Britt Maria Hermes was a committed practitioner in America’s multi-billion-dollar complementary medicine industry. Then she found her clinic’s herbal treatment for cancer was potentially illegal – and overnight became a highly vocal scepticSometimes disillusionment creeps in one small letdown at a time. But for Britt Marie Hermes,the transition from alternative medicine practitioner to sceptic occurred over the course of a weekend.
After an unsettling discovery at the Arizona clinic where she worked four years ago, Hermes turned her back on everything she had believed in and set out to expose what she describes as the doubtful and unethical underbelly of her former profession. Hermes’ blog, or Naturopathic Diaries,has gained a huge following in the sceptic community. But it has also angered some proponents of alternative medicine: Hermes is being sued for defamation by an American naturopath called Colleen Huber, in a case that is due to be heard in a German court later this year. So enthusiastic is the sceptic community that within nine days an international fundraising campaign had raised $50000 (36000) to cover Hermes’ legal fees.
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Source: guardian.co.uk