On January 2, 2017,
on her Body Talk show, Dr. Kathleen
Kozak showed again why she is a perfect fit for the Post-Truth Era. Like Donald
Trump, she simply ignores the facts. For some reason this
episode has not been posted on Hawaii Public Radio’s website, so I cannot
listen to it again and get some details that I missed. For example, I don’t
know the name of her guest, but he is yet another naturopath. He said he is
the head (Chairman? President?) of the Hawaii Society of Naturopathic Medicine,
but this organization’s website does not provide his name.
Kozak spent the first
ten minutes or so hyping his expertise, the professional equivalence of
naturopaths and medical doctors, and the “extremely high intensity” of his
training. She repeatedly praised these legalized quacks for their leadership in
the use of supposedly nontoxic therapies such as herbal drugs. An example is
the use of rauwolfia for hypertension. But, in fact, rauwolfia is a horrible
drug and far more toxic than most commonly used hypertension drugs such as
diuretics, ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers. It has been linked to severe
depression, Parkinson's-like disorders, kidney problems, stomach problems and other maladies.
Kozak also praised
naturopaths and her guest for emphasizing prevention over treatment. “You guys
led the way” in preventive medicine, she marveled. This is simply Orwellian.
Black is white. False is true. Bad is good. In fact, naturopaths have
vigorously opposed most of the important preventive medicines ever devised by
science, including immunization by vaccination. If they had had their way,
pandemics of deadly diseases would have swept the globe on a regular basis and
killed millions.
Naturopaths have also
opposed most of the effective treatments developed by modern scientific
medicine such as antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS. Magic Johnson and millions
of others would be dead now if they listened to these lying quacks.
Kozak and her guest
discussed an electronic device called Resperate for the treatment of
hypertension. Using it promotes slow, deep breathing, which supposedly reduces
stress and lowers blood pressure. Kozak said that the Mayo Clinic endorses it
as an effective treatment for hypertension. But in fact, Mayo’s website entry
on the device says, “Current research on Resperate hasn’t shown clear evidence
of its benefit.” She flat-out lied. Again. She simply cannot be trusted to tell
her listeners the truth.
Kozak’s guest said
his specialty is naturopathic oncology, which may as well be astrological
oncology. It is a cornucopia of quack treatments that have never been shown
effective for cancer or anything else. These include chelation, applied
kinesiology, UV blood irradiation, “organ repositioning” (an impossibility without severe trauma),
megavitamins, Reiki (a form of Eastern faith healing), acupuncture and, of
course, homeopathy. Kozak will never tell her listeners the truth about these worthless methods.
As I have said before, Kozak is clearly NAV-positive (infected with the New Age virus), a mental disorder in which the critical-thinking areas of the brain have been severely damaged so the victim is incapable of distinguishing the true from the false. She has swallowed whole the re-branding of quackery as "integrative medicine," not understanding that apple pie cannot be improved by mixing in cow pie (bullshit).
If you are curious
about these treatments, rather than listening to Kozak’s show visit
www.sciencebasedmedicine.org and www.quackwatch.com. The truth could save your life. Kozak’s
lies could kill you.
