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Robert R. Barefoot (born 1944) is a controversial alternative medicine proponent who advocates the use of coral calcium through his books, lectures, audiotapes and infomercials. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Alternative medicine is defined as any of various systems of healing or treating disease (as chiropractic, homeopathy naturopathic, or faith healing) not included in the traditional medical curricula taught in the United States and Britain.[1] Complementary medicine is defined as any of the practices (as acupuncture) of alternative medicine...
Coral calcium is a salt of calcium derived from fossilized coral reefs. ...
Background Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he graduated with Honors from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology with a diploma in chemical research technology. He now lives in Wickenburg, Arizona. Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ...
The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is located in Edmonton, Alberta. ...
Wickenburg is a town located in Maricopa County, Arizona. ...
Barefoot has researched enhanced hydrocarbon and metal extraction in the mining industry for which he obtained several international patents. He has also published numerous research papers on mineral diagenesis and analytical chemistry. Barefoot's research with Dr. Carl Reich on terminal cancer patients lead Barefoot to write one of his best-selling books, "The Calcium Factor." The book has been ranked in Amazon's top 500 sales listings. [2] Oil refineries are key to obtaining hydrocarbons; crude oil is processed through several stages to form desirable hydrocarbons, used in fuel and other commercial products. ...
In geology and oceanography, diagenesis is any chemical, physical, or biological change undergone by a sediment after its initial deposition and during and after its lithification, exclusive of surface alteration (weathering) and metamorphism. ...
Analytical chemistry is the analysis of material samples to gain an understanding of their chemical composition and structure. ...
Until 2004, he presented his products in an infomercial hosted by Kevin Trudeau. This is a list of television-related events in 2004. ...
Infomercials are television commercials that run as long as a typical television program (roughly thirty minutes or an hour). ...
Kevin Mark Trudeau (born February 6, 1963) is a an American author, salesman, spokesperson, and alternative medicine advocate. ...
Litigation When the Maryland attorney general brought a case against the marketers of T-Up, an unproven cancer and AIDS treatment, [3] Barefoot was called upon to be an expert witness on the use of cesium chloride on humans in conjunction with high pH therapy but was dismissed based on his lack of professional training and research in this particular area. [4] (Neutrality disputed — See talk page) Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area Ranked 42nd - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²) - Width 90 miles (145 km) - Length 249 miles (400 km) - % water 21 - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33...
In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...
Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ...
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...
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Criticism According to a critical Time magazine article by Leon Jaroff, "The monthly cost of the recommended dose of Barefoot's calcium tablets is some 15 times greater than that of the ordinary drug store variety." Jaroff called Barefoot's marketing of coral calcium "one of the more successful scams of our age" and "sheer nonsense," and labeled him a "huckster". He ended his article with a call for intervention by the FDA: Time, (whose trademark is capitalized TIME) is a weekly American newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. ...
The United States Food and Drug Administration is the government agency responsible for regulating food, dietary supplements, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, biologics and blood products in the United States. ...
- "When are the chickens ever going to come home to roost? Barefoot has been getting away with this scam for years, conning his naive audience, and presumably enriching himself along the way. Isn't it well past time for the Federal Trade Commission to step in?"[2]
References Time, (whose trademark is capitalized TIME) is a weekly American newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. ...
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