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Has anyone else experienced this - lettuce, no matter what kind or where I get it from - tastes gritty to me lately. So much so that I really don't want to eat it ever again. I have had a salad every day for the past 4 weeks and at first I was really enjoying it but now it's just not appealing (and yes, I thoroughly wash it). Am I just crazy or did some foods taste strange to other people new to low-carbing??

I'm wondering if you're using a new salad dressing?

oh look at all those cute kids!!

I'm not using a diff. dressing. I'm probably just losing my mind. :0)

I've never had that happen - if it was going to happen to anyone, it should happen to vegetarians who go through tons of lettuce <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Iceberg lettuce (and most other common lettuces) really doesn't have much nutrient content - it's like eating plastic <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> So I might instead try spinach - it might taste better to you, and give you far more nutrients per bite.

I know once I got scallops that were sandy, and it turned me off of scallops for over a year. So I understand how that can happen!

Oh I would suggest trying a completely different dressing - it could be something simple like you're getting to the bottom of the bottle and are reaching the grit in it <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hi Chantal - about the pix on the left - those are my grandmunchkins!

your grandmunchkins are beautiful!!

I'm happy to report that lettuce is tasting fine to me again. I just had a weird week I guess. Nothing really tasted quite right and I didn't want to eat anything. All better now though.

That's good to hear! I wonder if it was something on your tongue <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />