Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and three-letter identities (exercise 1.4 from "The Cauchy-Schwarz Master Class") Exercise 1.4 from a great book The Cauchy-Schwarz Master Class asks to prove the following:
For all positive $x$, $y$ and $z$, one has
$$x+y+z \leq 2 \left(\frac{x^2}{y+z} + \frac{y^2}{x+z} + \frac{z^2}{x+y}\right).$$
Introduction to the exercise says:

There are many situations where Cauchy's inequality conspires with symmetry to provide results that are visually stunning.

How to prove that inequality? And how does one benefit from the "symmetry"? What is the general idea behind this "conspiracy"?

$(x+y+z)^2 = \left(x\sqrt{\frac{y+z}{y+z}} +y\sqrt{\frac{x+z}{x+z}}+z\sqrt{\frac{x+y}{x+y}}\right)^2\leq\left(\frac{x^2}{y+z} + \frac{y^2}{x+z} + \frac{z^2}{x+y}\right)(y+z+x+z+x+y)$. You will get it. I didn't read that book, but I believe Srivatsan is right.
