Swanson took ill shortly after and met a doctor who started her life long love of macrobiotic diets.

How much can you talk about a macrobiotic diet?

"Thousands of people are taking different things, from macrobiotic diets to poisonous drugs, without knowing if it does any good," she said.

Gyngell followed a macrobiotic diet for much of his later life.

Brown rice and whole grains are the foundation of the macrobiotic diet.

The family follows a macrobiotic diet and does not have a television.

He attempted to fight the disease by putting his lifelong interest in health foods and macrobiotic diet to use.

And within a week of switching to a macrobiotic diet the pains had eased.

People who follow a macrobiotic diet that often includes large amounts of seaweed may be at greater risk.

Children may also be particularly prone to nutritional deficiencies resulting from a macrobiotic diet.