Meg Wolff is in the process of becoming whole again, after a journey with breast cancer, following the loss of one leg, following a diagnosis of bone cancer. For Meg, part of rebounding from these life experiences is eating well. And eating well for Meg means consuming a macrobiotic diet -- a dietary regimen that involves eating grains as a staple food alongside other foods, such as vegetables and beans, and avoiding the use of highly processed or refined foods. Macrobiotics also coaches against overeating and promotes chewing food thoroughly before swallowing. The way Meg explains it, grains are the "meat" of the diet and other foods are planned around it.

I'm not sure I could go macrobiotic and I'm not saying you should either, but Meg sure has some great food insights on her blog. Here, she writes about how she infuses whole grains and grain products (cracked grains) into her diet. You might find this interesting.

• For regular use, Meg eats whole oats, whole medium-grain brown rice, whole short-grain brown rice, whole corn, whole rye, whole buckwheat, whole wheat, and whole millet.
• For occasional use, she eats a lot of things. In the interest of time, I'll just list a few: Buckwheat noodles (soba), rice cakes, udon (whole-wheat noodles), corn grits or corn meal, unyeasted whole-wheat or rye bread, couscous, rye flakes, whole-wheat crackers or matzo, long-grain brown rice, sourdough or whole-wheat or rye bread, whole-wheat pasta, steel-cut or rolled oats, and tortillas.
  
• Never does she eat baked goods containing dairy products, refined grain cereals, yeasted breads, crackers, cakes, cookies, and so on, and white-flour products. This why I might never succeed at Meg's diet.
  

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Is Madonna's macrobiotic diet and ultra-intense fitness regimen ultimately healthy? Her hands these days are a roadmap of veins. There's sinewy and Madonna-sinewy -- check out these pictures -- do you think she looks like the picture of health?

Five UK experts share their observations and advice from afar:

• Cheeks: Her protruding cheekbones are due to a lack of fat and ageing -- fat departs the face as we age.
• Body: A muscular size zero is not the rage -- fit and healthy is in. Also, hormonal balance requires rest.
• Hands: Loss of oestrogen due to menopause may cause collagen to thin. Also, as we age, veins don't return to normal size after exercise.
• Hair: A deep-moisturizing treatment is in order, and the roots-showing-through-look is not age-appropriate.
• Diet: Her macrobiotic diet is healthy, but possibly too acidic. A few more raw vegetables and fresh fruit may be in order to produce fresh blood cells and prevent loss of too much muscle and body fat.

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Courtney Love has recently lost a lot of weight -- which has all the tabloids guessing about how the pounds came off. She claims they came off just like you'd expect -- because she more or less quit eating, and started exercising like crazy.

Love blames the dramatic weight gain that proceeded her hardcore diet on an unexpected culprit: macrobiotic food. According to the former pop star, she "gained 40 to 50 pounds on macrobiotic food," thanks to a diet crafted by the same chef that cooks for Gwyneth's Paltrow (who, you may have noticed, never gains weight...ever).

Most people actually lose weight once they switch to a macrobiotic diet, although, because the macrobiotic approach is based on a principal of balance, people who are underweight may actually put on some additional pounds when starting out.

However, Love wasn't exactly underweight before, so, chances are, there was some other cause for her weight gain that had nothing to do with the macrobiotic food her chef was preparing. My guess? Lots and lots of alcohol.

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