... and if you act now and buy two, you can click them together and become Wonder Woman!

I see the West's history of "charlatans" isn't quite dead yet. There's also those necklace thingies seen on so many baseball players, too. Sports performance is so much in the mind that, if you truly, TRULY believe such things will help, they probably WILL!

I'll take the Power Ranger Blue.

Here's the "demonstration" you probably took and why it appeared to work at all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGNlSIb_3Ys

It's a scam.

I agree ... looks like a scam and feels like a scam. But at the same time, what about the power of placebo? If you "think" they make you better, and then you ski/ride better -- worth the price or not?
I can't fault people for saying yes ... but I personally still haven't bought one.

Julie

So the more ignorant I am, the more I benefit from these scams/placebos. Damn my education!

Mine says Save the Frogs instead of Bionic Band. Will it still work? I think so YES.

Ollie, I don't think placebos = lack of education/intelligence. But once you know it's all in your mind, the superman powers of the placebo vanishes, that's for sure.

Hey, I heard from the Bionic band company today who sent me this PDF study of a double-blind test. http://www.partband.com/PDF/PWS_Brownian_Motor_Theory_with_test.pdf

In a quick search, I couldn't find evidence that the results of this study, done with 10 people, was ever published in a scientific/medical journal. But it's the "closest thing" to scientific evidence I could uncover about energy bands at all.

My skepticism is still showing.

Julie

Wearable hollow what?
What is this proton alignment resonance? Is it going to realign my protons and turn me into a turtle or some other mutant super hero?
If they're going to sell it as holographic you'd think they'd at least put a hologram on it like on the ski goggles.

"Traditional science" (as opposed to non-traditional science?!) is founded on "open-minded inquiry". Skepticism means being open minded to the possibility that you or someone else might not know what they are talking about. Insisting that an hypothesis (this piece of plastic improves my balance!) be shown by more than coincidence is to be open minded to the possibility that a sucker is born every minute and may not be given an even break.

Yougottabekiddingme, agreed, when it comes to the power of energy bands, I don't know, but I suspect. Energy bands are being marketed to athletes. I did one test that didn't work at all with one type of band (a piece of plastic with a hologram), and one that did work with another type of band (a piece of plastic with some mystery metal). I sense that you want me to declare them all to be garbage, and they very well may be. But my opinion is that I'm not convinced. I don't own one. But my experience doesn't qualify as a scientific study and so I can't say definitely that all of them don't work or that any of them do. I did, however, look for research pro and con, and all that I saw defending (and debunking) them was equally lacking.

I stay open minded because there was a time that institutional medicine was based on "humors of the blood" and doctors thought that washing one's hands was quackery.

Julie

Come on, folks! This is definitely a scam!

Read this: http://skepticblog.org/2010/09/23/power-balance-magical-energy-bracelets-or-nonsense/

And watch this: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5685244

Save your money. Don't waste it on fake medicine.

Julie? Wha? By saying you are not convinced either way screams gullibility. Does a scientific 'debunking' hold any more clout than the common sense of a thinking person? If yes, then 1) yipes and 2) I have some energy 'anklets' I'd like you to try. They keep ploar bears away....

Like the rest of you I was a total skeptic of the energy bands, but unlike the rest of you I bought 3 of them for one reason. I was going to disprove them. But the more I tested them the more I realized they worked. I bought bands called Bionic Band, these ones have a metal piece on a velcro strap like the ones that Julie tried and worked.

The miraculous part is that I gave them away to people that were experiencing chronic pain and were on doctor prescribed medication. And they worked, within days they stopped taking the meds. Others starting asking me where to get them... so I signed up as a distributor and have been selling them ever since. I sell bands everyday by word of mouth only.

One must think about this one point, they come with a 30 day full money back guarantee. What company in their right mind would do that if the product didn't work??

All I can say is that you should try one and if it doesn't work, get your money back. No Questions asked.

If you want more info go to w w w . b i o n i c m a n . c a

My telephone number is there if you would like to talk live.

Life is too short to live in pain.

Cheers

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We should definitely take the word of someone who's selling these for profit.

I wonder how many people who've stopped taking their meds because of you will suffer greater harm down the road because you've convinced them not to listen to their doctors.

Hi Eric,

I do not recommend that anyone stop taking their medicine if it is needed, especially if your doctor says to take it. However, if you do not feel pain, why would you take medication???

Have you ever had to use a Chiropractor??? It wasn't that long ago that they were not accepted by the medical establishment, now your health care provider will pay for treatments. Did you know that thousands of people die every year from mis diagnosis by the doctor?

Thinkk about it.

As a person that practices natural health I must agree with the last poster. If you don't feel pain why would you want to take any medication?

I don't think people should take medication if they don't feel pain...but their pain relief is clearly not being caused by the bracelet. There may be a placebo effect at work, as Julie suggested, but that hardly justifies profiting from the inflated cost of a totally ineffective remedy, especially since any form of medical attention, real or otherwise, will produce some level of placebo effect. And even if SDAnderson hasn't encouraged people to stop listening to their doctors, selling them his snake oil remedy is clearly undermining the actual medical advice they're getting if they're willing to stop taking their meds.

