I'd go further and say adopting any sort of diet regimen is useful for identifying and correcting bad eating habits. Even if the diet ends up being a temporary

I'd go further and say adopting any sort of diet regimen is useful for identifying and correcting bad eating habits. Even if the diet ends up being a temporary discipline. Having any high duty-cycle behavior go from un-tracked to tracked and from (largely) unconscious habitual practice to conscious practice can be a real eye opener.