Article by Chris Robertson

As part of an alternative health program on the radio, a well-known naturopathic physician proposed an experiment. He and his fellow natural remedies practitioners would work with 20 cancer patients with life expectancies of less than one year. They would use alternative therapies and health products in an attempt extend the lives of the 20 patients. At the same time traditional medical doctors will work with another 20 cancer patients with life expectancies under one year. They would use chemotherapy, radiation, and other allopathic tools. At the end of one year the two groups would compare survival rates to see which approach resulted in more survivors. The naturopathic radio host was confident his group would have more survivors than the other group.

This bold proposal from the naturopathic physician reflects the growing knowledge about and confidence in the healing properties of vitamins, herbs, supplements, and enzymes for treating serious conditions and eliminating the destruction practices of mainstream medicine. Alternative healing has become such a respected approach that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has an entire division devoted to studying alternative medicine and complementary medicine. NIH explains the difference between these two approaches this way: alternative medicine is used in place of allopathic medicine, while complementary medicine is used in addition to it.

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