Macrobiotic comes from the Greek words:

[ MACRO=BIG] and [BIOTIC=LIFELINE]

Its philosopy is to become Healthy from the mind and body by looking at life on a wide perspective and living in harmony with nature.

This may sound quite difficult, but it's rather not. In a simple term, it means:

"Let's live long by eating a healthy and balanced diet in consideration of the environment"

This way of eating is being given a lot of attention all over the world, including Europe and the United States.
The Japanese eating habits was once considered an ideal way of eating. But postwar, when the European and American foods came to Japan, that system has entirely collapsed. Macrobiotic was originally founded in Japan. And now, Macrobiotic, using the Japanese style food as a base, is being reversely imported to Japan and again given attention to.