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Phiya Kushi

Phiya Kushi

At 51, Phiya Kushi has never had a glass of milk his entire life. He also never ate meat including beef, chicken and pork. He does enjoy fairly fish often. He avoids sugar, junk food and most processed foods.  Except for visits to the dentist he has never taken any medications whatsoever for any condition including aspirin. He has never been hospitalized nor has he seen a Doctor for anything more than a check-up. He hasn’t spent a penny on health insurance for himself. He has only had acupuncture once in his life and, other than that, has never used any alternative treatment or therapy nor does he take any nutritional supplements. He is not immune to illness and does get sick once in a while at which time he either sleeps, fasts, changes his diet or prepares a home food-based remedy for himself. You can hear more of his story as a Guest of Macrobiotic Miracles on April 19th, 2010.

Phiya Kushi is the third son of macrobiotic and natural food pioneers, Michio and Aveline Kushi. He has spent is entire working involved in macrobiotic efforts from food store, restaurants and organic associations to educational organizations and teaching and counseling. He is the founder and main host of Macrobiotic Miracles Free Conference Calls. He maintains a personal blog at http://phiyakushi.wordpress.com and is on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/Phiya. He can also be reached by email at: phiyak@gmail.com


Marisa Marinelli

Marisa Marinelli

In 2004, after battling two incurable diseases, Marisa began to look for alternative treatments. She was recommended the book “Controlling Crohn’s Disease The Natural Way” by Virginia M. Harper, a story of a woman’s healing journey through the teachings of macrobiotics. Becoming inspired she said “I can do this too!” Since then Marisa is living a happy, symptom free life! You can hear more of her story as a Guest of Macrobiotic Miracles on March 22th, 2010. Through her own experiences with healing she has been inspired to help others embrace their health and our abilities to heal. Marisa has held two local titles in the Miss America Organization: Miss Spirit of New York 2006 and Miss Jubilee 2007 and has placed in the top ten two years in the Miss New York State Pageant. Through these organizations she was able to continue to advocate her platform, Understanding Crohn’s Disease Through Lifestyle and Diet. Now she’s off to help you. Check out her upcoming cooking classes, pot-lucks, and lectures on her website here:http://macromarinelli.blogspot.com/


Jonathan Burgess

Jonathan Burgess

Jonathan Burgess is a future physician and a current 4th year student at the University of Pennsylvania. Jonathan is a nationally published natural foods chef and businessman. He has run a mulit-state natural foods baking company and was the owner of Alive catering company. Jonathan considers it to be his life mission to erradicate obesity related illnesses in America. Jonathan began practicing macrobiotics in 1996 and has had extensive studies with Denny Waxman and Wendy & Ed Esko. Contact info at http://www.facebook.com/NaturalFoodsYogi/