Alternative health does not mean “alternative science”.

Does the validity of something depend on A) natural law or B) whether or not it’s been tested w/ the scientific method?

If science discovers something to be true, was it true before science discovered it?

Many forms of alternative health have been validated and/or discovered through science as well.

Most form of alternative health do not involve medications, in fact only a few actually do.

Chiropractic, physical therapy, message therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, meditation, clinical nutrition, orthomolecular psychiatry, etc. are all alternative health systems.

Orthomolecular psychiatry was invented by a double Nobel prize winner in science by the way.

the problem i have with the way you presented this video is the “drugs vs. alternative medicine” theme. good doctors don’t chose one and run with it, there’s a middle ground. i also have a problem with the different definitions of “alternative medicine” used. for many, it IS an “alternative to science.” you are absolutely correct that the scientific method has its limits. but when it comes to what people do to their bodies, i’d rather take the scientific method over snake oil.

sorry for all the comments, but i appreciate the discussion. you are definitely correct that only a few forms of “alternative health” are medication-based. but these are the potentially dangerous ones and i think it’s important to make the distinction since many people wrongfully believe any alternative is better (and drugs are the first thing they think of when it comes to health).

I think you should research the subject more.

See video, “nutrition vs. Conventional Medicine.”

One of my uncles uses around 20 different medications a day. He takes this because he believes that this will improve his health. He also claims that everybody around him including himself is diabetic.

I should probably talk to him some time about topics like this to try and take healthier and less costly routes to help him out.

Thanks for the video and keep up the good work!

This is all I know. When I took drugs and went to the doctor for all my health care I was ALWAYS sick. Since I have cleaned up my diet and taken a few choice supplements I am the most well I have ever been. My husband and children are the same. Really nasty bugs hit town and they bounce off us. Scientific proof or not I have fantastic health. Everything else has followed now in our lives.

Really? Read the book “The Hundred Year Lie”, put together by the investigative journalist Randall Fitzgerald. I think you’ll find it’s best to be informed before you speak, Dr Peter B.

You cannot link what a few people “that you know” have done to all of natural therapeutics. “Good Science” as you call it, is unbiased, and exploratory as well. To oppose this is “bad science” which tests things with an desired outcome in mind, and which is funded by corporations…
Good science is proving the efficacy of natural methods, diet, supplements, vitamins, movement therapies, etc. every day. Wake up! NIH funds research at some institutions now for natural medicine!

The next time you put cayenne on your food, unless your a woose, ask yourself how you feel…are you sweaty, does it make you hot, burn your tongue…it is the very action of herbs that makes them medicine.
Capsaicin Cream is made from cayenne peppers!
Try mint…cooling, helps digestion, makes your breath smell good
Aspirin is from the Willow Tree
But aspirin is a chemically altered version.
Both have salicylic acid in them, the active ingredient.
Snake Oil…pharmaceuticals can be too.