‘CONYBIO’ at http://ephesians-511.net/docs/CONYBIO.doc. [see also page 54, 126-128] -Michael
[MRET®, MRET Water Activator, BIOPRO, i-H2O™] Get me a Smirnov!
On the theory that the more-scientific-sounding the moniker, the more it will impress those who are unschooled in science, this outfit brings you a "Magnetic Resonance" technology dubbed MRET Water Activator http://www.mretactivatedwater.com/ based on what I consider a "junk" U.S. Patent. While this machine sits quietly on your kitchen counter, a "subtle low frequency electromagnetic field is imprinted into the water. It closely resembles the natural geomagnetic field found near the healing water springs. .. MRET Water acts as a communication medium among the cells. It transmits pre-recorded molecular activity messages to biological
systems."
This is essentially the same misleading nonsense that is flogged by the "cluster-quackery" sites, and like these, they claim that it "hydrates" the body better than ordinary water, slows aging, "detoxifies" the body, etc. etc. To further impress the rubes, they offer several pages of "scientific research" references that anyone who knows scientific literature would regard as junk — incomplete and unverifiable references to dubious journals, similarly unverifiable lists of institutions that have supposedly been involved, etc. Especially egregious is the reference to an absurd article suggesting that MRET water might benefit patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
How does the finished water differ from ordinary pure water? The answer (found on an earlier Web page) would make anyone who has completed a high school chemistry course howl with laughter:
"[This] water has higher molecular energy, faster vibrational frequencies and more intensive vibrational waves. During the ... activation process, the configuration of the water molecules makes the hydrogen-bonding structure stronger.
Although the shape of the molecules has changed, the basic structure remains the same."
The key component of this machine is purportedly a "specially designed polymer light emitting diode that flashes at a specific pulse rate with a frequency that is similar to the earth's magnetic frequency. This Earth's geo-magnetic frequency is an important factor in the sustenance of all life forms."
The genius behind this classic snake oil is apparently one Igor Smirnov— the same one, I presume, who is into equally goofy mind control schemes as profiled here. According to this abstract, Smirnov published an article entitled "Activated Water" in the Electronic Journal of Biotechnology (an obscure Chilean journal). I have been unable to find any trace of this article in the cited issue (Vol 6, 2003-2), but a PDF version of the alleged article is available.
i-H2O™ is a similarly nutty product offered by a Canadian MLM promoter:
"The essence of i-H2O™ lays in its combination of two cutting-edge technologies: the proprietary, patented couples the special polymeric composition of MRET® and the subtle energy imprinting of ERT™. A combination of magnets and an LED (Light Emitting Diode) excites the patented MRET® polymer, emitting a highly effective noise-field. The low frequency oscillations activate and change the water or liquids molecular structure into a highly intelligent, bio-available water or liquid. Coupled with BIOPRO’s proprietary ERT™ (Energy Resonance Technology), which imprints a vital subtle energy signature into the water, i-H2O™ truly represents a major scientific breakthrough in water technology. "MRET® and BIOPRO’s proprietary ERT™. The process utilizes a one-of-a-kind dual action that synergistically…"
Photonic Ionization
This term is used to describe a process developed by a gentleman who [falsely] claims that if fluids of specific chemical compositions, flowing through transparent conduits, were exposed to electromagnetic (photonic)
fields of specific field strengths, wavelengths, pulse widths, amplitudes and frequencies, their molecules could be substantially modified and separated out of solution. The primary application is supposedly water desalination, but the inventor suggests that this process can be used to produce a variety of altered
beverage products, including types suitable for therapy, anti-oxidants, super-oxygenated, herbal, purgative, deacidifying and carbonated/non-carbonated applications.
Comment: "Photonic ionization", needless to say, is complete nonsense. I have been unable to find primary references to this process on the Web. Most references to the process seem to point to "money shows" in which fund managers are invited to steer investors into great-sounding schemes. The company behind this was de-listed from the notorious OTC exchange in 2000.
[DNR Light-Energized Products, Bio-Photon Analyzer] Water-borne light-wave energy (weird!)
Here's a company http://www.dnrsite.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=INTRO that peddles a series of waters containing minerals which "are used to hold and carry electrically charged light-energy signals to areas of the body of animals and humans. Once the minerals have been fractionated to smaller components, they can be encoded with non-visible light waves. Different combinations of light waves are used in each formulation. Each product is coded to trigger specific responses according to the goals of a particular formulation" by means of "very subtle light wave energies that are obtained from nature."
