AANMC Informs Us of UBCNM's "Science" status - 2009-12:

here, I cite from a recent Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges [AANMC] publication labeling naturopathy "science" [see 001., below]:

001. the AANMC recently published "UBCNM Increases Efforts in Integrated Medical Care" which states:

"the University of Bridgeport School of Naturopathic Medicine is one of the AANMC schools [...] UBCNM has partnered with St. Vincent’s Medical Center [...per] Dr. David M. Brady [is] vice provost of the University of Bridgeport Health Sciences Division [...] UBCNM professors' research published [...] UBCNM’s Dr. Jody Noé recently authored an article [...in] Integrative Cancer Therapies [...] ICT is the first journal to spearhead and focus on a new and growing movement in cancer treatment, a movement that emphasizes the scientific understanding of alternative medicine [...] UBCNM faculty member, Dr. Jared Skowron, will also be published this month. Fundamentals of Naturopathic Pediatrics [...] is a reference text for diagnostics and treatment of common pediatric conditions [...] it documents the scientific proof that natural remedies have been studied and are a safe and effective option when treating children [...] Coquina Deger.  Managing Editor, AANMC.  www.AANMC.org."

Note: so, we're told that naturopathy is academically "science", that it is "scientific", and supported by "scientific proof".

002. naturopathy loves to label itself scientific . [e.g.:

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003. naturopathy is fundamentally based upon ideas that are science-ejected.

004. you could blow a brain gasget trying to get a handle on this absurdity.

CT Complaint Archive -- Venn Diagrams Concerning Naturopathy & Science, 2003:

here, I post a scan of part of a complaint I filed with the State of Connecticut a few years ago that the State of Connecticut has apparently ignored, and I comment on CT from 6 years distance:

001. the 2003 Venn diagrams & verbiage:

Note: I'd titled this "the obfuscation." Literally: "the concealment of intended meaning in communication, making communication confusing, intentionally ambiguous, and more difficult to interpret." The "front stage" is subtitled "compatibles claim", by which I mean that naturopathy claims it is science, and therein that the naturopathic is scientific. Some of the labels they use [CT, UB, AANP & co.] are "health science", "nonsectarian", and "the modern science-based primary care physician". These are "the claims that drew me in" -- an inducement, under false pretenses. The science is claimed to be actual / "mainstream" since it is at a university, and overall naturopathy claims a "science-basis".

But, in actuality, underneath, this is their reality: "the back stage" or "incompatibles reality" is what's really going on. This is "the reality I discovered" in attending the University of Bridgeport and in researching. What we have is "sectarian science" a.k.a. "actual pseudoscience" which is 'science on the side' embedded within a belief-system not science supported in any manner and actually science-ejected. The essentially naturopathic is exterior to science. Particularly, their actual vitalism and teleology, and their metaphysicalisms [including their supernaturalisms]. This includes their pantheism, which when combined with their vitalism which they equate theistically, I have termed autoentheism.

I regard all this as vulgar, still -- "a mind-fuck". Yes, the whole racket is AANP "profession"-centered, by oath and degree. But, of course, to actually be a profession, you have to tell the truth and you have to be right.

002. my opinion of the State of Connecticut and accessories:

CT will not incriminate 'naturopathy's obvious education fraudulence' because CT approved the whole racket. By incriminating naturopathy, the State of CT incriminates themselves: particularly for not doing due diligence in the first place, and then not responding to complaints like mine. So, the case continues to be built, but I'm pretty sure that it will have to occur Federally. CT approved the UB program about 1997. They've [CT, UB, AANP & co.] too much to answer for financially since so much money has been spent and loaned towards a hugely fraudulent education program. Damages include those expenditures, and also the diversion from other accurately labeled education venues / careers.

Note: my graduate school debt increases on a daily basis. The graduate schools include: NYU [which I left, to go to UBCNM], UB / UBCNM [that big racket], the State University of CT, and other schools [where I continued research on all this]. These are loans that are not going to expire, and will follow me to my grave -- an amount in the six-figures. So, I'm guessing there's no statute of limitations on all this. I also refuse to pay towards any education loan. New York State has gotten involved because when I consolidated all these graduate school loans, that aggregate became the obligation of the State I'd first taken out a Federal loan in.

