Changelog 2023-03-03 and ND Video

here, I summarize recent additions to my public naturopathy database.  I also link to an ND's video each changelog, quote from, and tag the video in some detail:

[Mission emphasis: I do this continuous exercise to expose the inherent fraud that naturopathy is logically, academically, commercially, legislatively / politically and clinically.  Hugely misleading category labels such as "science based" and "evidence based" "nonsectarian" are being placed upon what truly is science-exterior and even more so disproven sectarian / quack nonsense!  Then, the largest of betrayals toward the public occurs with highly orchestrated '.gov' endorsements of naturopaths as "licensed" and "professional."  Beware, the naturopathic licensed falsehood racket marches on!]

001. added:

the vitalism [science-ejected subset naturopathy] claims of:

the journal Biomolecules;

the journal BioPsychoSocial Medicine;

the journal BMC Health Services Research;

the journal Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice;

Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal;

to Appendix B.04.a.;

ND LoBisco;

ND Love;

to Appendix B.05.i.d.01.;

ND Mallais;

ND Mason;

NDs McLean and Smythe;

to Appendix B.05.i.d.02.;

ND Rubin;

to Appendix B.05.i.h.09.;

the 'science subset naturopathy' category claims of:

the State of Arizona;

to Appendix I.03.a.2.;

the State of California;

to Appendix I.03.a.4.;

the Colorado Association 

of Naturopathic Doctors;

the State of Connecticut;

to Appendix I.03.a.5.;

the State of Maine;

to Appendix I.03.a.7.;

The 2023 Illinois ND Licensure Push via Bishop on Air and ND Hines of IlANP

here, some musing on the present Illinois naturopathy licensure effort and how media figures often don't do journalism but instead basically product advocacy and one-sided proponentry:

001. first, a video:

001.a. up on this titled "Illinois Association of Naturopathic Physicians Look for State Licensure" through the YouTube account "Bishop on Air"

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[tags: #NDHines #NDlicensure #IllinoisANP]

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which states:

"[from the description] Bishop talks with Dr. Shaon Hines with the Illinois Association of Naturopathic Physicians about their efforts to become licensed in Illinois [...from the video, the ND states] I'm Dr. Shaon Hines [...] the president of the Illinois Association of Naturopathic Physicians [...] naturopathic medicine is a profession that combines the wisdom of nature and the rigors of modern science [...] we definitely think outside the box [...] we're actually licensed in almost half the United States [...] we actually have a naturopathic medical school right in Illinois [...] in Lombard, Illinois [...] we want to bring healthcare choice to the residents of Illinois [...] we're experts in evidence-based natural and preventative medicine [...] Illinois residents should have the choice to choose this healthcare if they want to [...] without licensure in Illinois anyone can actually call themselves a naturopathic doctor [...] we have a complete medical education [...taking] prerequisites undergrad for medical school [...and doing] a four year doctoral program [...] after that we have to complete board exams [...] properly medically trained [...]";

now, at ilanp.org, we're told such things in "Top 10 Reasons to Regulate Naturopathic Doctors" as "by establishing licensure for naturopathic physicians, patients will be allowed access to effective, evidence-based natural healing therapies employed by highly trained professionals" and in "What is Naturopathic Medicine?" we're told "a licensed naturopathic physician (ND) attends a four-year, graduate-level, residential naturopathic medical school and is educated in all of the same basic sciences as a MD [...] NDs study clinical nutrition, homeopathic medicine, hydrotherapy, botanical medicine, psychology and counseling. NDs takes rigorous professional board exams and may be licensed by a state or jurisdiction as a primary care, general practice physician."  Homeopathy, as a bellwether, is of course science-ejected and therein the opposite of evidence-based and 'of the same science as MDs'.  Yet, the board exam mentioned classifies naturopathy's homeopathy as a "clinical science".  That's quite outside the box.  The school mentioned is National University of Health Sciences, which also states naturopathy contains homeopathy and of course the broad categorization is 'doctoral-level science'. How is this a complete medical education that is proper? See my comments at 001.b., below, for the quite obvious epistemic status of naturopathy. 

001.b. and that's it:

no counterpoints, e.g. no reference to a State medical society which opposes the bill, no great sources for counterpoint like the Center for Inquiry which specifically tells us "naturopathy is a form of pseudoscientific 'complementary and alternative medicine' (CAM) [...] although naturopathy is based on pseudoscience, it claims to provide medical care" [all quite easily web researchable; licensure of naturopaths is obviously licensure of falsehood];

 I recommend the specific CFI page created there to contact Illinois legislators to request that they NOT to approve an Illinois naturopathy bill here;

the current bill site, which also legislatively enshrines homeopathy as a part of naturopathy and such schools as NUHS as arbiters of such a false status per the language of 2021's attempted bill [you can't make this up!], is here;

Virginia State Medical Society 2023 on Naturopathy at ABC 8NEWS

here, same old story.  Area described as fraudulent.  Area in the commerce arena.  Laws exist already.  Nobody connects the dots and prosecutes:

001. Jakob Cordes reports, at WRIC, in “Inside the New Push to License Naturopathic ‘Doctors’ in Virginia” (2023):

"a Virginia delegate has once again revived efforts to offer official licensing to naturopathic ‘doctors’ […] Clark Barrineau, assistant vice president of government affairs for the Medical Society of Virginia, told 8News that the organization opposes extending licensure to naturopathy in part because the practices don’t have scientific backing. ‘What this would do, from our perspective, is give naturopathic doctors a stamp of approval from the commonwealth,’ he said. ‘Their coursework, their training, all of it — there’s ample evidence to suggest that it’s not backed by science or good medicine’ […] Kimball Atwood IV […] in his overview of the field [stated] that it was ‘replete with pseudoscientific, ineffective, unethical, and potentially dangerous practices’";

 yup.  Still yup, and Dr. Atwood’s piece was published 10 years ago.  But the fraud just keeps on frauding…

Changelog 2023-01-23 and ND Video

here, I summarize recent additions to my public naturopathy database.  I also link to an ND's video each changelog, quote from, and tag the video in some detail:

[Mission emphasis: I do this continuous exercise to expose the inherent fraud that naturopathy is logically, academically, commercially, legislatively / politically and clinically.  Hugely misleading category labels such as "science based" and "evidence based" "nonsectarian" are being placed upon what truly is science-exterior and even more so disproven sectarian / quack nonsense!  Then, the largest of betrayals toward the public occurs with highly orchestrated '.gov' endorsements of naturopaths as "licensed" and "professional."  Beware, the naturopathic licensed falsehood racket marches on!]

001. added:

the vitalism [science-ejected subset naturopathy] claims of:

ND Bongiorno;

NDs Borland, Duncan, Guidotti;

to Appendix B.05.i.a.05.a1.;

NDs Desforges-Bell and Dimita;

to Appendix B.05.i.b4.b.;

NDNR;

to Appendix B.04.b.1.;

NDs Sthamann, Wolfe,

Zepp Rutledge, Ziegler;

ND Strives;

to Appendix B.05.i.a.05.;