Balancing act

IN macrobiotics, you first have to determine your body constituent, whether you’re yin or yang. Only then do you choose your food.

A yin person is associated with these characteristics: tall, big, thin, long, pointed and pale. A yang person is short, small, thick, square, round, dark. For general well-being, one has to strike a balance – so choose foods to counter your extreme yin or yang.