They go on to explain that "the entire body runs on light wave energies and senses their transmitted signals.
If the signals are accurate and potent enough, the body responds favorably." In a bid to the believers in chiropractic, they offer a series of 26 formulations their snake oil, each carefully tuned to one of the "26 vertebrae and the ailments" purported to be associated with them.
I won't even try to debunk this fraudulent nonsense, since anyone who is credulous enough to take it seriously is likely too insulated from reason to even listen to rational argument.
Analyze your own Bio-Photons!
For only US $1850, you can get your own Bio-Photon Analyzer http://www.quantumbalancing.com/ that will, among other things, "make remedies, clone energies and homeopathics, and make antidotes."
Note: Biophoton emission, as used in the scientific literature, refers to extremely weak chemiluminescence from living systems. See, for example, An introduction to human biophoton emission or this Wikipedia article.
It didn't take the hucksters and scammers very long to latch onto the use of the term to separate suckers from their dollars by flogging worthless "analyzers".
[Wellness Filter®, LivingWater™, Taicho Stone, Bakuhan, Adya, Biotite] Various mysterious minerals
Bringing water into contact with various solids (usually exotic, or exotically-named "minerals" is an old story in shamanistic and holistic healing.
http://web.archive.org/web/20020311025954/www.wellnessfilter.com.au/Background/Background.htm, a former Australian site describes a "filter" that employs several such substances:
Taicho Stone "emits a natural energy which decomposes, detoxifies and inactivates harmful bacteria and viruses.
Water passed over Taicho stone also becomes 'bio-static', meaning it will suppress, for up to 10 days, the growth of bacteria, fungi and algae."
One should always be suspicious when hucksters mention "natural energies" with magical powers. If Taicho Stone is potent enough to do this, I don't think I would want to risk having it anywhere near my drinking water!
The ceramic media is a proprietary manufactured silica-based material that irradiates in the far infrared spectrum. In the presence of water, it produces a short-lived reduced ion in the water, which has been shown to behave much like traditional antioxidants, i.e., it neutralizes free radicals on contact.
"Far-infrared" is another concept flogged to suckers who are assumed not to know that this radiation is 1) far too weak to have any lasting physical or chemical effect on anything, and 2) is emitted by all objects above the absolute zero of temperature.
Bakuhan is a volcanic mineral that increases the natural alkalinity of water, increases the dissolved oxygen content of the water and as it becomes conditioned in the presence of water, reduces the water's surface tension.
I couldn't find enough information to evaluate this one. One wonders where the increased oxygen is
supposed to come from (I cannot think of any igneous mineral that would have this effect.) Also, there is no obvious reason why reduced surface tension is desirable in drinking water.
A similar site http://www.wellness.com.au/Admin/LogViewer/tabid/50/ctl/Login/Default.aspx?returnurl=%2fDefault.aspx
%3ftabid%3d50 touts some of these same minerals as cure-alls and re-creations of [fictional] "Hunza" waters.
Then there is the Adya outfit http://www.adyawater.com/awaken.htm that flogs biotite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotite and humic (see below) products that they claim (falsely, in my opinion) to provide mineral ions with enhanced bio-availability to those found in any balanced diet.
[Ångstrom Germanium] Angstrom mineral mumbo-jumbo
The various mineral elements essential for our bodies are readily available in any balanced diet. For a relatively small number of people, special supplements may be indicated. Of course, the alternative-health-quackery industry does its best to convince everyone that they need more, and thousands of such [generally worthless] products are on the market. But in my opinion, the most egregious marketers of mineral
misinformation are the hawkers of so-called Angstrom minerals. [typical site
http://www.angstrom-mineral.com/] The name comes from a unit of length known as the Ångstrom; 1Å = 100 pm = 10–10 m, and is intended to imply that these minerals are so finely divided that they are more readily taken up by the body.
This is deceptive nonsense; minerals are absorbed in the form of dissolved ions by channels in the intestinal wall that are exquisitely adapted for this purpose. Many of the vendors of these nostrums make the absurd claim that "our minerals are a million times smaller than colloidal particles." Given that the upper range of colloidal side is about 200 nm, this would make these mineral wonders only 0.1 nm in size — smaller than that of hydrogen (31 pm), the smallest atom!
