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

Another Respected Medical Organization Goes To The Dark Side

"I can no longer trust them or respect their judgment. It is distressing to learn that my former idols have feet of clay. I respect the right of patients to try anything they want to try, but I can hope they have access to accurate scientific information and can exercise true informed consent. I’m not going to waste any more time complaining to the AAFP, because I’m convinced they are not prepared to listen. But I can hope that by writing about the true state of the evidence on SBM I will be able to reach at least a few people who will be less likely to start down that slippery slope."

Click on the link below for an expose of the American Academy of Family Physicians:

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS SUPPORTS “INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE”

Beware of "Integrative" Medicine

"If you integrate fantasy with reality, you do not instantiate reality. If you mix cow pie with apple pie, it does not make the cow pie taste better; it makes the apple pie worse." ~Mark Crislip

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/integrative-medicine-naturopathy-and-a-more-fluid-form-of-evidence/