The author of this wellness book has had patients come to her for many reasons throughout her time as a registered dietician. Some seek to better their health, while others want to heal troubled relationships with food, lose weight, or improve their physical ailments. In her evidence-based practice, the author has found one seemingly simple solution to all of these problems: eating food from nature. Consuming only “nature’s foods,” which is the author’s term for whole foods, and avoiding synthetic or processed foods, drastically improved the lives of the author and her patients alike. This book acknowledges the difficult task that such a dietary shift can be for many people and describes a series of achievable steps to help anyone love and crave the foods the human body was made to eat.

The steps cleverly follow the acronym “Nature”: Notice, Analyze, Train, Unite, Renew, and Enjoy. Each step has its own section in the book, broken down into several chapters that explain how to do the step and the science behind why it is essential to one’s health. While some of this language is technical, McCloskey makes it easy to understand and often pairs terms with helpful diagrams. The author also provides useful worksheets and links to further resources for most topics. The tone of the book remains conversational and even compassionate throughout, recognizing the struggle many people face around eating healthily. Details and examples from the author and her patients’ lives abound, which help personalize a genre that often feels pedagogic.

This is much more than a diet book. The author’s steps can help anyone achieve a complete lifestyle change without requiring sacrifice, hunger, or discomfort. Whether readers seek to improve their diet, health, or overall quality of life, McCloskey’s book has the resources to help make a permanent, positive change.

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