Natural Facts
© Michael Alan Morton Ph.D., Mary Morton (Excerpted
from Five Steps to Selecting the Best Alternative Medicine,
New World Library, 1997)
DID YOU KNOW THAT:
- In 1983 the World Health Organization recommended the
integration of naturopathic medicine into conventional
health care systems.2
- In 1994 Bastyr University of Natural Health Sciences,
a naturopathic medical school, was awarded almost $1 million
in research funds from the National Institutes of Health's
Office of Alternative Medicine to research alternative
therapies for patients with HIV and AIDS.3
- Graduates of accredited naturopathic medical colleges
are required to have more hours of study in basic sciences
and clinical sciences than graduates of Yale or Stanford
medical schools.4
- The "anti-cancer" diet recognized by the National
Cancer Institute was first published in a naturopathic
medical textbook in the 1940s.5
- Graduates of accredited naturopathic medical colleges
receive more formal training in therapeutic nutrition
than M.D.'s, osteopathic physicians, or registered dietitians.6
- The government of Germany now requires conventional
doctors and pharmacists to receive training in naturopathic
techniques because they have been found to be so cost-effective.7
- Today there are over one thousand licensed practicing
naturopathic physicians (N.D.'s) in the United States.8
- As of August 1996, twelve states in the U.S. and five
provinces of Canada now license naturopathic doctors as
primary-care physicians. (It is projected that all fifty
states will license naturopathic physicians by the year
2010.)9
- Three accredited colleges educate and train naturopathic
doctors in North America.10
- The County Council in Seattle, Washington, established
the nation's first government-subsidized naturopathic
medical clinic.11
The origin of naturopathy can be traced back
to the ancient healing arts of a variety of cultures. Still,
as a formal system of medicine and healing, it was developed
in the United States nearly one hundred years ago by Benjamin
Lust.
To heal in harmony with the natural functions
of the body — without harm — is the underlying principle
of the naturopathic system of medicine. The intent is to
support the natural healing potential of the human body
as validated by modern scientific research. It is this combination
of the healing power of nature and scientific methods that
makes naturopathic medicine an important system of medicine
for today's health care.
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