One of the things WordPress told me was that “If [Maloney] is a doctor you cannot say or infer he is not.” Well, looksie here.
2. Title. A licensee must use the title “naturopathic doctor.” Naturopathic doctors have the exclusive right to the use of the terms “naturopathic doctor,” “naturopathic,” “naturopath,” “doctor of naturopathic medicine,” “doctor of naturopathy,” “naturopathic medicine,” “naturopathic health care,” “naturopathy” and the recognized abbreviation “N.D.” Use of the title “physician” by the licensee is prohibited.
According to this, naturopaths cannot refer to themselves as doctors. If one says otherwise, he is breaking the law. So the statement “A naturopath is not a doctor” is true because a naturopath is only a “naturopathic doctor” or any one of the above combinations.
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For the Sake of Science 
Agreed. You cannot ignore naturopathic when selling your woo.
Worried about H1N1? HAVE SOME BLUEBERRIES!
Naturopathy is a sham
Admittedly they do have a few things that work , like lemon juice as a contraceptive (not very effective one, it acts as a spermicide), but as a whole its snake oil in pill bottles.
Naturopaths are not doctors.
“Use of the title “physician” by the licensee is prohibited.” Case closed.
Of course they are not doctors… The most fitting title is Quack. (Although if I were a duck I would sue).
I wonder what the AMA thinks. They have a bit of a closed site, and aren’t truly stepping up in public on this type of thing.
But
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/03/27/prsb0327.htm
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Naturopathy/naturopathy.html
The Nutter o pathetic “pretend” doctor Baloney has tried to take on Steve Novella on his blog over at Neurologica… And failed dismally!!
Lemon juice as a contraceptive? Ouch. I’m sure using that would keep me from wanting to have sex therefore making it extremely effective…
Haha