Hello everyone
I just wanted to say that I have had ideas of studying naturopathy for many years. My interest lies mainly in a natural, dietary approach, such as that put forth by the natural hygiene folk. I would ideally like to study natural hygiene but it is not yet accredited or well known. I would like to become a naturopath and use the qualification to bring health to people by utilizing raw principles/principles of natural hygiene - tricky devil I am.
I told my chiropractor yesterday that I intend to study naturopathy this year and he was very against the idea, saying there is a surplus of naturopaths who don't know anything. He said that unlike chiropractic, naturopaths have no 'mentor', whatever that means, and suggested that I study something 'more medical' such as accupuncture. I felt a little deflated  but lost some respect for him after his comments. I was kind of excited to tell him of my plan.
Now I am wondering what to do. I suspect that there are good and bad naturopaths, like in any profession, and that his opinion was biased.
If anyone has good advice I will listen. A degree in nutrition sounds more 'medical' but I don't want to eat bread, milk, meat etc and I simply couldn't endure a course so replete with ignorance and out-of-date information. sorry about this long post

Music is always a welcome topic for me. It is one of my favourite things...but I am not a 'band-goer' just someone who has a history of music appreciation  - piano/keyboards and some composition. I really felt like some music this arvo after being in the Bris CBD/park playgrounds all morning so my 3 year old boy, Saasha, agreed that some 'boom boom' music would be the go. So,we are listening to a Chicane CD right now and drinking a pint of carrot juice. They go very well together. Mainly I like trance because the harmonies and repetition kind of 'meditate me' but I love a lot of classical also. I don't know anyone else who listens to classical but I am sure they do exist. And balmy Brissy weekends would not be complete without chill-out style CDs to relax to. Incidentally, Steve Arlin states in his book about body building on a raw food diet (RAW POWER), that he prefers heavy metal. I never would have thought the two would go together and was suprised to read that - There, I made my reply about raw foods after all.