I was looking through the search phrases that people have used in the past month to get to my website and found this one: “are nikken magnetic mattress safe for toddlers”. I think that is a really good question because we want to keep our kids safe and give them the best quality sleep that we can.

The short answer is yes, they are safe to use for toddlers.

When we got involved in Nikken our daughter was 2 years old and our son was 6 months and starting to cut his first teeth. When our daughter was going through that she was sometimes up twice during the night and probably 3 nights a week. It was miserable. So we immediately got our son on a magnetic pad. It was actually the Nikken Magnetic Pet Pad which just happens to be the perfect size to fit in a crib. It think he woke up during the night twice the entire time he was cutting his teeth. We were sold on magnetic pads right there and that remains to this day my most telling story about the benefits of magnetic pads.

Now our kids are 7 years old and 5 years old and sleep every night on a complete magnetic sleep system, which consists of a magnetic mattress pad, magnetic and far-infrared comforter, and a magnetic pillow. They sleep great and wake up rested and usually in a good mood in the morning.

Why I Believe Nikken Magnetic Sleep Systems are Safe

For one, I have met some of the people behind the Nikken products and I know people who know them pretty well. These are people with families and children and only want the best for them, which is part of the reason that they are with Nikken. I have also heard Anthony Bove, the person who developed many of Nikken’s magnetic products, speak about the magnets and his beliefs about how strong the magnets should be based on time-tested electromagnetic science. Nikken’s magnets are not exactly the strongest magnets on the market.

Nikken’s older magnetic mattress pads had magnets that were about 800 gauss compared to other companies that make magnetic pads rated at up to 10,000 gauss. Anthony Bove determined that 800 gauss was the right amount of magnetic energy to support the body and not over-stimulate it. The newer Naturest pads and pillow use 3200 gauss magnets and decided that the increased magnetic strength was needed because they sit deeper into the pad. The magnetic strength at the surface of the pad is about 800 gauss, the same as for the older pads.

The thing to keep in mind about Nikken’s products is that they are not intended to cure diseases. They are intended to support the body so that it can function at its best. Basically, all of Nikken’s products and technologies are designed to take the natural energies that our ancestors experienced in our natural habitat, the great outdoors, and bring them inside where we spend too much of our time.

So again, yes, the Nikken magnetic mattress pads are safe for babies, toddler, kids, adults, and the elderly. My kids sleep on a magnetic sleep system and so do my wife and I. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Click here to find out more about Nikken’s sleep systems and the individual components. By the way, I’m offering a 20% discount on complete sleep systems until January 31, 2011. You can get the discount code on the sleep page linked above.

Wayne Woodworth

People often ask me if they can return a Nikken product if it “doesn’t work” after a period of time. Nikken’s return policy only covers the manufacture of the product, not its effectiveness for a particular condition, and there is a very good reason for that.

For Nikken to warranty anything other than the materials and craftsmanship of their products then that would be taken as a medical claim by the FDA, which would put Nikken, and all of us distributors, out of business very quick.

For example, take Nikken’s new Naturest magnetic mattress pads. They are the most expensive items that Nikken offers and I can understand someone wanting some assurance that they have made a good investment when they purchase one. Nikken’s documented warranty on a magnetic mattress pad says that they will replace it if it falls apart within a year of you buying it. Nikken cannot guarantee that the pad will “do” anything other than lay flat on your bed and provide you a surface to sleep on, and I’m telling you that it does provide a very nice surface to sleep on.

What else can Nikken say that it does without making a medical claim? A lady called me today asking about the Naturest pad and wanted to know if it would help her with her peripheral neuropathy. I’d love to tell her that it does, but that would be a medical claim, so I cannot. Same thing goes for her daughter’s migraine headaches.

Because the magnetic mattress pads are so expensive, I recommend that people start with less expensive magnetic products, like the Magsteps insoles, so that they can see how they will respond to the Nikken magnets before they make a big investment.

Even if there are documented studies that say that something works, Nikken still cannot make the claim without getting in trouble.

A week ago today Nikken launched an updated version of their Ciaga juice, Ciaga^V. It contains some very potent fruits: acai berry, maqui berry, elderberry, blackberry, grape seed extract, raspberry, and agave nectar. Last night Nikken hosted a teleconference to educate the distributors on the product and Dave Balzer strongly emphasized the asterisk on the label and what it meant.

You’ve probably seen the same disclaimer statement on other products: “*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.” Federal law requires this statement to be on all dietary supplements and Nikken uses the statement a lot.

On the call last night, they said that the law restricts them from making statements that are even backed up by documented scientific studies. For example, they mentioned documented studies found on Pub Med that state that antioxidants found in blackberries have been found to be effective in curing and preventing cancer. Because Ciaga^V is a food-based dietary supplement, Nikken cannot use that study to say anything that would claim that Ciaga^V has any affect on cancer, or any other disease for that matter.

By the way, I found one study about blackberries and cancer here on PubMed.

So, please understand the reasons behind Nikken’s limited product warranties and their very conservative claims for what their products will do. If you hear any other distributors making wild claims about the products, please remind them that they are not doctors.

Please let me know your thoughts in a comment below and share this post with your followers on Facebook and Twitter.

Wayne Woodworth.

If you follow Nikken then you know that the new magnetic mattress pads and pillows are made from natural latex. This change has had some people asking why the switch.

First off, some people are allergic to latex. It turns out that most of the people who think they have a latex allergy actually have a reaction to the powder or coating used in latex gloves, not the latex itself. Other people who have a reaction to latex actually react to something in synthetic latex and may not have any problems whatsoever with natural latex. In the case of the new pads and pillows, people shouldn’t have any allergy problems anyway because they never come into physical contact with the latex.

There are a number of reasons why Nikken chose to go with natural latex now instead of the artificial foams used in the past. Most importantly, natural latex retains its firmness better than any of the other foams that they looked at, giving the pad a longer life. It is naturally anti-microbial, which means that it resists mildew, dust mites, and any of the other little bugs that might otherwise try to live in there. It also naturally wicks away moisture and allows you body to maintain temperature better, so that you can stay in that deeper, rejuvenating sleep better.

The final reason for going with natural latex addresses a broader goal with Nikken, and a lot of other companies too for that matter, and that is to be more Earth friendly or “greener”. Natural latex is a renewable resource. It is harvested as sap from rubber trees and doesn’t require the destruction of the trees or other natural resources. It also doesn’t contain or emit any of the other harmful chemicals that are present in the synthetic latex manufactured from petroleum. Yes, that’s right, synthetic latex is made from oil just like plastic and a lot of other things. So, natural latex is much better for the environment, including the environment in your home, and is downright comfortable to sleep on.

If you are interested, check out Nikken’s new natural latex magnetic mattress toppers and magnetic pillows then let me know what you think.

Wayne Woodworth