(NewsNation) — An Arizona couple is facing charges of murder and child abuse after their 5-month-old baby died due to the restrictive diet they allegedly fed the child.
The baby was found dead in the family’s Phoenix, Arizona, home in 2023, and three older siblings between the ages of two and five were hospitalized for conditions including rickets, osteopenia, vitamin D deficiency and significant developmental delays.
Temaure Stanley, 25, and Janeice Brooks, 26, allegedly fed their children a strict “alkaline diet” after reading medical misinformation online.
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Those who promote the diet claim that consuming alkaline foods can alter the body’s pH level to a less acidic state, which they claim has health benefits…