“Have you ever considered this simple question: Are you
clean inside?” asks Heather Johnstone. The reason she asks is because she has
convinced herself that colon cleansing is the magical way to avoid disease, and
now she wants to convince you.
The fact that the idea is really ridiculous an so far away from any
evidence-based advice is less important when Johnstone applies her powers of
intuition and lack of basic insight into how the body actually works. Instead,
for Johnstone it’s all about the toxins,
and she claims – just as well, I suppose – that unclean bowels may be the cause
of every chronic disease there is.
To promote her woo, Johnstone runs the website drnatura.com (yes, you
guessed it; it is all about “what’s natural”).
As for herself, she presents herself as “Heather Johnstone, PhD” (in fact, she
presents herself as “PhD RN BC APN AMP-C RYT at 500 hour level”). Of course,
her “PhD” is a “PhD in Metaphysics” from the American Institute of HolisticTheology.
It is probably unnecessary to say that this is an unaccredited institution. She
also claims to be enrolled in Homeopathy and Naturopathy Programs at Greg Lawton’s Blue Heron Academy. It is probably unnecessary to
state that the accreditation level of said institution is approximately that of
your average spam.
Diagnosis: Woo. As pure, shining, and idiotic as it comes.
In fact, it is very likely that colon cleansings are not only not beneficial to
you, but possibly harmful, so Johnstone’s threat to civilization should not be
completely dismissed.
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