The dumbest promotions I have seen flog "Angstrom Germanium"[see here
http://www.phpure.com/nutrition_products/germanium.htm and here http://www.angstrom-mineral.com/ ] — an element with no known biological function to which they attribute numerous imaginary functions
(including, of course anti-cancer properties). Don't fall for this deceptive garbage!
[IonLife] Tourmaline tonic
"Tourmaline"* has recently been the favorite buzzword for the marketers of all sorts of dubious products, including water filters. "Tourmaline NATURALLY emits far infrared energy" [link
http://www.ionizers.org/microlite.html] — but so does all matter at temperatures above absolute zero!
This site http://www.ionizers.org/tourmaline.html is typical of the breathless bunk being circulated about the magical nature of this mineral. *see page 6
The facts: Tourmaline refers to a group of minerals (see this Wikipedia article) which, like many others such as quartz, possess some interesting electrical properties: squeezing them or subjecting them to heat
produces an electrical potential difference between the two sides of a crystal. (These properties are respectively known as piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity.) The latter effect causes tourmaline crystals in display cases to attract dust particles to themselves. In 1993 a Japanese group published an article suggesting that exposure of cells to tourmaline crystals causes possibly-beneficial changes to human leukocytes. But the fact that they attribute these effects in part to "far-infrared radiation" makes one wonder about their scientific competence. As far as I am aware, there is no credible evidence that tourmaline products offer any health benefit.
[Crystal-Ki, Vogel Crystal] Quartz crystal quackery
This product http://www.crystal-ki.com/crystal/HTML/crystalhome.html appears to be a glorified water filter based on the magic of quartz crystals. It combines nonsense about water clusters, crystal magic, chakras and auras. The "energized" quartz crystals possess "piezoelectric natural energy exponentially enhanced to have a stronger energy level". Their "proof" consists of a lot of meaningless SEM photos. The product claims (falsely, in my opinion) to soften water.
The basis for this rubbish seems to be the "inventions" of one Marcel Vogel Marcel Vogel, described as "a former IBM scientist" who is quoted as stating that "A crystal is an assemblage of molecules that form a unit cell, a consciousness, a soul. It takes your program and draws to itself the replication of its image." Elsewhere, it is stated that "if you turn water around a charged Vogel Crystal, the moving body of water will pick up the field from the crystal, through resonant interaction, and the charge transferred will structure the water. Another discovery was that when a quartz crystal is left in water, it changes the pH balance and had fewer impurities. The results were testimony of better tasting water. Plants have also been known to grow faster with crystal in the potting soil."
Shungite
Shungite is a recent addition to the list of magical minerals that is supposed to protect you from everything...
except from the hucksters who flog shungite key fobs and similar geegaws http://www.store.shungite.com/
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that purport to enclose you in a virtual protective dome — great for those who see electromagnetic threats from every direction and have felt threatened ever since leaving their mother's womb:
"it eliminates and absorbs all that imposes a hazard on people and living beings, but it concentrates and restores all that is helpful for a human being. Shungite shields electromagnetic radiation of high and ultrahigh frequency. The scientists who have investigated the shungite declare unanimously, it is a miracle!"
As if that were not enough, it cures whatever-ails-you:
"headaches, stomachaches pain, spots on skin, aches in a back and others. Shungite pyramid is a shield for hazardous radiation. The scientific investigations of trustworthy scientists showed that pathogenic and electromagnetic radiation causes heart diseases and up to 60% cancer diseases. They are able to protect people from negative influence, is a guard against the "evil eye", that is against alien negative power-information field, which leads to sudden deterioration of human health for no obvious reason." [link]
[And for those who are tormented by "alien negative power-information fields", it's probably cheaper than a psychiatrist!]
Shungite is a rare carbon mineral closely related to anthracite coal. As such, it probably contains the usual assortment of carbonaceous muck, but also some fullerenes ("buckyballs") — presently the only known natural source of these interesting compounds. Some components leach out on contact with water, and some people are foolish enough to drink this stuff. There is of course no credible evidence for any of this hype.