As for natural medicine, that's a very broad label for a lot of different stuff. Some "natural" remedies do have proven medical benefits, while others, just like the bracelets, rely on vague "energy" or "quantum dynamics" or "holographic" technology--all essentially meaningless because they're completely unverifiable by controlled clinical trials.

I'd suggest that if people stop feeling pain because they're wearing 30¢ of common plastic and metal on their wrist, the pain is in their heads to begin with--which is information their physicians should know, and the reason a doctor might prescribe a legitimate placebo in the first place.

Like tuning up your car's engine by waving a crystal over it, it's more New Age nonsense.

It's the placebo effect, folks : Like practicing medicine with drums, a mask and rattles.

i bought the bionic band pendant about four days ago. when i put it on, i got drowsy for about three to 5 seconds. the first night of wearing the pendant, my sleep is amazing and i was dreaming the whole time i was sleep. the second and third night, same thing, i sleep like a baby and dreaming the whole time i was sleep. my energy level is amazing. i am also skeptical about this bionic band products and i am still wondering if this is all in my mind. i also noticed that the aches and pain in my body is gone. i wonder how long this is going to last. if this is mind over matter, then i don't mind because it matters to me because it feels good.

I think it's pretty funny how people are so eager to jump on the negative band wagon when it comes to anything that they don't know about or believe in. How can someone else benefit from something that I can't see or don't know about, it must be a hoax. Keep an open mind and if something works or someone says it works for them, give it a try and feel for yourself.
I have seen many a man get their ailments healed by another with his (qi) energy without as much as a touch.
So why can't our bodies energy field be tuned to run smoother if realigned which would equal better health?

NEGATIVE ION BRACELETS




INSTEAD OF BEING A TOTAL INGNORANT, KNOW IT ALL, ONE DEMENSIONAL, CLOSED MINDED PERSON WHO THINKS THEY HAVE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING, (WHICH IS A SCEPTIC) LIKE MOST PEOPLE ARE IM GOING TO ACTUALLY EXPLAIN THE SCIENCE BEHIND THESE ENERGY BANDS AND ACTUALY BACK UP MY CONCLUSION WITH SOME EVIDENCE. TO ANSWER EVERYBODIES QUESTIONS ON THE MAGNET BANDS, NO THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AS ENERGY BANDS. THE MAGNET BAND IS MAGNETIC RESIDENCE THERAPY WHICH JUST REGULATES YOUR BLOOD FLOW BY THE TRACE AMOUNTS OF IRON IN YOUR BLOOD STREAM THUS INCREASING YOU A LITTLE BIT PHYSICALY AND REDUSING PAIN. BUT...MAGNETS WARE OUT AND THEY ARNT WATER PROOF. THE ENERGY BANDS IS NEGATIVE ION THERAPY. WHICH IS THE PROCESS OF INFUSING NEGATIVE IONS FROM MINERALS NATURALY FOUND IN THE EARTH WITH SILICON RUBBER OR METAL. THE NEGATIVE IONS REGULATE THE AROUND AND AROUND THE BRACELT CREATING A "NEGATIVE ION CIRCUIT". THE HOLOGRAM TYPE OF NEGATIVE ION TECHNOLOGY SERVES EXTREMELY LITTLE OR NOTHING IN EFFECT (POWER BALANCE).

