Blatant Raw Foodist Propaganda: Or Sell Your Stove to the Junkman and Feel Great! or Consider Your True Nature

I'm building a rather respectable library of raw food resources and this one I carry around sometimes because it's inspiring, bold and rather humorous at times. I usually love the blunt honesty and courage of a Sagittarius and this is written by one so it's entertaining and fiesty, as could be expected. He also cites many other wonderful people as references and resources so it gives you a good place to start if you'd like to continue on with your own research into the raw food lifestyle. I highly recommend this as a companion book to David Wolfe's "Sunfood Diet Success System" and Shazzie's "Detox Your World." These are my three favorites about the lifestyle of a raw foodie!

I read this book over a year ago at a time when I was eating mostly raw food. Like at least one of the other reviewers, I read it cover to cover, except when I put it down because I was being helplessly convulsed in paroxysms of laughter. There's surely no other book like this one. Soon after reading it, I gave the book away because I didn't find it very practical. Now, over a year later, I find myself pining for the author's crotchety, iconoclastic, joyful voice. Reading this was such a good time. I wouldn't swallow everything he says as fact, but I doubt he'd want anyone to. This book is like raw food for the brain: it is just what it is--and it offers a lot of vitality and delight.

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.

I really enjoyed reading this book and it provides a lot of valuable information in an easy to read format. After reading this book, I am leaning to becoming a raw foodist -- I don't eat everything raw, but I sure pay more attention to what I eat now!!

I was attracted to researching raw foodism because of my pets (two dogs, two cats). I heard about raw diets for them, researched it, tried it, and am thrilled with the results in the improvement in their physical well-being. So, I thought, if it's good for them, why not for me? I searched for information on the web which eventually led me to this book. I ordered this book and another at the same time. I started reading the other one first and was so turned off I was tempted to toss both of them. I started reading this one and was immediately drawn into the author's sense of peace and wholeness and oneness with nature. I read the book in its entirety and am convinced that I want to start incorporating raw food eating into my way of life. I didn't need to be beaten over the head (as the other book did), I just wanted information. Reading this book made me believe I could make the switch comfortably even though I grew up on bologna, peanut butter and jelly, soda pop, and McDonald's. Joe Alexander is obviously a 'regular joe' whose journey to raw foodism was taken a step at a time, sometimes falteringly, but with resolve propped up by the results of his experience. The descriptions of his journey make me believe that I, too, could successfully follow the same path. If raw foodism holds any intrigue for you at all, please read this book. (No, I'm not being paid to say this!)