It hurts, the butterfly effect

On March 7, Thierry Casasnovascantor of raw food whose Youtube channel has some 600,000 subscribers, was placed in police custody for ” illegal exercise of the profession of doctor “, ” abuse of weakness “, ” whitening ” et ” misleading business practices “. To these reasons were added, at the end of his police custody, the charges of ” breach of trust “, ” forgery and use of forgery “, ” illegal practice of pharmacy “, et ” misuse of corporate assets “. Placed under judicial review, he is prohibited from participating in or organizing courses or training related to health. The instruction following its course and the presumption of innocence applying to each citizen, there is no question of making a comment. Let’s just step aside to observe how this information is editorialized, understand what opinion on the subject is put forward. If Marianne or Nice-Matin speak of “youtubeur”, given the audience of his videos, if L’Express, Le Parisien and Le Point speak of “ raw food guru “, in view of the 600 referrals which makes him the star of reporting to the Miviludesothers like France Bleu, CNews or Le Monde qualify it, and it is more embarrassing, to naturopath.

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Admittedly, it is necessary to recognize for some the use of the qualifier ” self-proclaimed “, because that is what it is. Of one of those many patients who will have been able to observe the spectacular effects of alternative therapies on their own pathology. But rather than testifying only to their own case, their journey would have leads to self-proclaimed naturopath, without having followed either medical or naturopathic training, to sell training courses and to advertise themselves as sales representatives for particularly expensive juice extractors. A mixture of genres that discredits naturopathy a little more, even though it doesn’t need it. In many ways, naturopathy is not medicine. In this case, the personal excesses of doctors who nevertheless hit the headlines, never taint medicine. The paths taken by Casasnovas bring with them a discipline which, without controversy, is already despised by the authorities. Latest snub to date? The absence of the Syndicate of Naturopathic Professionals (SPN) at the National Conference on the fight against sectarian aberrations, despite his repeated requests to be able to attend. However, as a trade union organization, the SPN has the power to register reports and support victims. Prerogatives which do not seem sufficient to Miviludes to grant naturopathy any legitimacy.

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