After 20 years publishing NDNR’s Applied Naturopathic Medicine journal, I’ve watched “dangerous pseudoscience” become the standard of care.
You may remember we were called irresponsible for publishing IV nutrient protocols. Now there’s an IV drip bar on every corner in major cities.
Adaptogens were woo woo. Now they’re a $10 billion market.
Cold plunges and saunas were that weird thing naturopaths did. Today, Fortune 500 CEOs brag about their morning ice baths.
Our decades long publishing that the immune system was seated in the gut? Total quackery. Until the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine went to researchers studying intestinal immune responses.
And let’s talk about patient autonomy. God forbid a patient who eschews chemo be respectfully heard and compassionately respected. We took heat for even discussing it.
Now informed consent and shared decision-making are medical ethics requirements.
Or how about stress affecting physical health? We knew this as a profession for decades. Now it’s mapped out in excruciating neurochemical detail in Nature journals.
Here’s the pattern I’ve noticed: what naturopathic doctors do today, mainstream medicine “discovers” in 10-15 years.
So based on what’s crossing my desk right now, here’s what mainstream medicine will “discover” by 2035:
Chemo won’t be first-line treatment for many cancers.
Depression will be treated as an inflammatory condition, not a serotonin deficiency.
Autoimmune diseases will be recognized as reversible, not just manageable.
Lymphatics will be addressed clinically not just merely discussed intellectually.
The sympathetic/parasympathetic chain will be recognized as the master controller of chronic disease.
Pasteur will lose to Béchamp.
This is why our 20 years of case reports and clinical pearls at NDNR Applied Naturopathic Medicine have become a trusted resource for NDs, MDs, DOs, nurse practitioners, and tens of thousands of healthcare providers.
We document what works.
Before the RCTs catch up.
What treatment that’s “alternative” today do you think will be mainstream in 10 years?
Razi Ann Berry
Publisher