seeking followers to find a real or imagined weakness that most people share, and shame an audience into looking to them for the answer. Ohsawa would gain an audience's confidence by speaking knowledgeably about nutrition, then slowly strip away their complacency by attacking their eating habits. Finally, he would attack them with a cry of revulsion: "You are all Sanpaku!" I really hope we have moved past this level of discussion when addressing the problems of obesity, type-1 diabetes, heart disease, and other diet-specific ailments that are much more significant than the shape of your eyeballs.
I think that the macrobiotic diet is nutritious, groundbreaking, and a very important part of the nutrition re-think of recent times. But to base it on a principle that is at best pseudoscience and at worst possibly meant to inspire self-loathing in Westerners is tragic. Question this poppycock!
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