Confessions of a naturopathic doctor
In February 2012, I was twenty-eight years old and had been living with a diagnosis of endometriosis for over a year. I’d had a miscarriage a few months before my diagnosis but was unable to conceive again. Birth control pills and then Lupron Depot, a drug that mimics menopause, hadn’t helped control my increasing…
This year naturopathic “doctors” are trying for the 11th time to gain licensure in Massachusetts. Ahead of a public hearing tomorrow, November 17th, on a pair of naturopathic licensing bills (S1205 and H1992) in front of the Joint Committee on Public Health, I think it is important to provide lawmakers and...
I was not planning on writing today. But then I read a blog post about naturopathic “cures” for Whooping cough, and I got mad. There must have been significant backlash, as the post has been taken down from www.LikeMindedMamas.com and the group’s Facebook page, Like-Minded Mamas. I took a screenshot...
About a month ago I attended the last day of the 2015 European Skeptics Congress in London. This was my first public event as a skeptical thinker. I was both nervous and excited to meet Edzard Ernst, the scientist and medical doctor who catalyzed my departure out of the naturopathic...
Britt’s note: There are many of us out there. We are former naturopathic doctors who left our practices, livelihoods, relationships, and maybe even some of our aspirations behind to create a new, reality-based life for ourselves. This change is hard. Once accomplished, very few choose to look back to write...
Today marks the beginning of Naturopathic Medicine Week 2015. Leaders of the naturopathic profession use this time as a means to promote naturopathic medicine as “safe, effective, and affordable.” As a former naturopathic doctor, I completely disagree. Is naturopathic medicine safe? Naturopathic medicine is not safe. Naturopathic “doctors” (ones who...
This post originally appeared on ScienceBasedMedicine.org on September 7, 2015. I am including the article here in its original form to help readers easily discover the truth about naturopathic education. This morning, I checked my student loan balance from earning a doctorate in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University. I owe...
The second part to my ND Confessions series has been published on Science-Based Medicine.org today. ND Confessions, Part II: The Accreditation of Naturopathic “Medical” Education explains the U.S. Department of Education accreditation process for naturopathic schools. I suspect that accreditation of naturopathic programs serves a financial need for the schools at the expense of...
This post originally appeared on ScienceBasedMedicine.org on August 29, 2015. I am including the article here in its original form to help readers easily discover the truth about naturopathic education. Prior to renouncing naturopathic medicine and starting NaturopathicDiaries.com, I knew very little about the accreditation of higher education in the...
Donald Trump remains in the headlines. He made a scene for his ongoing derogatory statements about women, especially to Fox News host Megyn Kelly. Just last week, major news organizations resurrected his sordid history with a multi-level marketing company, ACN, Inc., which is being tagged as a get-rich-quick pyramid scheme....