NEGATIVE IONS ARE GOOD FOR BOTH YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING. LOOK UP NEGATIVE IONS AND YOU WILL GET PLENTY OF INFO ON THEM AND WHAT A NEGATIVE ION IS. THE BASIC EFFECTS THEY DO FOR YOU IS...MENTAL EFFECTS: REGULATES THE CHEMICAL SERTONIN IN YOUR BRAIN THUS HELPING YOU SLEEP BETTER, LOWERS STRESS, INCREASES FOCUS/CONCENTRATION, AND GIVES YOU ENERGY THROUGH THE DAY. PHYSICAL EFFECTS: INCREASE IN STRENGTH (BALANCE COMES WITH STRENGTH IN CORE AND LEG MUSCLES), FLEXIBILITY, SPEED, STAMINA, ENDURANCE, FASTER MUSCLE/INJURY RECOVERY, AND PAIN RELIEF. THESE BENEIFTS ARE ONLY JUST THE BASICS OF NEGATIVE ION THERAPY. THESE BANDS ARE A SIMPLE DEFENSE FOR RADIATION AND POLUTION AGAINST THE TECHNOLOGY WE CREATE AND USE EVERY DAY. SUCH AS CELL PHONES, MICROWAVES, RADIO WAVES, GAS/FUEL, ETC. THIS RADIATION AND POLUTION ACTUALLY OVERLOADS YOUR BODY WITH WHAT ARE KNOWN TO BE POSITIVE IONS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A NORMAL AMOUNT OF POSITIVE IONS IN OUR BODY. WHICH ARE KNOWN TO BE FREE RADICALS. TOO MANY CAN DECREASE YOU MENTALLY AND PHYSICALY. NOT MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THIS BECAUSE OUR BODIES JUST NATURALY ADJUST TO THER LOWER LEVELS MAKING IT SEEM WE ARE AT OUR FULL POTENTIAL MENTALY AND PHSYICALY WHEN WE ARE NOT. THATS WHY THEY MAKE NEGATIVE ION AIR PURIFIERS, NEGATIVE ION WATER PURFIERS, AND EVEN NEGATIVE ION LAYERED MATRESSES. SO TO SCEPTICS, WHATS THE DIFFERENCE IN PUTTING THEM IN A BRACELET SO YOU CAN BRING THEM ANYWHERE YOU GO? THE NEGATIVE ION BANDS COUNTER ACT THE EXCESS POSITIVE IONS WE UNNATURALY PICKED UP AND KEEP THEM OUT AS LONG AS THE BAND MAKES SKIN CONTACT. SO IT PRETTY MUCH DETOXIFIES YOUR BODY OF ALL HARMFULL FREE RADICALS. SO YOUR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IONIC ENERGIES ARE RESTORED BACK TO A 50/50 OR "YIN AND YANG" TYPE OF BALANCE. RESTORING YOU BACK TO YOUR FULL AND "NATURAL" MENTAL AND PHYSICAL POTENTIAL. NEGATIVE IONS CAN BE FOUND IN PLACES WHERE THERES NOT AN OVERLOAD OF POSITIVE IONS AND THE EVIRONMENT IS IN ITS PUREST FORM. SUCH AS JUNGLES, FOREST, MOUNTAINS/VOLCANOES, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, ETC. SO IN NATURE BASICALY!

NOW, THERE ARE 3 DIFFRENT KINDS OF NEGATIVE ION BANDS OUT THERE. ONES THAT ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AND HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF NEGATIVE IONS WITH A MEASURE OF INGREDIENTS OF 1000 CC'S (CUBIC CENTIMETER) OF SPACE OR MORE (EXAMPLE: ENERGY ARMOR, BALANCE ENERGY, AND TRUE POWER BRAND WRISTBANDS). THEN THERE ARE ONES THAT ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO EVEN TELL A DIFFERENCE THAT HAVE LESS THAN A 1000 CC'S (POWER BALANCE) AND ONES THAT ARE SOLD FOR VERY LOW PRICES AND ARE A CHEAP IMMITATIONS OR "KNOCK OFFS" OF THE LOOK BUT NOT THE EFFECTS. MEANING THEY ARE FAKE AND MAKE YOU "THINK" IT WORKS. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE THINK IT IS ALL MENTAL. THE FAKE BANDS AND WEAK BANDS MAKE ALL THE, "REAL DEAL", 1000 CC PLUS, BANDS LOOK BAD CAUSING PEOPLE TO THINK ITS A PLACEBO/MENTAL EFFECT AND/OR SCAM! AND THEY WOULD BE RIGHT BECAUSE IF THEY TRIED ANY ONE OF THOSE TWO TYPES OF BANDS THEY VERY MUCH DID GET SCAMMED OR WASTED THEIR MONEY ON A WEAK BAND. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU WERE TO GET A BAND, GET ONE WITH A MEASURE OF 1000 NEGATIVE IONS PER CC OR MORE BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY HOW MUCH THE HUMAN BODY NEEDS TO FEEL A "REAL" EFFECT. IF TRYOUT A BAND FOR FREE AT A STAND OR SOMETHING MAKE SURE THEY ARE TESTING YOU RIGHT. BE AWARE OF THE SCAM TESTS OR DEMOS OUT THERE. PAY ATTENTION TO THE WAY THEY PUSH YOUR ARMS. (CHECK OUT YOUTUBE AND SEE THE SCAM VERSION OF A TEST). TO DO A REAL BALANCE OR STRENGTH TEST THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUSH STRAIGHT DOWN AND NOT SIDE TO SIDE. (SEE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE TO MAKE MORE SENSE OF WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.) ID SAY A PRETTY LEGIT TEST TO DO IS THE "FLEXIBILTY TEST". TEST YOUR FLEXIBILTY WITH AND WITHOUT THE BAND. (AND MAKE SURE TO GET LIMBER FIRST AND STRETCH OUT BEFORE DOING THE ACTUAL TEST.) DEPENDING ON YOUR MUSCLE MASS OR BODY DENSITY, IF YOU WENT FURTHER WITH THE BAND THEN IT IS PROBABLY LEGIT!

IN CONCLUSION THE BEST #1 RATED BANDS ARE, ENERGY ARMOR, BALANCE ENERGY, AND TRUE POWER. IF THEY ARNT ANY OF THESE THREE, THEN MAKE SURE YOU TEST TO SEE IF THEY ARE EITHER FAKE OR WEAK AS DESCRIBED ABOVE IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THANK YOU AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE INFO!