Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda

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Summary: Bait & Switch
Review: As a raw foodist, I hoped this book would help me sort out fact from fiction about cooked vs. raw, providing me with ammo for the many food critics I encounter. But Joe Alexander, in an extremely clumsy writing style, not only made the book a challenge to finish but often diverted from the subject at hand. I'm sure Tibetan rejuvenation exercise rites are valuable as are rebirthing breathing techniques, but that's not what the book title suggests.

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Summary: If you like anecdotes, you'll love this book
Review: Being an avid reader, it is typical for me to being involved in reading no less than six books at any one time. When I received "Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda!" I begin by reading the introduction and didn't stop until I reached the end of the last appendix. While not a spine tingling mystery thriller, this book is tough to put down. This book is well written and appropriately authoritative given the controversial nature of the subject. What I found particularly refreshing was that unlike other health-related books that I have read, Joe Alexander doesn't `push' his philosophy on people. Rather, he simply presents a logical case using scientific research and personal testimonies. While living on a raw food regimen is not something that everyone can swallow (no pun intended), this book is an excellent introduction for why living on a raw food diet is the most logical diet available. I would highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to radically improve their health and especially so to those who are simply sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.

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Summary: Inspiring!
Review: Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda is an inspiration. I have been looking into this lifestyle, and after reading this book it only reinforced my desire to go for it and live raw! It is an easy read and I didn't put it down until I had read the last page! While I don't agree with everything the author says, the important thing is getting as much information as we can to live a more pure lifestyle.

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Summary: Orginally published long before 1990
Review: When I bought this book I was looking for something that was short and filled with good persuasive facts so I could have my boyfriend read it and possibly 'convert' him. This isn't that book. This book is a good source of information about the history of raw foodism. Joe Alexander devotes quite a good portion of the book to short sumaries of the major ideas and theories of well-known raw foodists over the last 100 or more years. Joe Alexander has a quirky eccentric sense of humor and at times his eccentricity and that of the raw foodists he is describing is laugh out loud funny. For that reason this isn't a good book to share with someone who is just getting interested in raw foodism because Joe Alexander may scare them off with some of his wackier ideas about why raw foodism is a superior diet. Because this book was originally published some time ago, (in the 70's I think) some of his theories about raw foodism now seem silly by a more scientfically and nutritionally aware reader. Though this isn't a good book to start with as an introduction to raw foodism, it is an entertaining and worth while read if you are already a raw foodist for your own reasons.