> My present diet is low-carb although I prefer to call it controlled carbs. > Where my diet differs from all of the popular L-C regimens is the use of NO > processed (manufactured) foods. This is something I believe in too. Apart from it being odd food it is also very expensive and usually the good ingredients are few and maltreated. Loads of salt and sugar too. Only the slaughter and God himself knows what's in the sausage. We used to have very strict rules about the producer telling whats in the processed food but some of these rules we had to give up when we enterered the European Union (EU). I still buy mayonaise though as long as it is made out of rape oil. We used to eat raw mincemeat from beef mixed with raw egg but nowadays there are risks of food poisoning if you do. At least that's what they say. We treat salmon and herring whitout heat and then we eat it but we do not considered it raw. Eva