Alternative medicine isn't the problem – preaching it as fact like Barbara O'Neill is (Credit: iStock, Center Hocevar)
\n\nExtreme naturopath Barbara O'Neill is on an expanding arc of international medical and media bans. The absurdity of the situation however, is highlighted by the fact that she continues to make her way through lecture circuits in the rest of the world – the latest being in the UK – preaching her brand of wellness with no dip in conviction. Additionally, there are sizeable pockets of the world – India included – where her affirmative, set-in-stone approach to medical wellness is hailed as 'legendary'. So which perception is true?
\n\nFor starters, alternative medicine is less a one-size-fits-all approach than proper medical intervention. And in that sense, Barbara promoting dangerous and deeply unscientific takes such as cancer being a fungus curable with baking soda, discouraging chemotherapy and antibiotics as viable forms of treatment and pushing the narrative of vaccines causing autism and cot deaths are both the broad headlines as well as just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her wellness philosophy. Additional takes she has repeatedly perpetuated are advising against taking folic acid during pregnancy, feeding unpasteurised goat's milk…
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