1. Macrobiotics adhere to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains and beans.

2. Unfortunately, macrobiotics didn't really work for her, so she decided that her diet, despite being organic and meat-free, wasn't healthy enough.

3. Japanese macrobiotics suggest taking brown rice as half of the whole intake, with vegetables, beans and seaweeds and a small amount of fish.

4. Then there are vegans, macrobiotics and a new group, flexitarians, who eat meat if not too many people are watching.

5. Then, after moving to New York, she immediately upgraded from veganism to macrobiotics - the brown rice and seaweed diet that reputedly keeps Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna slim and serene.

6. You know what?I reckon I had a much harder time in the 60s trying to persuade people about the benefits of macrobiotics than I have so far had in convincing people about the powers of the sun.