Macrobiotics, from Greek "macro"(long, large)＋"bios"(life), means a way of longevity.
It also means "looking at human life in a broader perspective."
Yukikazu Sakurazawa, George Osawa (1893~1966) ,founders of Macrobiotic, and their pupils brought their teachings to Europe, United States, Brazil, India and Vietnam from Japan. Now macrobiotics is a well-known proper noun worldwide.

Lately, many famous artists such as Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Ryuichi Sakamoto, have put macrobiotics diet into practice. This is one reason why macrobiotic diet has attracted more attention these days. Furthermore a variety of macrobiotic recipe books are have been published in stores.