Truth from a four letter word?

It's absolutely amazing how many books you can find online and on bookstore shelves about the evil four-letter word: DIET.

Cookbooks, exercise plans, lifestyle methods and counting books line countless shelves with the idea that it will save our lives.  It is fantastic that we have all these varieties to choose from; however, there are too many varieties to choose from!

There are raw, vegan, clean, meat, dessert, bread, slow cooker, BBQ, ethnic and countless other cookbooks to choose from.  There are also too many exercise books to choose from.  There are also countless lifestyle books that aim to change almost every aspect of your life from food and exercise to psychology and the specific health issues that you may have. 

So, how then, is a person to figure out which one (or two or three) books to buy that will teach them the tools necessary to continue to choose the right food and exercises after they close the book?

And, what, may I ask (or demand!) is a Mom to do when there are many mouths to feed, yet different needs to be met??

To answer this question for myself I have decided to figure out what it means to "go back to basics" nutritionally speaking.

You see after having three kids I have a few tires and a couple of saddle bags to un-tether from my frame.  I have one child that hardly eats and when he does his variety does not equal a balanced diet, and another child that finally eats well, but has a protruding belly that (moderately) concerns me.  I say moderately because he is growing taller and it will slim down, yet I wonder if the eating habits he has will cause this to be a lifetime problem unless I help him learn differently.

And then there's hubby, with his intensely burning metabolism which causes him to lose weight and become light headed and dizzy when he doesn't eat every two or three hours. 

I then have to consider our health histories from our families that we are susceptible to: heart disease, diabetes, high and low blood pressures, stroke, blood clots, and cancer which we would love to avoid if we can. 

My next step then, is to learn what to eat to avoid as many health concerns as possible without favouring one method over another to cause an imbalance.  Not a good thing to cause one problem while trying to fight against another!!

I have bought  500 Low Glycemic Index Recipes by Dick Logue  with the idea that it will keep everyone balanced for now and will research more steps later on.  Wish us luck!!  I will post the recipes every once in a while to encourage you to try something different too!

If you are eating a healthier diet....what cookbooks do you favour?  Please share them with us as we can help each other sort thought the thousands of cookbooks by recommending our favourites.