Dr. Taz is on a mission “to transform the way we do medicine and empower and equip you with the best tools so you can live your healthiest life.”
While that sounds very nice, it doesn’t take too long to figure out that she seems like every other anti-vaccine quack we run across these days.
Who Is Dr. Taz?
Dr. Tasneem Bhatia MD (Dr. Taz) describes herself as a nationally recognized “wellness expert” who became a “pioneer and trailblazer” after overcoming her own personal health problems.
With multiple office locations and membership packages, Dr. Taz is pleased to offer many non-evidenced based services for you and your child, and she will even file your claim forms from your insurance company, although, as expected, she doesn’t actually participate in any insurance plans.
What about vaccines?
“My journey in medicine began with pediatrics, so I am well aware of the importance of vaccines and the incredible history and success of vaccination programs in reducing infant and child mortality.
Yet as my journey continues, I have had to listen to patient after patient describe a change or a shifting in their children once vaccines were administered. I experienced this as a parent. I will never forget the day that my son received a combination vaccine. Within 24 hrs., his mild reflux became severe, his weight gain over the next few months slowed and we continue to play catch up, trying to analyze our next steps. My son, however, is not autistic. He is brilliant, hilarious, and an absolute charmer.
My patients and my own children have forced me to rethink this vaccine controversy.”
Dr. Taz on Back to School Survival Series Part Two, The Vaccine Debate Continues
Of course, there is no vaccine controversy, except the one that folks like Dr. Taz have created. Like many other vaccine-friendly pediatricians, anecdotes became evidence and quickly overcame years of learning.
And shame on Dr. Taz for implying that autistic kids are not brilliant, hilarious and charmers!
That’s the vaccine controversy. Continuing to push the idea that autistic kids are vaccine damaged and not understanding the simple concept that correlation doesn’t imply causation.
“Red flags for parents that may justify an alternative schedule include”
Dr. Taz on Back to School Survival Series Part Two, The Vaccine Debate Continues
While there are true contraindications to getting vaccinated, she doesn’t list any of them, instead pushing anti-vaccine talking points about skipping or delaying vaccines if your child has reflux, colic, or delayed milestones, etc.
But there’s more.
During a visit with Dr. Taz, you can also get your child:
- a Zyto scan
- Meridian testing
- a brain boost evaluation
- sports optimization testing
And parents can get a detox screen “which will directly correlate with your child’s early ability to detox and process chemicals.” That’s probably just MTHFR testing, which you don’t need and which doesn’t correlate with much of anything, besides homocystinuria.
Dr. Taz also offers:
- acupuncture and Chinese medicine
- aromatherapy
- Ayurveda (Indian medicine)
- energy healing
- essential oils
- craniosacral therapy (osteopathy)
- homeopathy
- IV therapy
Now, I understand that these types of holistic docs push the idea of “pulling from conventional, integrative, holistic, functional and Chinese medicine to create the best customized treatment plans possible,” but if any of these alternative therapies worked, whether it was acupuncture or Ayurveda, or homeopathy, then why do they need to integrate them all?
So what services does Dr. Bhatia offer to bring her patients to “whole health”? It’s a veritable cornucopia of quackery. Homeopathy? Check. Acupuncture? Check. (Obviously.) IV vitamin therapy? Check. Oh, and of course Dr. Bhatia offers thermograms. She even offers mobile thermograms. Never mind that thermography remains an unvalidated test for the early detection of breast cancer, much less for all the other conditions for which Dr. Bhatia recommends it, such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, back injuries, digestive disorders, “and more…”
A commercial for acupuncture masquerading as news
And how does someone go from teaching medical students and residents at Emory University to being one of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop experts, along with Kelly Brogan?
Or from saying vaccines are safe and necessary and that parents shouldn’t expose their kids at chicken pox parties to a few years later saying that we shouldn’t judge Kristin Cavallari because we need more vaccine research.
What motivates these folks?
What to Know About Dr. Taz Bhatia
Dr. Taz promotes herself as an integrative medicine expert who pushes many unproven treatments and has alternative and dangerous views about vaccines and autistic kids.
More on Dr. Taz Bhatia
- In Goop Health: An even quackier quackfest of dangerous misinformation than expected
- In GOOP Health: Wellness Panem style
- A commercial for acupuncture masquerading as news
- ZYTO Scanning: Another Test to Avoid
- ZYTO: An Electrodermal Diagnostic Device Is Tested and Fails Miserably
- FDA – Warning Letters > ZYTO Technologies, Inc.
- Essential oils: When shady marketing and quackery meet
- Infant dies after craniosacral “therapy”
- Alas poor Craniosacral. A SCAM of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
- Ayurvedic medicines may be poisoning you. Literally.
- Interview with Dr. Paul Offit at NECSS 2014
- Here’s How the Anti-Vaccination Movement Hurts Autistic People
- I’m Autistic, And Believe Me, It’s A Lot Better Than Measles
- Truth and Consequences – The Anti-Vaccination Movement Exacts a Price
- Busting Anti-Vaccine Myths While Supporting Autistic People
- Vaccine Advocates: Don’t Discriminate Against My Autistic Son
- Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism, But That’s Not The Point. Stop Being Ableist.
Last Updated on April 6, 2024