In addition to my passion for cigars, I also enjoy working out and for the past couple of years I have been following a very strict nutrional plan. I either follow a bulk type diet where my nutrional macros include carbs, protiens and fats or a ketogenic diet which contains very limited amounts of carbs. I usually run these in cycles that are several months in duration.
Prior to a strict diet, I've always enjoyed the usual brand of cigars; Fuentes, Illusiones, Tatuajes, and Padrons among others. Around the time I started a strict nutrional plan, I noticed that I no longer enjoyed certain brands of cigars but never really thought about it - I just thought my taste in cigars was changing. However, a certain time would come and I would start enjoying them again. That got me thinking and I started keeping track of what cigars I enjoyed during which diet phase I was in.
My results which were documented across 3 or 4 cycles of diets showed that while on a ketogenic diet, the taste of cigars I enjoyed was very limited. For example, I do not enjoy smoking any Padrons or Illusiones. There are also cigars like Anejos which I enjoy much more while on this diet.
The ketogenic diet also seems to affect my sensitivity to nicotine.
These are just my subjective observations but I was wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar while on diets for an extended period.
Prior to a strict diet, I've always enjoyed the usual brand of cigars; Fuentes, Illusiones, Tatuajes, and Padrons among others. Around the time I started a strict nutrional plan, I noticed that I no longer enjoyed certain brands of cigars but never really thought about it - I just thought my taste in cigars was changing. However, a certain time would come and I would start enjoying them again. That got me thinking and I started keeping track of what cigars I enjoyed during which diet phase I was in.
My results which were documented across 3 or 4 cycles of diets showed that while on a ketogenic diet, the taste of cigars I enjoyed was very limited. For example, I do not enjoy smoking any Padrons or Illusiones. There are also cigars like Anejos which I enjoy much more while on this diet.
The ketogenic diet also seems to affect my sensitivity to nicotine.
These are just my subjective observations but I was wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar while on diets for an extended period.