MD Tavel’s news-press.com Critical Article on Florida's 2026 Naturopathy Bill S. 688, a “Polished Report” Comportment, and CFI’s Engagement

here, as titled, in brief:

001. Morton Tavel, M.D. has written a critical opinion titled “Florida Poised to Allow Quackery as 'Legitimate' Health Care” dated 2026-05-22;

002. Perplexity was given this task:

“How does the attached Tavel PDF comport with the findings of the attached CT Science & Ethics PDF?”

[my CT Science & Ethics PDF is here]

003. the answer, in part:

“Tavel's article and the Connecticut Science & Ethics report are very consistent in their core conclusions about naturopathy: both characterize it as non–evidence‑based, structurally unsafe as a primary‑care substitute, and prone to misleading patients about both scope and efficacy.

Overall Alignment

Tavel argues naturopathy is a pseudoscientific system whose vitalistic framework and treatment claims are not grounded in modern biomedical evidence.

The CT Science & Ethics report empirically documents 45 distinct types of scientific,clinical, and ethical problems in Connecticut naturopathic practice, including “vitalistic language,” “vague physiological concepts,” and extensive use of unsupported modalities such as homeopathy and blood-type diets.

In combination, Tavel supplies the conceptual critique (why the belief system is pseudoscientific), while the CT report supplies case‑based data showing those same patterns in real‑world licensed practice.”

004. the Center for Inquiry web page that Tavel mentions in his piece is titled “Florida: Urge Your Governor to Veto Pro-Naturopathy Legislation” and states, in part:

“CFI is concerned that S. 688 will broadly allow the practice of naturopathy in Florida, subject to few limitations, even though naturopathy is a discredited and dangerous form of quackery. Naturopathy fails to meet the rigors of science-based medicine, and it is rejected by nearly every medical expert because it relies on unproven or disproven treatments such as energy healing and homeopathic remedies.”

That page also links to the broader CFI page “Opposing Naturopathy: Medical Privileges Should Be For Medical Doctors."