So my wife has a degree in naturopathic medicine. From Bastyr. Her cohort are the evidence-based naturopathic doctors from Bastyr, who all have no idea what this woman is talking about. Let's look at the structure of the rant:

1) People ask me why I left naturopathic medicine. Fine. Continue.

2) Here's my application statement of purpose. Alright.

3) Germans don't understand naturopathic medicine. False. Historically speaking Germany has a much higher penetration of homeopathy and herbal medicine than the United States and are also much more likely to participate in sham injections. Homeopathy is a German invention and Boiron is French.

(This is also a good place to point out that the author applied to grad school in Germany in October 2014, 5 months ago... at this point she has exactly as much training in biochemistry as my wife)

4) Mea Culpa and slander. Bastyr does teach homeopathy. My wife was required to take two quarters. It's far and away the most controversial aspect of the curriculum and every year, the old-school practitioners (who are unlicensed or grandfathered in) and the licensed practitioners (who take medical boards) argue about whether or not homeopathy is damaging to the profession. Theres a bright wall separating modalities and nobody at any accredited naturopathic university (and yes they are accredited) teaches that homeopathic medicine abides by the scientific method.

5) My pediatric residency program was BS because we didn't publish negative results. Probably so. Contrary to the author's claims, residencies are not accredited because there aren't enough sites. research on phytotherapy for insomnia isn't exactly lacking. Painting the whole of naturopathic medicine with one negative result sure ain't scientifically rigorous.

6) There are all sorts of crazy fringe medical practitioners in Arizona. Yep. All over the world, in fact. This is why you license medical practitioners of all kinds, hold them medically accountable and establish a reasonable body of knowledge. Check this out:

7) "In the time since denouncing naturopathic medicine, I taught immunology and dermatology which sparked an interest in further understanding the pathophysiology of a disease I struggle with, plaque-forming psoriasis." Training she earned at BASTYR. Which, if it was all a sham, would make her teaching a sham. Arizona is a licensed state, by the way, which means she was required to pass medical boards in order to practice.

8) "Although well studied, some essential physiognomies of the ligand-dependent transcription factor aryl hydrocarbon receptor remain mysterious.1 The full three-dimensional structure of the receptor and its conformational changes upon ligand binding are still not fully known in humans, even though a murine model exists." At which point my wife says "If I can understand everything she says what exactly is the problem?"

Great. She doesn't like to practice. Great. She doesn't like pseudoscience. Great. She's found her new passion. But she hasn't invalidated anything about naturopathic medicine. Mostly what she's done is grabbed headlines so that people who love to hate on anything "alternative" without any basis of understanding can share it with each other.