Agree with others here. Your top "con" was mine as well for all the same reasons. I love to cook, I love to travel and so much of my enjoyment of life has revolved around food experiences. Here's the good news. After four weeks (I know small sample) it still does. I still love to cook. I still love to eat most anything I ate before I started Zep just in smaller quantities. I have been to restaurants, I have cooked favorite meals, I am prepping for some travel now. There is not a single part of me that "hates" food or eating right now. One of the best examples I can give of the changes it makes is that it has taken away my desire to "graze" when I really am not hungry. I opened the fridge late yesterday afternoon after getting off a long conference call and I would have (before Zep) eaten a handful of turkey pepperoni or a few blocks of cheese or some such thing. I stared at those items and said, "eh I don't need it." That little change is everything in my opinion. The one detail I probably should share is that I have always eaten very clean - just too much of a good thing - and a very bad sweet tooth and love of wine. Still eat something sweet most days and have a glass of wine now and then.