naturocrit: Naturopathy's Essential Vitalism - NCANP 2009:

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Naturopathy's Essential Vitalism - NCANP 2009:

here, I quote from the North Carolina Association of Naturopathic Physicians [NCANP], an AANP affiliate, regarding NDs' essential vitalistic premise:

001. NCANP states in "Welcome to www.ncanp.com":

"naturopathic medicine is a primary health care profession emphasizing prevention and treatment of disease with the use of natural non-toxic therapies. The naturopathic perspective views each person as a whole and recognizes the healing force within each individual. Natural therapies are used to support and stimulate that vital healing force. A naturopathic doctor addresses the underlying cause or imbalance within a person rather than simply treating one’s problem symptomatically. Naturopathic therapies include clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, hydrotherapy, physical medicine and lifestyle counseling."

Note: the claim of "profession", and a specific & actual "healing force" aka "vital healing force." Yet, such a vital healing force does not exist, scientifically speaking, and treating disease is medicine, which is obligated to science.

002. naturopathy is quite an absurdity:

claiming as 'professions-level medical science' that which is actually as scientific as the Tooth Fairy.

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Links to The Naturocrit Podcast:

The Naturocrit Podcast can be listened to or read at:
Episode 001 - The Introductory Episode. Part 1: "How I Heard of Naturopathy, Attending Naturopathy School, and Deciding to Leave Before Graduating." Part 2: "ND Sensenig's 'The Power of Vitalism'"
[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2]
Episode 002: "The Naturalness Fallacy" [is in one part]

[mp3s -- at Podbean: here;

at archive.org: here]
Episode 003 - Part 1: "The Quite False 1998 Claim of the AANP Alliance Consortia That Naturopathy is 'Science-Based and Not a Belief System'"; Part 2: "The Naturopathy Chapter from 'Complementary and Alternative Medicine' (ISBN 0443065764) by NDs Pizzorno and Snider"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2]
Episode 004: "The NYANP: Their 2014 Bill Fabrication and Content History"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5]
Episode 005: "The 'Science-Based' Science-Exterior Canadian-Based Naturopathic Interior"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5a, Part 5b;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5a, Part 5b]
Episode 006: "The Epistemic Conflation of a School of Thought Claiming to be Scientific"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2]
Episode 007: "Naturopathy's Supposed Value" [is in one part]

[mp3s -- at Podbean: here;

at archive.org: here]
Episode 008: "The 2015 Iowa NPA Naturopathy Bill"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2]
Episode 009: "The Connecticut Naturopathic Physicians Association [CNPA] and A Supposed Modernization of Connecticut Naturopathy"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b]
Episode 010: "Integrative-Holistic-Quackademic Woo, Information Asymmetry, Immanence and Fiduciary Duty: Minnesota '.edu'-Style"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b]
Episode 011: "Naturopathillogical Microcosms: NDs Zampieron and Brady"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2]
Episode 012: "Preponderant and Universal Medical Ethical Codes and North American Naturopathy's Transgressions"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1a, Part1b, Part 2a, Part 2b, Part 3a1, Part 3a2, Part 3b1, Part 3b2, Part 4a, Part 4b, Part 4c1, Part 4c2]

at archive.org: Part 1a, Part1b, Part 2a, Part 2b, Part 3a1, Part 3a2, Part 3b1, Part 3b2, Part 4a, Part 4b, Part 4c1, Part 4c2]
Episode 013: "The State of Connecticut and Its Naturopathy: 'Deception, Fraud, Double-Dealing, Subterfuge, and Trickery'"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2a, Part 2b]

[audiobook -- at Audible]

[text -- as Kindle ebook or Amazon paperback; and Kobo ebook]
Episode 014: "ND Smith and Spoliation of Higher Education Science Integrity and Medical Ethics"

[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3;

at archive.org: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3]
Episode 015: "The JACM 2019 Special Issue on Naturopathy” into “A Qualitative Content Analysis of Curated World Naturopathic Federation Publications and Reports Employing the Online Misinformation Engagement Framework Within a Paradigm of Methodological Naturalism"
[mp3s -- at Podbean: Part 1a, Part 1b, Part 1c;
Part 2a, Part 2b, Part 2c;
Part 3a, Part 3b, Part 3c;
further parts pending]
at archive.org: Part 1a, Part 1b, Part 1c;
Part 2a, Part 2b, Part 2c;
Part 3a, Part 3b, Part 3c;
further parts pending]