naturopathic doctor experiences

shur77

savithny wrote: »

IF she hands you two nails with wires that go into a laptop, laugh and run away.

Also: The "Food sensitivity" report is likely going to be hooey. Just know that. The blood tests they run won't detect real food sensitivities, and the "labs" that naturopaths use pretty much find whatever makes the naturopath money.

This isn't completely accurate in all cases. I went to an naturopath MD (the MD bit is probably the key here) and he ran standard IGe food allergy testing on me straight from quest labs. I'm allergic to wheat (not gluten) casein (turns out I'm find with a2 milk) egg whites and yolks and pumpkin. The eggs I knew from violent reaction but the wheat explained random mystery hives throughout my life that no other Dr even bothered to look for.
I'd love to say this info has made some profound difference in my life but I'm just now getting serious about it 2 yrs after the fact and only because I had a life threatening reaction to something a month ago.
And one thing my naturopath, endo and pcp all agree on is I was incredibly low in Vit D at one point

elphie754

savithny wrote: »

IF she hands you two nails with wires that go into a laptop, laugh and run away.

Also: The "Food sensitivity" report is likely going to be hooey. Just know that. The blood tests they run won't detect real food sensitivities, and the "labs" that naturopaths use pretty much find whatever makes the naturopath money.

Not entirely true. There are actual blood tests that test for allergies. I would reccomend an allergist to run those though, not a naturopath. My allergist runs blood allergy tests about every 3-4 years or when a new allergen is suspected.

lynn_glenmont

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nutmegoreo wrote: »

Sloth2016 wrote: »

nutmegoreo wrote: »

ogtmama wrote: »

duddysdad wrote: »

Be careful if they talk about homeopathic medicine as they must now state that it does not work, by law. I know the two are different, but just be careful about things like that.

Exactly. There is a difference between trying to stay as natural as possible and drinking shaken water for treatment.

Holistic/naturopathic -fine, do your own thing
Homeopathy-run for the hills

NEVER shake the water! :noway:

Shaken, not stirred for me.

ETA: What's this about water?

You broke your water again, didn't you

Always loved the German saying, "wasser ist nur zum waschen" - (Water is for washing only).

Secondsies on the martini?

I thought that was a warning that the water wasn't safe for drinking, not a "saying" opposing the idea of mixing your liquor with water.

savithny

"anyone who tells me this is fraud is being mean."

This (you have to be "polite" to manipulative *kitten* artists) is how we wound up with people actually thinking that there is an even debate on climate change. "Oh, we let someone talk about science. So now we have to give some charlatan equal time and be nice to them and pretend their beliefs are equally likely to be true and equally relevant to the world."

Suddenly "equal time" and "fairness" are making it look like there are two sides that have even weight.