SGU's Novella: "A Naturopath [BCNA's Swetlikoff] On Water," and UBCNM:

some 'right on the money' excerpted comments regarding naturopathy by Dr. Novella from the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe podcast blogpage, "The Rogues Gallery" [see 01. below]. Being quite familiar with the University of Bridgeport's naturopathy pseudoscience [I am one of the snookered!], I've provided an immediate example of UB naturopathic nonsensical 'scientific nonscience' [see 02. below], and some related -- rather coded -- material from Dr. Swetlikoff's own site [see 03. below], and the BCNA site [see 04. below]:

01. Novella, S. (MD ?) states in "A Naturopath On Water"{08-10-2008}:

"[truly] it is a menace to the public when governments license nonsense. It is a betrayal of the public trust, it diminishes all professionalism, and it generally propagates confusion in an area where licensure is meant to provide clarity. One egregious example is naturopathy [...] naturopaths are health care pseudoscientists [...] essentially, they are what happens when medicine is completely disconnected from science, evidence, and even common sense [...you get] pure pseudoscience - complete with superficial medical jargon but delightfully devoid of any evidence or scientific rationale [...e.g. Canada's] Lorne Swetlikoff [ND Bastyr 1988] is the current president of the College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia [BCNA]. To a non-critical thinker the pseudoscience spewed by Swetlikoff and other naturopaths may sound compelling and 'sciencey.' But on close examination it is pure pseudoscience."

Note: one of the best definitions of pseudoscience I've ever come across is at Wikipedia:

"pseudoscience is defined as a body of knowledge, methodology, belief, or practice that is claimed to be scientific or made to appear scientific, but does not adhere to the scientific method, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, or otherwise lacks scientific status."

02. UBCNM's irrationality / 'epistemic fraud:'

02.a. UB states that naturopathy is science;

visit this compilation.

02.b. UB states naturopathy's essential vitalism;

visit this compilation.

02.c. vitalism is HUGELY science-ejected;

visit this compilation.

Note: obviously, UB's label upon naturopathy as scientific is completely misleading.

03. what Dr. Swetlikoff says:

03.a. in "About Dr. Swetlikoff" we're told:

"naturopathic medicine [...is] science-based holistic health care."

03.b. in "About Naturopathic Medicine" we're told:

"naturopathic medicine is a distinct healing science and philosophy [...] the art and science of supporting the natural healing processes of the patient [...] the naturopathic physician will practice the art, science and spirit of the profession to the best of his/her ability and judgment following these principles of naturopathic medicine [...#1, the primary principle] vis medicatrix naturae (the healing power of nature). The naturopathic physician shall [must!] recognize, respect and promote the self-healing power of nature inherent in each individual human being [vitalism; for more such essential, mandatory naturopathic vitalism {so often, as here, coded}, click here]."

Note: the great irrationality of naturopathy can bee seen in these Swetlikoff examples -- placing the label science upon that which is preponderantly HUGELY nonscience [vitalism, supernaturalism & kind].

04. the British Columbia Naturopathic Association states in "The Nature of Naturopathic Medicine":

"[per Cassie, G. (MA ?), BCNA Executive Director] naturopathic medicine is science based natural medicine. The third major difference is the philosophy of naturopathic treatment [..with #1, the primary principle] vis medicatrix naturae [VMN]: the body has the inherent capacity to heal [...] embracing these tenets [like VMN], on a science-based platform, is at the heart of naturopathic medical care [...NDs have studied] all the basic sciences any general practitioner receives [...NDs have] 'a comprehensive foundation in the biological and biomedical sciences' [...and] 'the commission believes that the division between alternative and orthodox medicine is not of a scientific nature' [huh?!?!]."

Note: the coding, the coding!!! The vitalism that dare not speak its name. Visit the Federation of Naturopathic Physician Licensing Authorities to see that the expression VMN is truly, contextually, a representation of naturopathy's overarching vitalism figmentation.