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The Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet

People choose to become vegetarians for plenty of reasons: either to enjoy a healthier life, to reduce pollution or as a sign of respect for animals. Numerous scientific studies prove the advantages of a meat-free diet: it is estimated that about 70 percent of the diseases (and one third of the cancer cases) are linked [...]

The Macrobiotic Diet: Yin and Yang Balance

The word “macrobiotic” originates from two Greek terms – macro (large, big) and bios (life). The macrobiotic diet is a life style that respects the natural order of life and the term has been used for centuries, even by Hippocrates himself. The macrobiotic diet consists in a simple and balanced nutrition, as natural as possible. [...]

Food Changes and Their Consequences

Starting with the 20th century, the human way of life has profoundly modified. The technological development didn’t bring an improvement in the level of health – in 1981, in France, 36% of the death causes were related to cardio vascular diseases and 24% with tumors and cancer.
What brought us here?
People have adopted an “industrial” way [...]

New Vegetable-Inspired Dishes

We must admit – we have a passion for vegetables. We select them with care, making sure they are fresh and tasty, full of vitamines and colors that compose a healthy meal. We also like to notice the friendships they are creating while we are not present: the tomatoes are best friends with the young [...]

New Delicacies in Our Menu

Inspired by the Christmas holiday, that we are impatiently awaiting, we added new delicacies (both vegetarian and vegan) to our menu. Starting this week, you are invited to try:
- Guacamole (soft avocado-based dip, prepared after a Mexican recipe) – 12 lei
- Chickpea with vegetable and rice (the vegetarian alternative to traditional Christmas dishes) -  14 [...]

The Lent as Means of Purification

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Since Antiquity, the alimentary lent has had curative properties on the physical body, the soul and the spirit. Many religions regard lent as the central means of purification.
Knowing to correctly control the lent equals to possessing the ability to control your being and desires. As we know, lent represents the voluntary restraint from certain foods [...]

How Should We Regard Vegetarianism?

Vegetarianism

Merely as a logic phase, necessary and inevitable in the evolution of consciousness. It shouldn’t represent a purpose in itself, as the vegetal world is a form of life as respectful as the animal world. Vegetarianism is a form of respect towards beings that we should not only regard as younger brothers, but as intelligent [...]

The Alimentary Cycles

The body functions related to nurturing take place during a certain amount of time, therefore we can admit that they form 3 major cycles. Although they interfere, each is more intense during certain hours:
Cycle 1: Alimentary input (eating and digesting) lasts from lunch to evening (about 12 pm – 8  pm)
Cycle 2: Assimilating (absorption and [...]

Cereals – an Universal Food

These days wheat, rice, corn and millet are the most consumed cereals in the world, while rye and buckwheat are the least consumed. The nutritional values of cereals vary according to the treatments they undertake. The more processed they are, the least vitamins, minerals salts and fibers they contain, because these are contained in the [...]

Yin and Yang in Diet

According to the Oriental tradition, every aspect of life is driven by the two fundamental, opposite but complementary forces, known as Yin and Yang, the moon and the sun. These principles are permanently completing each other, so that every phenomenon or thing in the Universe is charged with both energies, the evolution being determined by [...]