The Sunfood Diet Success System: 36 Lessons in Health Transformation [Paperback]

Wolfe's book contains 36 chapters of health transformation. Only ten or so of these specifically deal with the diet, while the book's key focus is on the mental transformation required. Each chapter has exercises at the end for the physical (diet) and mental changes. As recommended by David, keeping a journal and log of your diet will help with the transformation. The book begins with six chapters that ask you to take a look into your life. "Beliefs," "Goals," "Thoughts are Things," and "Faith" are a few of the chapters that promote your well-being on a spiritual level.

Starting with chapter 7, "The Sunfood Diet," the book introduces us to the diet of uncooked fruits, vegetables, and nuts. For those of you who have been wondering about this lifestyle, it's eating foods in their natural, unadulterated state. It is a step further than veganism, being called "raw-veganism." David thoroughly covers all aspects of eating raw. Items discussed are detoxification, food-combining, the SunFood Triangle (new pyramid), hybridized food, common questions, myths, and the wonders of a diet free of toxicity.

"Your idea of the world (what you believe the world is) manifests everything in your life. When you change your idea of the world, the world itself changes. Essentially, your mission isn't to set the world right, but simply to set yourself right. The world does not change, we change."

The Sunfood Diet Success System is filled with all of David's love. Every page is an inspiration. I can't begin to express my gratitude for the information that was revealed to me in this book. Its knowledge has continued to enlighten me through the last year. Inspirational, motivational; it's everything. Please get this book - do it for yourself. --Reviewed by Dan Jerke for vegetarianteen.com.

I enjoy Wolfe's approach to wellness, although he got a little carried away with some of his suggestions as far as disease conditions are concerned. I'm in total agreement with him as far as individualizing the diet according to your own needs, but then he goes and recommends certain ratios to overcome certain ailments. If a 50% greens and 50% fats diet can help one person overcome candida, it's going to make another person more sick. I was hoping to see more Ayurvedic type recomendations according to body type then to give generalized advice. That's my only problem with this book.

I loved the sections on minerals, detox, and his positive, uplifting messages about life. David Wolfe is a salesman, yes. He's very good at marketing. His unnecessary plugs to his website and to his product catalog didn't go unnoticed, but it could be very helpful to someone who lives in the middle of the woods and doesn't have access to some of the superfoods and formulas that can help you get off cooked foods. Anyone who's raw knows it's not as easy as just giving up cooked foods cold turkey. You need to ween yourself off cooked foods, just like drugs. His products can be helpful with that.

All in all, great book. Unlike anything else out there right now. It could be improved upon, but for when it was written and for the powerful messages it delivers, it's one heck of a read. I'd recommend it to anyone. Even if you're not interested in becoming a raw foodist, you can still greatly benefit from reading this book.