Flavors come alive again? Anyone?
 

I have noticed since eating a LC menu that I am able to taste more flavor in the things that I eat.

Perhaps it's purely psychological, but I am wondering if anyone else has had the same experience?

For example, before I began the LC Way of life, I would eat chicken and it would taste BLAND. But now when I eat chicken it seems to burst alive with flavor...

Anyone know why this happens?

Why it happens?

Probably because our tastebuds aren't coated with a thick layer of sugar or starch anymore :)

Honestly I don't know. But I have noticed over the past year that things do have a stronger flavor. Almost a sweetness of their own.

Pretty neat huh?

bell pepper sweets
 

One of the sweetest veggies ever is the bell pepper!
I LOVE to munch on red bell pepper! It is so incredibly sweet!!

It's the fat!
 

Fat is a great conveyor of flavor. It also keeps flavors from "evaporating" during cooking.

I too am enjoying my food so much more.

;-Deb

Salt
 

Since I read "The Paleo Diet," I've started cutting WAY back on my salt.

I did notice more flavor before that, but now everything tastes much sweeter on their own.

Garrison, I've been grilling my own red bell peppers and red onions to chop-up on my salads. It's like eating candy! Yummy!

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One note off of topic here...

Heather! I absolutely LOVE your avatar!!!

Thanks!
 

Thanks, Garrison!

Your picture is absolutely smashing!