here, some embeds and some thoughts on recent naturopathy videos. Two US NDs literally invoking "magic", and a set by a large UK naturopathy school specifically on Covid-19 [shame on you!]:
001. wet socks magic thinking:
001.a.1 ND Cain (SCNM 2011) states in her YouTube video "Trick for Boosting Your Immune System - A Naturopathic Doctor Explains" [saved 2020-04-01]:
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[tags: #NDCain #wetsocks #magicsocks #wrongphysiology #wronganatomy]
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"[from the video] cold wet magic socks [...] magic socks hydrotherapy [...] pull those frozen socks onto your feet [...if you are] getting sick [...and] a general prevention [...] if you actually get sick, I would do these puppies every single night [...] they work incredibly well [...] that's the joy of magic socks, it works incredibly well [...see] DrNicoleCain.com [...]";
she really says this. No references needed, like when science is employed!
"vasodilation [...] the same phenomenon happens in your feet [...] vasodilates [...your body] sends all this blood down to your feet [...] it's sending it through your lymphatic system [...] it's sending it through your spleen [...] it's sending all these antioxidants, all these immune system cells [...] down to that area [...and then] it's pulling it back [...] the cells that are in the extremities that are inflammatory [...] maybe filled with viruses or bacteria [...] a flushing action [...] squeezing a sponge [...]";
she really says this, too. Quite magical, because this is not how blood circulation works. Blood does not get down to your feet through the lymphatic system or the spleen. The sound of naturopaths speaking is often like a flushing action...
logorrhea.
there are no studies that show this implausible "trick" works, therein appropriately termed "magic". Isn't that the trick, the magic, to convince people something quite implausible and unsupported is worth the time, discomfort, and effort? To appear competent, to merely decree by authority...
001.a.2. at DrNicoleCain.com:
there's the admission that the quackery homeopathy is inherent to naturopathy per "naturopathic doctors often use homeopathic medicines" and the ND mentions "Hahnemann's provings and the scientific method" regarding homeopathy and "her passion is to educate the public about the scientific method of
homeopathic prescribing and to demystify the process for the academic
community";
but homeopathy is science-ejected. Unless you believe in magic, in trickery! Unless you merely decree...
001.b.1: ND Cucchiara (SCNM 2015) states in the video "Naturopathic Medicine 101 With Dr. Susan Cucchiara" [saved 2020-04-01]:
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[tags: #NDCucchiara #magicsocks]
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"homeopathy [...] this has been a huge part of my practice [...] it's a form of energetic medicine [...] it basically helps you reach balance [...] it promotes immunity [...] that healing state [...] also really awesome for fevers [...] magic socks or wet socks [...] put them under really cold water [...and] wring then out well [...] you basically put the cold socks on before bed [...and then on top] wool socks [...] you have cold, wet feet now [...] the body has to increase its internal temperature [...] it kills things [...] which is why a fever is so effective [...] it's really effective [...] it's great for colds and flu season [...and] sinus infection, ear infection or any type of upper respiratory issue [...] it's also great [as] a weekly detox [...] if you use a fever suppressant, like a tylenol or an advil [...] you reduce the fever but the body didn't heat up and kill the pathogen making you sick [...] it pushes the disease further into the body because you're not addressing it [...] you have this pathogen that really didn't get to be dealt with [...] [...and she also uses] colloidal silver [...{danger, danger} and she says for a baby with a 103 fever] as long as you keep giving it homeopathy and watch it and watch it [...]";
homeopathy, magic socks, crazy ideas about not healing without having a fever, colloidal junk, homeopathy as if for infants...
001.b.2.: at naturallysue.com, yet, we're assured with assertion in "Naturopathic Medicine":
"the body has the innate ability to heal itself, when given the right resources and support, and this is the foundation of naturopathic medicine. This is based on science and sound evidence [...]":
of course, when you look at that claim, that the foundation of naturopathic medicine is based on science and sound evidence, it is false. How is a vital force such? Yeah, like all the science supporting homeopathy, magic socks, fever pathogen baking curing, silver...
