In the newest issue of my free monthly newsletter, August 2011, I talk about the power that our beliefs can have on our health and wellness. There are two areas that I point to as proof of how our beliefs can have a very profound affect, one is the placebo effect and it’s counterpart, the nocebo effect. Maybe you haven’t heard of the nocebo effect before. Where the placebo effects are the positive effects of using a placebo, the nocebo effects are the negative effects. When talking of a placebo pill, the nocebo effect would be the side-effects that people experience from thinking that they are taking a drug.

The second area of study that I look at is Epigenetics, which I learned about through listening to and reading material from Dr. Bruce Lipton. We have been taught that our genes control everything, but what controls our genes? That is what the study of Epigenetics is all about.

In future issues of the newsletter I intend to explore other areas that can affect our health. Sometimes it will be obvious things like water, nutrition, sleep and other times will be other things like energy healing, massage, and so on.

As you have probably already realized if you have looked around this website very much, I am a Nikken distributor and I believe very strongly in their products. I do use the newsletter to announce new product offerings from Nikken and talk about some of the technologies. I believe that once we know and practice all that we can about wellness we won’t need products from companies like Nikken. Until that day I intend to spread the word about their products as far as I can and this newsletter is part of that. I do promise to keep it to a minimum though and only talk about them when there is something new to talk about.

The newsletter is now just over a year old and I have only one request from all of  you who read it. Please give me some feedback, especially topics that you would like me to talk about.

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I sometimes hear from people that magnets don’t work and that any so-called benefits are just the placebo effect. There are a few ways to show that Nikken magnets are not just placebo.

Scientific Studies

One is a placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Doctors are starting to take an interest in magnets as they look for more effective ways to deal with some conditions. One such doctor is Dr. Weintraub who has conducted studies with magnetic insoles to control peripheral neuropathy in diabetics.

Benefits of Magnets on Animals

Another place to look to rule out the placebo effect is with animals. You cannot convince an animal that a sugar pill will do anything other than taste sweet on their tongue, and that is by direct experience. I know of a few Nikken distributors and customers who are using magnets with horses with excellent results.

Usually I hear about people using the Kenko Minis or magnetic insoles on the hooves or a magnetic blanket over their back. I imagine that they also like the Magboys, the MagCreator, and the PowerMag.

Thermographic Imaging

Finally, there is thermographic imagery. Thermographics has been used to find hot and cold spots in houses to show where there may be problems with insulation, wiring, mold, and so on. It is starting to be used in medical settings to find areas of inflammation for early detection of cancers and other tumors.

To show the real benefits of magnets, a thermographic image can be taken before and after the use of magnets to show what has changed. In most cases, the images will show more even warmth in the body. With diabetics with peripheral neuropathy for example, the before image may show that the feet and toes are cold, indicating poor circulation to the feet. After using magnets on the feet, usually either insoles or the Body Energizer, the image will show much more heat in the feet and toes.

Once the thermographic image starts in this video you will see that the persons toes are black indicating that they are less than 70 degrees. As the time progresses, color floods into the persons feet indicating greater warmth.

I hope you have found this informative and that you see that magnets can help. Please leave me a comment below about any experience you have had with magnets and also share this with your followers on the social networks.

Wayne Woodworth

Have you heard that the benefits that people get from magnets is just the placebo effect?

placebo – a substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient’s expectation to get well.

placebo effect – a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.

I recently saw an episode of the old TV show M.A.S.H. where the doctors didn’t have any morphine to give their patients for their pain after surgery.  They decided to make sugar pills to give the patients and hope that the placebo effect would get them through until a new shipment of morphine arrived.  The mind can do amazing things if we let it, or cause it to think it should.

When talking about magnets I sometimes hear that they don’t really do anything.  Any supposed benefit is just the placebo effect.  If I have a headache what do I care if the  “lessening of symptoms” is because of a placebo effect or because of drugs masking the pain?  I just want the headache gone.  The thing with the magnet, placebo or otherwise, is that there aren’t any side-effects either.

So, the next time you use your magnetic patches or magnetic insoles to take care of a problem and someone tells you that it is a placebo, just say “So what!”.

Wayne Woodworth
Magnets are a placebo? The pain is still gone.