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After being criticized by people living with ALS, Dayan Goodenowe, with Dr. Goodenowe Restorative Health Centre in Moose Jaw, feels that some of the condemnations “blindsided” him.
“It’s so my perspective to think there’s other motives at play,” he said. “I think someone else will have to investigate that.”
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Goodenowe’s clinic was criticized by people living with ALS, the ALS Society of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan NDP in June.
ALS is a degenerative disease which slowly steals a person’s ability to move, ending in death.
Terry Loustel was diagnosed with ALS in 2022. He said the clinic was giving people living with the disease “false hope.”
The Saskatchewan NDP has called for the provincial government to investigate the clinic.
The ALS Society of Saskatchewan said that the clinic was offering people a cure for ALS, with no proof.
“Clearly, the ALS society was trying to find funding from the government, and I think (it) maybe would partner with the NDP to try to pressure the current government into providing them funding,” Goodenowe said.
Goodenowe does not have any clinical trials published to prove his treatment works, but said it could be published at “the end of next year, if not earlier, we’ll actually have peer-reviewed publications on our program.”
“It can take years to generate research data before you get a publication on it,” he said. “This clinical trial research is being done right now. It’s called a case series, so it’s very legitimate research.”
He said he has published some of his research at conferences where he has done presentations.
Goodenowe said he is offering a free treatment program for Saskatchewan residents living with ALS.
“It’s not about money anymore,” he said. “It’s about helping each other. I’ll take care of the money.”
The ALS Society declined to comment for this story.
Goodenowe said he was moving forward with some free treatment options in part because of comments made criticizing his clinic.
“Money always changes people, they always get weirded out about it,” he said. “Let’s just remove the money situation, and let’s just come together as a community without any distractions and any there’s no barriers now.”
The clinic offers nutritional and metabolic supplements, which it claims will “reset core biochemical systems” and fix “C” deficiencies, which it says contribute to chronic diseases.
Dayan Goodenowe is not listed as a doctor with the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons, but said he has a PhD in neuroscience.
There is a disclaimer listed at the bottom of the centre’s website saying it’s not a medical facility and the services provided are “for educational and research purposes only and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition.”
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