This book is a bit gimmicky but it has a few good takeaway points. I'll buy that perhaps certain types of foods might be more beneficial than others when trying to lose weight, and I'll buy that foods from the Mediterranean diet are a good bet for health and weight loss. But when you look at the actual eating plan in this book, there's something else going on. The hype is to lose 7lbs in 7 days. Sigh. Those are 7 days of drinking a juiced kale concoction and eating very little -- 1000 calories a day. Of course you're going to lose weight. After that, there's more kale juice concoction, and a bit more food. I can't help but think that all that juiced raw kale will cause a giant stomach ache.

That said, adding in many of the foods like red wine, unsweetened chocolate, buckwheat, walnuts ... I can live with that! There are some interesting recipes and some worthy points. I just wish Goggins had written a nutrition guide instead of trying to create yet another diet fad.