Doctors: Beware Of The Gateway Drug To Quackery

There is Medicine, which is based on science. Then there is a "Grey" area with labels such as "Functional", "Integrated", "Complementary", and "Holistic" that can have some benefits but no more than basic health factors such as nutrition, lifestyle/behavior, exercise, social factors, and mental hygiene. Click on the link below for a 15-minute video by a physician presenting the risks of science-based physicians complimenting such with elements of the "Grey" areas and eventually going off the rails into full quackery/alternatives to medicine. Let the public be aware of what to look for in the utilization of healthcare.

Why some doctors become quacks

Functional Medicine: Another Label For Alternatives To Medicine

"Hall shows us that FM, like much in the world of alt-med and pseudoscience, sounds a lot like sectarianism. There is a glaring lack of evidence for any of the practice’s claims, and it’s riddled with 'indecipherable babble and word salad' in order to explain any of those claims."

Harriet Hall on Functional Medicine: Redundant and Full of Babble

No Matter How Many Times They Change The Name, It Is Still Quackery

“Integrative” versus “Alternative” verses "Complimentary?"  No, it's all "Quackery"

Oh, don't Forget "Functional"

Functional Medicine: Another Euphemism For Quackery

"The problem with 'functional medicine' is that at its core it is close to being as nonsensical as the more 'obvious' forms of quackery."

A reminder:  if one mixes good grains with a cowpatty, one still has - - -

Functional medicine: The ultimate misnomer in the world of integrative medicine