The Russian Orthodox Church is reported have joined the shungite scam by selling cellphone protector stickers,
Russian church sells miracle stickers http://mosnews.com/weird/2009/06/23/miraclestickers/
The Russian Orthodox Church has started to sell stickers that, when put on a mobile phone, will miraculously protect its owner from hazardous electromagnetic waves.
For 170 rubles, or just $5.5, anyone can purchase the sticker at so-called “church shops” in the Novgorod Region, where they are sold among accessories like crosses, prayer books and candles, Komsomolskaya Pravda daily writes Tuesday.
The round stickers are decorated with images of famous Russian churches and monasteries – such as Christ the Savior or the Trinity Laura. They are extremely popular with customers.
According to Svetlana Kokhan, who managers the protective stickers project, the stickers are a patented development of the Russian Academy of Sciences. They are made of a mineral called shungite, known for its healing characteristics.
“We have to print a new batch every month,” Svetlana says.
“The interest in our production is enormous – today you keep hearing how cellular phones and computers are bad for your health.” To increase the technical healing effect, all stickers are blessed by a priest. END
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SHUNGITE - THE STONE OF LIFEShungite is an ecological natural mineral, because of its healing and antibacterial properties, it has been named “The Stone of Life”. The Karelia region of Russia lays the largest deposit of “Shungite” in the entire world. The first Russian resort “Marsial Waters” located in the Karelia area used the waters running through the Shungite to heal various illnesses such as; heart disease, allergies, skin diseases, genecology, arthritis, etc.
This presents a unique opportunity to make a mini-spa in your home right now. You just place some Shungite in some water and the water will become purified and charged with energy, and biologically rich.
The scientists of the Russian and Swiss academies have investigated the healing properties of Shungite, and with proven positive results. They also determined that Shungite is a good shielding device for
electromagnetic radiation, and produces a good influence on the body in general.
Shungite can help everyone feel healthy, and youthful, and remain active for many years. END [Sicon Aqua Activator] Sicon silliness
The makers of another device http://www.siconaqua.com/ aim their pitch at the subset of science-ignorant suckers who are into crystal-power and chakras. The asking price of around $200 can be regarded as a kind of a tax on stupidity. Here is a summary of some of their promotional bunk— much of which is typical of what will be found at similar huckster sites:
The bunk In the course of its treatment and its transport in water supply pipes, our drinking water has largely lost the energetic information necessary for a healthy life. A piping length of 240 feet (80 meters) is sufficient to transform healthy spring water to 'dead' water. This affects almost every household.
The science This "energetic information" has never been detected, or even defined. This is all erroneous nonsense.
The bunk Water is changeable; it is able to absorb, transfer and release information in its structure. Therefore, even after physical purification, water still often carries unhealthy electromagnetic frequencies from poisonous substances.
The science Water is unable to retain "information" in its structure because the structure is continually changing at a rate of about a million million times per second. Similarly, the reference to "unhealthy electromagnetic frequencies" is pure bunk.
The bunk Minerals carry in their crystal structure unchangeable information from their geological genesis. These ancient frequencies are able to erase and transform negative patterns in the water. As tests have shown, the structure of water revitalized with the Sicon Aqua Activator resembles that of natural spring water. Organisms which come into contact with activated water are revitalized with beneficial and regulating impulses.
The science There are no "frequencies" (ancient or otherwise) in mineral crystals. And of course the Sicon people offer no credible supporting evidence for their claims about the structure of their "revitalized" water and its effect on organisms.
The bunk ... contains quartz crystals charged with information to support the homeostasis of the human organism.
This information includes the resonance numbers of all important meridians of the human body... Activated water especially stabilizes the crown and heart chakras.
The science OK, so they stick a piece of quartz in their device. So what? Since when does a crystal of SiO2 molecules have anything to do with the concept of homeostasis, which is a well understood aspect of physiology? Well, people who are stupid enough to believe in body meridians and chakras will probably fall for this nutty nonsense!
The bunk Health practitioners using bio-feedback, reflex zone analysis or electro-acupuncture or people familiar with radiesthesia (pendulum, divining rod...) can immediately measure and verify the positive effect of Sicon Aqua activated water on the human body.
The science It's remarkable that these benefits of "ionized water" can be detected only through the use of weird instruments and methods that are known only to quackery crowd and have no place in scientific
The science It's remarkable that these benefits of "ionized water" can be detected only through the use of weird instruments and methods that are known only to quackery crowd and have no place in scientific