002. the UK's College of Naturopathic Medicine has up these LONG-ASS YouTube videos specifically taking advantage of the current horrifying pandemic. The pontification, the pontification! Covid-19 is not the only parasite, loosely speaking, loose upon society [the former is microscopic, confirmed by science; the latter, quite macroscopic and particularly absurd-magical]:
002.a. "Coronavirus Lecture Series Part 1: What You Need To Know" [saved 2020-04-01]:
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[tags: #covid-19 #immunesystem #osteopathQureshi]
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"Bobby Qureshi - Education Director - CNM [a UK kind of osteopath...] welcome to this video on the corona virus and how to boost your immune system brought to you by the College of Naturopathic Medicine [...] crucial information [...]";
now, at CNM, we're told homeopathy is scientific, and based on a vital force. This is education MIS-education-direction. That's crucial. And we get some legitimate biology about viruses. Call that the patina that makes the naturopathy turd pile of thought falsely glisten...
"how you can support your own body's defenses [...] this concept of your immune sytem [...] the immune defenses [...and] the covid-19 strain [...]";
and so we get a lot of granularity. Which is quite hypocritical when you see how absurd the naturopathy at CNM is, like 'homeopathy is a science'. Where is the granularity about that?
and he says immunity is weakened by sugar and artificial sweeteners, coffee, cigarettes and alcohol, dairy, and microwaving. He says "eliminate" these sugars, which is quite different than 'don't use in excess.' That's extreme, and fringe. What's most fringe is the claim that artificial sweeteners do the same: the antisweetness Taliban. He does, at one point say "when you eat lots of these sugars." But excess is not moderation. Again, granularity and then no granularity. Of course, some of those behaviors are best to eliminate totally, like smoking. He state coffee drastically blocks absorption of other nutrients, which I think is STUPID. Again, he says eliminate, as opposed to moderation. Why doesn't the British man say "tea"? Cultural blind spot? And microwaving actually cooks some foods better in terms of nutrients. So, typical naturopathy: truth and junk.
002.b1. "Coronavirus Lecture Series Part 2: Preventative Measures" [saved 2020-04-01]:
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"Rhian Jones - Nutrition Director - CNM [...] I'm going to talk to you about boosting your immune system using nutrition [...] now remember that food is our medicine. So we're eating not just eating for pleasure, we're eating for the health giving properties of the food [...] food really can be used as our medicine [...]";
here's where we see naturopathy warping the categorical distinctions that exist between nutrition and medicine. Medicine prevents and addresses disease. Nutrition can aid in preventing and addressing disease. But there is a distinction. Food is food, medicine is medicine. But just because both can be helpful doesn't make a food a medicine. In other words, nutrients are different than drugs.
"vitamin C [...] vitamin D [...] superfoods [...] raw garlic [...] black garlic [...] to ward off any infection [...] to protect children from infection [...] turmeric [...] detox [...]";
etc.
"improve immunity with herbs and supplements? Walk into a store, and you will find bottles of pills and herbal preparations that claim to 'support immunity' or otherwise boost the health of your immune system. Although some preparations have been found to alter some components of immune function, thus far there is no evidence that they actually bolster immunity to the point where you are better protected against infection and disease. Demonstrating whether an herb — or any substance, for that matter — can enhance immunity is, as yet, a highly complicated matter. Scientists don't know, for example, whether an herb that seems to raise the levels of antibodies in the blood is actually doing anything beneficial for overall immunity [...]";
here's where we see naturopathy warping the categorical distinctions that exist between nutrition and medicine. Medicine prevents and addresses disease. Nutrition can aid in preventing and addressing disease. But there is a distinction. Food is food, medicine is medicine. But just because both can be helpful doesn't make a food a medicine. In other words, nutrients are different than drugs.
"vitamin C [...] vitamin D [...] superfoods [...] raw garlic [...] black garlic [...] to ward off any infection [...] to protect children from infection [...] turmeric [...] detox [...]";
etc.
002.b2. meanwhile, at harvard.edu, we're told in "How to Boost Your Immune System" [2020 archived]:
"improve immunity with herbs and supplements? Walk into a store, and you will find bottles of pills and herbal preparations that claim to 'support immunity' or otherwise boost the health of your immune system. Although some preparations have been found to alter some components of immune function, thus far there is no evidence that they actually bolster immunity to the point where you are better protected against infection and disease. Demonstrating whether an herb — or any substance, for that matter — can enhance immunity is, as yet, a highly complicated matter. Scientists don't know, for example, whether an herb that seems to raise the levels of antibodies in the blood is actually doing anything beneficial for overall immunity [...]";
and that's that.
002.c. "Coronavirus Lecture Series Part 3: If You Become Infected" [saved 2020-04-01]:
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"Peter Jackson-Main - Herbal Medicine Director - CNM [...] how herbs can help to protect us [...] echinacea [...is] immune boosting [...] astragalus [...] for building immunity [...] 142";
I refer to 002.b2.
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