[BennyB]

On the other end of the scale, I did Atkins for 4 months a couple of years ago, mostly staying in the introduction phase where you limit your carb intake to about 20 grams a day (20 grams would be about 2 handfuls of salad and 1 handful of veges except for potato, rice and a couple of others).

I don't want to start the carb vs no-carb debate but I did observe a couple of things.

Because you stay away things with sugars and processed ingredients such as flour, you don't really put any sauces, gravies or other flavour enhancers on your food. As a result, you learn to appreciate the flavour, texture and freshness of food again. And not just meat either, it made me look at vegetables differently too. Generally we rely on making foods taste different by adding things like salt, cheese, stock etc. when in fact, they already taste great but our taste buds have been accustomed to the same old rubbish from a bottle.

Cheers,
Ben