The nonsense that some naturopaths try to tell the public never ceases to amaze me. This article is a good example: a “naturopathic doctor” told a newspaper that “We do have a reputation associated with cancer, but we don’t treat cancer. We use highly intelligent computer software to find out what is wrong with the body at a scientific level, and we simply correct that, and the people who do that, they cure their own cancer.” As far as he is concerned, “The only hope for cancer is alternative medicine… When you look at the medical texts, the scientific literature, what is used, the chemotherapy and the radiation, they cannot cure cancer,” he said.
Through artificial intelligence, he said that he simply teaches people how to heal. Clients are hooked up to a computer that reads their body and gives a printout of what needs to be done to correct the abnormalities. “It looks at the abnormalities in the energetic pathways, abnormalities in nutritional status, and abnormalities in the toxic load of the body and how much it can carry. Once these things are identified and you actually put the patient on a path, they go out and heal themselves. I have nothing to do with it,” he said.
Before you discard this neuropath as an unimportant nutter, consider that this article is a mere example. There are thousands more.
This website, for instance, gives the impression of being much more official and trustworthy by adopting the name of CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA. But the claims are just as irresponsible:
… natural therapies our naturopathic medicine team may recommend include:
- Herbal and botanical preparations, such as herbal extracts and teas
- Dietary supplements, such as vitamins, minerals and amino acids
- Homeopathic remedies, such as extremely low doses of plant extracts and minerals
- Physical therapy and exercise therapy, including massage and other gentle techniques used on deep muscles and joints for therapeutic purposes
- Hydrotherapy, which prescribes water-based approaches like hot and cold wraps, and other therapies
- Lifestyle counseling, such as exercise, sleep strategies, stress reduction techniques, as well as foods and nutritional supplements
- Acupuncture, to help with side effects like nausea and vomiting, dry mouth, hot flashes and insomnia
- Chiropractic care, which may include hands-on adjustment, massage, stretching, electronic muscle stimulation, traction, heat, ice and other techniques.
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And, would you believe it, there even is a NATUROPATHIC CANCER SOCIETY. They proudly claim that: Naturopathic medicine works best to eliminate:
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Vis a vis this plethora of irresponsible and dangerous promotion of quackery by naturopathic charlatans, I feel angry, sad and powerless. I know that my efforts to prevent cancer patients going to an early grave because of such despicable actions are bound to be of very limited success. But that does not mean that I will stop trying to tell the truth:
THERE IS NOT A JOT OF EVIDENCE THAT NATUROPATHY CAN CURE CANCER. SO, PLEASE DO NOT GO DOWN THIS ROUTE!
PS: …and no, I am not paid by BIG PHARMA or anyone else to say so.
7 Responses to Naturopathy for cancer … claims that have the potential to be lethal
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You mean that the person on the Cancer Tutor site who advises us to apply lemon juice to the inside of our elbows may be wrong? Only
Only I’ve spent fortunes on fruit.
Naturopaths suck it all up and spew it all out for other poor suckers to buy into. It’s a sick business model.
Caveat emptor.
Perhaps it’s time to just let stupid people pursue stupid endeavors and suffer the inevitable consequences of their actions?
The apparatus necessary to “rescue” the world from alt Med is distinct education in logic and reasoning…however THAT is wholly dependent on the willingness of the person and their mental-operating-system capacity.
Something nearly impossible to re-invent given the worlds’ predilection toward religion.
As Canada Bill Jones said: “it’s immoral to let a sucker keeps his money”.
I’ve often thought: am I trying to recuse the “ignorant-gullible” or punish the “avarice-huckster”?
There are infinite numbers of both. And the unique challenge is that the ignorant apparently don’t want to be rescued and the hucksters apparently care more about the income than their morality.
“The chemotherapy and radiation, they don’t cure cancer..”
So all those kids who no longer have leukaemia. It was the broccoli what did it, obviously.
There’s a load of misinformation on the internet, whether it’s financial scams, fake news or false ‘medical’ claims. Not worrying in itself, unless people fall for it and lose out in some way. Is there evidence that people are rejecting chemotherapy and radiotherapy in favour of bogus treatments?
yes, plenty – for instance this:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2687972
https://edzardernst.com/2018/07/more-evidence-that-the-use-of-scam-shortens-the-lives-of-cancer-patients/
I’ve certainly had my own patients do this (it must be my bedside manner).