Mayzee,

No assumptions, please.

But you are close to the answer, no answer. Have you read some of the other posts here on "newbie" questions - there is a general guideline to a non-existent person (I guess) and everyone's job is to play with it, hoping to find what works for them. For some who are lucky, or rich, they can find personal counselors to help guide them. For others, it's a lifelong search, whose answers are constantly changing as we are constantly changing.

If you compare your books, I'm sure you will find that there are many things that almost all of them agree upon, having variety, having grains, beans and vegetables, preferably fresh, preferably organic. From there on it's fine tuning, and you might pay attention to when the books were written to see what was acceptable in those years. The other differences you might pay attention by whom the book was written, as it may reflect their condition at the time of writing. The most important thing of course is how your body reacts as you play with the diet. What other people suggest isn't nearly as important.

I've had several mb teachers, and have learned most importantly how different they all are - though it may seem confusing to you, it opened up the possibilities to me, that there's more than one way to view mb - in fact, the more you read, the more you'll see that. I don't feel the goal is to get us to all agree on one Truth, but rather find what is best for you to have a great life.

There are other factors I believe all the books would agree upon: chewing is vital, having fun is vital, being grateful, being physical, being gentle with yourself and with others and being is accepting of all of life as you can be.

Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Klara