“If naturopathic medicine were governed by science, as practitioners increasingly claim, they would not provide: detoxification services, homeopathic remedies, most herbal remedies, and cosmetic facial acupuncture. But these types of services are, as evidenced by clinic websites, the core of naturopathic medicine. If you don’t believe me, I invite you to Google “detoxification and naturopath”. You will get a list of clinics offering things like colon cleanses (useless, potentially harmful, and a bit disgusting), ionic foot baths that create an “energy field similar to that found in the human body” (so scientifically ridiculous that it borders on parody), and infrared sauna therapy (ditto).”—Timothy Caulfield
http://healthydebate.ca/opinions/naturopaths-and-the-creep-of-pseudoscience
