# Can Spending Time in Nature Improve Your Diet?

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Podcast: [Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-joseph-mercola-take-control-of-your-health-402388)
Published: 2026-05-20T04:00:00+00:00
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Spending time in nature shifts your food preferences so you naturally choose healthier, whole foods without relying on willpower Even short, daily exposure to natural environments improves diet quality, making simple habits like walking outside highly effective Nature doesn't reduce how much you eat but changes what you want to eat, steering you away from processed foods toward real nourishment Exposure to nature increases how much you value your health in the moment, which directly influences better food decisions Using nature as a daily routine or pre-meal reset helps break stress-driven eating patterns and makes healthy eating easier to sustain

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