He invites the abuse by selling things.
I agree--especially since I consider some of the things he sells to be quackery and suspect they may be just a way for him to make a fast buck, but two wrongs don't make a right. Not a big deal either way, but I don't like to see our forum dragged down into the muck and mire just because others are wallowing in it.
David “Avocado” Wolfe has been an advocate of raw food for 16 years. He is a world authority on raw foods and superfoods who coaches Hollywood celebrities
I don't know a lot about David Wolfe, having only seen one of his videos and some comments about him, but when I fed this into my skept-o-meter, it went off the charts! It shot up on...
> the claim of "world authority" without any supporting evidence or explanation as to what it means or who gave him this recognition
> the mention of "superfoods" and "Hollywood celebrities," which are apparently red flag terms for my skept-o-meter, especially when in the same sentence
"I personally try to eat about 85 percent of my food raw, including raw eggs and humanely raised organic animal products that have not been factory farmed." --Dr. Mercola
I knew he ate similarly to us in at least some ways, but I'm not into guru worship and his heavy emphasis on selling stuff and his selling of some quack products deters me from mentioning him much. Plus, his appearance has been growing increasingly emaciated-looking, which is not something I'd particularly want RPD associated with--especially not without first investigating as to the cause (maybe it's perfectly benign in his case, but it reminds me too much of the low-fat raw fruitarian archetype). His teeth are nicely white, but that could be due to a whitening process rather than diet necessarily. Still, I did learn some interesting stuff in the past (when he didn't ask people to subscribe for access) from the articles he posts and his commentary, so I'm not damning everything he says or does by any means.
I still read raw vegan forums and apparently there are more and more raw vegan gurus who promote drinking raw milk and eating raw eggs/fish.
I've noticed that trend too. Eggs and fish are two types of foods that come close to deserving the term "superfoods" (though I don't care for the term and it often is used to suggest that people should buy a lot of expensive foods, juices and supplements from a guru or gorge on exotic tropical fruits/juices--so I think my skept-o-meter is right to raise red flags over it) and seem to be able to offset a lot of damage from raw vegan diets.
He eats rather low-fat diet with plenty of vegs. That's not rawpaleodiet.
Interesting, that could explain his increasing emaciation.
