Once upon a time, our fellow markd@toad-net.com
  rambled on about "Naturopathy, a critical look at current status."
Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

Okay, the scientific community is a bunch of bigots more interested in
promoting job security for its cronies than in solving the mysteries
of health.  What is new here, Mr. Toad?

If it was an honest appraisal it would have been called--Naturopathy:
A Bigoted Appraisal
--
John Gohde,
  Feeling Great and Better than Ever!

Natural health is an eclectic self-care system of natural therapies
that builds and restores health by working with the natural
recuperative powers of the human body.
http://tutorials.naturalhealthperspective.com/definition.html

Mark's goal is to have outlawed all that he disagrees with.

I read the article. I've been reading Medscape for years.
I was underwhelmed by the article.