Death by Diet [Paperback]

Robert R. Barefoot (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2002

Death by Diet is an informative guide to health and longevity written by Bob Barefoot. Barefoot explores the connection of the food we eat and its impacts on our overall health and life expectancy. Death by Diet details how healthy individuals register body fluids such as blood and saliva in normal alkaline (pH) levels and unhealthy individuals body fluids register in the low pH ranges on an acidic test scale. Barefoot relates the positive impact of simple dietary changes combined with vitamin and mineral supplementation in this easy to follow book to health. *DID YOU KNOW that the body fluids, such as blood, spinal and saliva, of the healthy are alkaline (high pH), whereas the body fluids of the sick are acidic (low pH)? *DID YOU KNOW that most degenerative disease attributed to aging, such as cancer, osteoporosis, and heart disease, and other diseases such as allergy, kidney stones and gallstones have all been scientifically linked to mineral deficiencies that result in your body fluids, including your saliva, becoming more acidic? *DID YOU KNOW that scientists have found that cancer thrives in an acidic medium, but cannot survive in an alkaline medium? *DID YOU KNOW that by spitting on a penny's worth of pH paper you can measure your level of acidity and health? *DID YOU KNOW that with vitamin and mineral supplements, you can lower the acidity of your body fluids and become healthy? *DID YOU KNOW that a 10 year study of 5000 men 45 to 59 by the British Medical Research Council found that those who drank more than one half liter of milk each day reduced heart disease tenfold? *DID YOU KNOW that a 25 year study of 4697 women by the Finland National Public Health Institute found "an overwhelming association between the consumption of milk and the prevention of breast cancer"?

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Deonna Enterprises (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963370332
• ISBN-13: 978-0963370334
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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146 of 147 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If only we could all adopt his principles.., December 4, 2000

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Marcus T. Brody (Tampa Bay, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death by Diet (Paperback)

Robert Barefoot tells it like it is in Death by Diet. His facts are backed up by solid scientific research, which is outlined in the book. It's astounding the amount of garbage the average American puts into their bodies, and still lives to be almost 80 years old. Barefoot stresses the fact that we are biologically able to live to a healthy 120 to 140 years, just by eating pure foods, and getting the right balance of nutrients in our bodies.

I have read his book, the calcium factor, as well, and there is some great information in this book that the calcium factor does not have. From what is outlined in Death by Diet, it appears that the three most critical minerals to bring into your body are Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium. A cell cannot function without proper levels of any of those three. Often people look past a Potassium deficiency, but if you are the slightest bit deficient, your cells will misfire and you will feel sluggish and sick.

The diet is not the easiest to follow in today's fast paced society, but with proper supplementation with his suggested nutrients, we'll all see another 10-20 years tacked onto our lives.

58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest preventive medicine book,and real eye-opener!, November 9, 1999

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Bette L. Cruse (Bay City,, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death by Diet (Paperback)

I cannot extol this book enough! I learned more in this little 138 page paperback, than I have in ALL the books, pamphlets, brochures, etc. I have ever read! The knowledge, info. and formulas for taking charge and gaining control of your own body's health and preventing disease is priceless! Makes complete sense. R.Barefoot does an excellent job in explaining the technical parts of this book,(remember,he is a chemist).My next book will be "The Calcium Factor". Same author.

75 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's the medical community so afraid of?, July 11, 2002

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Cathy L. Craigo (Kennewick, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death by Diet (Paperback)

In response to Catherine Connell.... apparently she didn't read the book very carefully. They do not rob the protected coral reefs in Japan in order to make the coral calcium product. The government of Japan has crews that go and remove the eroded coral sand from the reefs to protect them and keep them healthy and the coral calcium comes from that. Robert Barefoot's science is sound. If people take the coral calcium and don't have a good response or any response it wouldn't take long for Mr. Barefoot to be out of business. What is the medical community afraid of? It would not be the first time that there has been a sound natural nutritional answer to preventing and curing disease. I applaud those trying to help people live healthier and better lives through nutrition.