Naturopathic medicine is currently the fastest growing segment of the alternative health movement but not everyone practicing this branch of “natural” medicine is qualified to do so. I like to group naturopaths according to their educational backgrounds because I believe that the quality of your naturopath’s education directly affects the quality of care you’ll receive. Naturopaths fall into one of three categories:Medically Trained PractitionersMedically trained naturopaths are mainstream phy.