here, I cite from web pages by a Sydney, Australia naturopath who broadly claims naturopathy is "science" and employs iridology [see 001., below]; but iridology is as scientific as the Tooth Fairy [see 002., below]:
001. Keys, H. (ND{AU} UWS) states that:
001.a. naturopathy is science:
001.a1. in "Hayden Keys" [vsc 2012-01-03] :
"I'm Hayden Keys, I'm a naturopath and I graduated with distinction from the University of Western Sydney. I hold a bachelor of health science, majoring in naturopathy."
Note: ah, science subset naturopathy!
001.a2. in "Natural Medicine Therapies" [vsc 2012-01-03]:
"naturopathy is the science of healing [...] as I mentioned earlier naturopathy is the science of healing."
Note: ditto, ditto.
001.a3. in "Proven Natural Therapies and Healthy Remedies. Sydney Naturopath Reveals the Truth Behind Naturopathy" [vsc 2012-03-30]:
"Sydney Naturopath and owner of Happy Healthy & Wellbeing Center Hayden Keys explains 'naturopathy is the science of healing'."
Note: and that is quite a broad categorization of 'the naturopathic' as "science".
001.b. naturopathy contains iridology:
001.b1. in "Iridology Sydney" [vsc 2012-03-30]:
now, there's no text right now on that page. But, the web page menu and address places iridology with "therapies".
Note: but if iridology is anything, it is a DIAGNOSTIC...but...
002. the truth behind the truth regarding iridology and science:
002.a. Wikipedia's [quite pedestrian!] in "Iridology" states:
"as opposed to evidence-based medicine, iridology is not supported by quality research studies and is widely considered pseudoscience [...] the majority of medical doctors reject all the claims of all branches of iridology and label them as pseudoscience or even quackery [...] well controlled scientific evaluation of iridology has shown entirely negative results, with all rigorous double blind tests failing to find any statistical significance to its claims."
Note: simply stated, iridology DOESN'T WORK. And, in that sense, a science claim upon such nonsense...
is typical of naturopathy.
Here's the ND's alma mater, stating 'science subset naturopathy subset iridology.'
