The Sunfood Diet Success System

This book is for anybody that wants to make the transition to a raw food diet. The first half of the book explains the reasons for going raw and giving up cooking and that is followed by example raw food preparations. The main reasons for going raw are for the dramatic increase in health and for adopting a subtainable way of live and the satisfaction that it brings. I am a 76 year old Australian male, taking no medications, that had been eating organically for about five years but was continuing to eat meat and cooking the vegetables. I made the transition to raw food 5 months ago. It has gone very well without any problems. I have been able to increase the weights at the Gym on five seperate occasions across all weight bearing exercise machines. I now pump more than my body weight on the horizontal leg press which has gone up to 185 kg an increase from 120 kg. My strength increase is due to the raw diet. So I thoughly recommend this book and the raw food diet. I think David Wolfe is the current outstanding expert in this field.Brian Haberfield

Very thorough, enjoyable, informative read on many levels, raw food obviously, but also discussions about energy and the laws of how to attract better health, wealth and well being -- how to augment your spiritual path -- that all aspects of our lifestyle affect our health Wolfe makes suggestions backed by research and ancient knowledge for understanding the impact our choices have and how to shift and make changes and why. He's an authority on raw food and I believe this is a must-have for any person interested in incorporating a little raw food or migrating to a completely raw food diet altogether. I refer to this book time and again because it's optimistic and empowering and reminds me to live to my own beat. A completely raw food diet is not something that is my goal however, a few of my friends are vegetarians and one is lowering her insulin requirements by switching to raw food 100%.

David Wolfe's Sunfood Triangle instructs readers to balance their diet by equal dry weight amounts of green vegetables, sweet fruits, and fat. In acknowledging that protein consumption has been overemphasized in our culture, Wolfe goes to the opposite extreme and deliberately ignores paying much attention to measuring healthy amounts of dietary protein. An analysis of a sample diet in his book shows it to contain 44% calories from fat, a rather high level. Of course, Wolfe has no use for measuring macronutrients according to the standard nutritional concept of percentage of calories from protein, fat, and carbohydrates, as this would detract from his "secret" Sunfood Triangle. However, from a nutritional science perspective, all that Wolfe has accomplished in inventing the Sunfood Triangle is to reinvent a three-sided wheel.Ironically, by leaving protein out of his ideal equation for a balanced diet, Wolfe leaves his readers vulnerable to consuming too much protein! The problem is mainly due to the wide range of protein contained along with fat in a variety of nuts and seeds, from low-protein coconuts to high-protein peanuts. While a diet that includes fat from low-protein nuts like coconuts and pecans will keep one's diet around a safe level of 5-6% calories from protein, indiscriminately composing a third of your diet with high-protein nuts like peanuts, almonds, and cashews, will quickly and dangerously acidify your body with excessive protein, causing metabolic acidosis, and increasing calcium loss from bones and teeth. For example, 4 ounces of almonds with a large green salad and a few oranges is a meal that meets the balanced requirements of the Sunfood Triangle, yet, it contains 13% calories from protein, which nutrition authorities like T. Colin Campbell have associated with health problems. Wolfe's personal recommendation to help avoid these problems is to periodically "take a break from nuts." Is that the most precise method the author of this expensive new age book could come up with to properly balance a raw food diet? Gim'me a break. Better yet, gim'me my money back!

If you are new the raw lifestyle, than this book might be it. Beautifully written with beautiful pictures. This book is life changing. It is not only about a change in diet, it is about lifestyle change.There are no words for the feeling one experiences once he/she gets into eating raw. My first three months into it was simply put amazing. You find yourself laughing for no apparent reasons. You sleep less, and your need to eat decreases. I could go on and on about the benefits of eating a raw vegan diet.Get this book, read it, indulge yourself into raw, organic, wild foods, and experience the change it will give you.Thanks David Wolfe, well done.

Purchased this after becoming a raw vegan. This is like the manual for all things raw vegan. If you don't own it, you should. Every question I had was answered. "Avocado" has a great writing style. He makes you feel as if you're listening to a friend telling you the basics. No rave vegan should be without it.

At first, I wondered what the purpose of this book was and why David Wolfe published it. He emphatically wants the world to know that there is a better way to good health and living. He wants to share what he has discovered and that each and everyone of us to create an awareness and conscious way and to achieve success in eating raw food that provides the best nutrition there is on earth. There are definitely many golden nuggets in this book. Highly recommended reading.

This book details raw food diet and includes inspirational and motivational sections- with beautiful photography.... His 3 tier diet is fats (avocados best), fruits, and lots of chorophyll (greens)... I do yoga and really helps my flexibility.. However living in my world does include cooked food-- although I do stress raw foods more.. David Wolfe does say that he eats alone alot as he is all raw food.... Would recommend to anyone wants to learn more about raw foods.

I am speechless in front of this collosal collection of first-class information about raw eating.You can go raw in total security with David Wolfe.David Wolfe is a Master who created a Masterpiece!A life-changing experience lies ahead for sure...Forever grateful.

Amazing amount of information

Buying this book is one of the best things I've done in my life, seriously!

Love this book. Easy read, full of very valuable info for those wishing to learn about healthy living both from the physical side and the spiritual.

Great book would recommend