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They should though. It’s actually more than a garnish. It helps with the breath and the digestion.

I’m trying the Ketogenic diet right now. I’ve lost inches but not weight but I haven’t gained any either. It’s 80% fat, 20% protein, and just 5% carbs. The goal is to keep it under 20 g of carbs per day to put the body into ketosis so it burns fat instead of carbs. Carbs and protein turn to sugar for the body to burn as energy or it stores it as fat. Took about a week for my body to get used to this big change but I’m healthier, eating the foods I like without ever feeling hungry. I just wish I would have made this change before I gained an extra 30 lbs or so. There are plenty of veggies but very few fruits in this diet. Fruits are considered nature’s candy with all the natural sugar in it. Sweets have been my weakness in the past but that’s changing. Once I get to the weight I want to be I can increase my carb intake a little and even take a carb day once in a while and go for it but that won’t be for a while.

High/long endurance athletes are using this diet with great success because the body can only store so much carbs to use as fuel before it starts using muscle but even lean people have plenty of stored fat so at 2 hours of competing they still have plenty of fat energy to burn whereas the carb burner needs to refill his tank with more carbs or he runs out of first level fuel. Ketosis put the body into being a fat burner. It takes a couple of days for it to kick in after the carbs are mostly gone. Diabetics need to be careful; especial type 1. Everything is about blood sugar with diabetics. Lack of or too much or just right.