Trouble understanding proof of the inequality - $(\frac{1}{a}+1)(\frac{1}{b}+1)(\frac{1}{c}+1) \ge 64 $, for $a,b,c > 0$ and $a+b+c = 1$ I was looking into this problem in a book discussing inequalities, However I found the proof quite hard to understand.The problem is as follows:

Let $a,b,c$ be positive numbers with $a+b+c=1$, prove that
$$\left(\frac{1}{a}+1\right)\left(\frac{1}{b}+1\right)\left(\frac{1}{c}+1\right) \ge 64$$

and the proof provided was the following:
Note that $$ abc \le (\frac{a+b+c}{3})^3 = \frac{1}{27} \tag{1}$$
by AM-GM inequality. Then
$$(\frac{1}{a}+1)(\frac{1}{b}+1)(\frac{1}{c}+1)=1+\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}+\frac{1}{ab}+\frac{1}{bc}+\frac{1}{ca}+\frac{1}{abc} \tag{2}$$
$$\ge 1+\frac{3}{\sqrt[3]{abc}}+\frac{3}{\sqrt[3]{(abc)^2}} +\frac
{1}{abc} \tag{3}$$
$$=(1+\frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{abc}})^3 \ge 4^3 \tag{4}$$
Steps 1 and 2 are easy for me to understand, but if someone could help me with steps 3 and 4 ,I would be very thankful.

$$\frac{a + \frac 1 3 + \frac 1 3 + \frac 1 3}{4} \ge \sqrt[4]{a\cdot \frac 1 3 \cdot \frac 1 3 \cdot \frac 1 3}
$$
and similarly for b and c. So $(a+1)(b+1)(c+1) \ge 64\sqrt[4]{\frac{abc}{27^3}}$. You must show this is $\ge 64 abc$, which follows from your inequality (1).
