NAET

NAET (Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique) is an alternative medicine technique described as a treatment for allergies. It was founded in 1976 by U.S. chiropractor and acupuncturist Devi S. Nambudripad. Her technique draws on applied kinesiology, reflexology, acupuncture, and radionics.cite news
title=Unorthodox Techniques for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergy, Asthma, and Immune Disorders
date=2007-11
publisher=Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
url =http://www.allergy.org.au/content/view/322/271/
accessdate = 2008-07-31 ] NAET has not been demonstrated to be effective for any medical condition, and lacks scientific rationale or physiological basis.cite news
title=Unorthodox Testing and Treatment for Allergic Disorders
date=2007-01
publisher=Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
url =http://www.allergy.org.au/content/view/262/1/
accessdate = 2008-07-31 ]

NAET is largely regarded by the medical community as unscientific, with placebo effects at best. One recent review of complementary allergy testscite journal
author=Morris, A.
title=COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE ALLERGY TESTS
journal=Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology
year=2006
volume=19
issue=1] writes that "NAET has to be the most unsubstantiated allergy treatment proposed to date.", another concludes that "there have been no studies supporting the use of these techniques, and several have refuted their utility."cite journal
author=Teuber, Suzanne S.; Porch-Curren, Cristina
title=Unproved diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to food allergy and intolerance.
journal=Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
volume=3
issue=3
pages=217–221
year=2003
doi=10.1097/00130832-200306000-00011]

Dr. Stephen Barrett, after an examination of the technique and Nambudripad’s credentials, writes that:

:NAET clashes with the concepts of anatomy, physiology, pathology, physics, and allergy accepted by the scientific community. The story of its “discovery” is highly implausible. Its core diagnostic approach – muscle testing for “allergies” – is senseless and is virtually certain to diagnose nonexistent problems. Its recommendations for dietary restrictions based on nonexistent food allergies are likely to place the patient at great risk for nutrient deficiency, and, in the case of children, at risk for social problems and the development of eating disorders. I believe that practitioners who use NAET have such poor judgment that they should not be permitted to remain licensed. If you encounter a practitioner who relies on the strategies described in this article, please ask the state attorney general to investigate.cite web
title=Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET)
author=Stephen Barrett, M.D.
url=http://www.chirobase.org/06DD/naet.html
publisher=Chirobase.org]

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