Do you know someone who has problems with their shoulder and might be facing surgery? A magnetic shoulder support may help.

I had a customer a few months ago who had a shoulder problem and was considering surgery if it didn’t get better. Someone told them that a magnetic necklace would help, so they ordered one from me. While I do believe that the necklace could help with the problem over time, it would take longer than they were willing to wait before commencing with the surgery option.

A magnetic shoulder wrap is a better choice for shoulder problems like this one, something that will apply magnetic energy directly to the area instead of waiting for the changes to propagate to the shoulder through various pathways.

The best magnetic shoulder supports are the ones that provide a more even magnetic field around the shoulder, not necessarily the ones with the strongest magnets. Contrary to what some people think, stronger isn’t always better when it comes to magnets. We live in the Earth’s magnetic field which is very weak as far as magnetic fields go. S0, a weak magnet can supplement the natural magnetic field to help stimulate the body’s healing process, which is all we are doing when we use magnets.

I like the Nikken shoulder wrap because it creates a uniform magnetic field around the shoulder. The material itself is magnetic, unlike other magnet shoulder wraps which may have 4 to 16 individual magnets glued to the material of the wrap. With the Nikken shoulder wrap, every point on the shoulder is being influenced by a magnetic field. For some added assurance to the effectiveness, Nikken has been studying and manufacturing magnetic products for the body since 1975, so they know about magnets and their effects on the body.

One thing to keep in mind, if you’ve been working on creating your shoulder problem for several years then it isn’t going to go away over night, regardless of what anyone tells you. I recommend using magnets and getting massage and physical therapy to help with shoulder prolbems if you have the time to work with natural solutions. Surgery is an option that can work, but there is a long and painful recovery process afterward to deal with as well.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am an independent distributor for Nikken and make money by selling Nikken’s products. With that said, I am a distributor because I like Nikken’s products and use them, not the other way around. I am not a doctor and Nikken’s magnets are not medical devices. Nothing here has been approved by the FDA and you should always check with your doctor for medical advice. Let them know that you want to look at natural alternatives and see if they will work with you.

I hope you found this helpful. I would appreciate it if you would tell me about your experiences with magnetic wraps and share this with your followers on the social networks.

Wayne Woodworth

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

Nikken’s Jade GreenZymes Barley Grass supplement is the third of my top three favorite Nikken items. You can read about the other two in my recent posts about the Kenko Power Patch magnets and the Aqua Pour Water Filter.

Nikken has a different approach to nutritional supplements that what you will find at the store. It is about whole-food organic nutrition, not vitamins. You won’t find a Vitamin C supplement or a Vitamin B12 supplement. Instead, the focus on the body’s systems. They have their core nutrition line with the Jade GreenZymes and Ciaga. They have an an immunity supplement, a liver support supplement, and a digestion supplement. Even the calcium supplement isn’t just calcium.

Back to the Jade GreenZymes. It is more of a food than a supplement although you only take it at a teaspoon at a time. Young green barley grass is considered one of Nature’s perfect foods. It is packed full of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that the body needs to stay healthy.

Nikken’s barley grass is organically grown, harvested at its peak, and cold-processed to get as much nutritonal content as they possibly can. When you open your own jar you will see it for yourself. The powder is GREEN.

The bottle recommends 1 teaspoon mixed with cold water 3 times a day. I sometimes add my daily ounce of Ciaga to my morning glass of Jade GreenZymes. The Ciaga covers the taste of the grass if that is a problem for you. It was for me at first but I quickly got used to it. If it is something that you absolutely cannot get used to, then there are capsules as well.

What I like about the Jade GreenZymes is how it makes me feel. I always feel energized after drinking it. It is a great way to start my day and it works very well as a pick-me-up in the afternoon instead of going for something with sugar or caffeine.

It is available in a jar of powder, tubes of powder that are very convenient to take with you, and as capsules if you just can’t get beyond the grassy taste. I think it tastes like the grass that it is. Others have told me that it tastes like green tea or like peas. Try it for yourself and decide for yourself.

If hope you found this interesting. If you have tried Nikken’s Jade GreenZymes then leave me a comment below and tell me what you think it tastes like. Also, please share this with your followers on the social networks. That would be greatly appreciated.

Wayne Woodworth

The Aqua Pour Gravity Water Filter is another one of my three most favorite Nikken items along with the Kenko Power Patches and the Jade GreenZymes Barley Grass.

The reason that I like the Aqua Pour so much is because it provides excellent water filtration and great tasting water for a reasonable initial cost and low annual maintenance cost. It is also easy to set up and maintain. If you have any questions about how to set one up, I created a couple videos to help you out. They are down a little ways on the right-hand side of this page.

The Aqua Pour is one of the first Nikken products that I purchased in the Spring of 2006 and we still use it every day. We have ours set up on a low table so that our kids can reach it to get water whenever they want it. It is just about all they drink and I credit that Pi water with keeping them healthy even when the other kids at school are getting sick.

The Aqua Pour holds several liters of water and is a pretty simple water filtration system. You pour unfiltered water in the top, the “fill tank”. Gravity pulls the water down through a pre-filter then through the 3-stage filter cartridge and into the “supply tank”. As it sits in the bottom tank it is absorbing minerals from the manufactured mineral rocks. Finally, the water passes through a magnetic field as it passed into the spigot. That’s all there is to it.

As I said at the beginning of this post, maintenance is easy. If you follow the manual, you will replace the 3-stage filter cartridge every 6 months and the mineral rocks once a year. Depending on which pre-filter you use, you either replace it every 2 years or 5 years.

Two different pre-filters come in the box with your Aqua Pour and you choose one of them to use based on your water source. I usually recommend the sponge if you are on chlorinated city water and the ceramic pre-filter if you have a well. The sponge is good for up to 5 years or when it won’t come clean when you rinse it off. When you use the sponge pre-filter it take aobut 45 minutes for the water in the fill tank to completely drain into the supply tank.

The ceramic dome pre-filter is good for two years and takes a little more patience. It takes about 5 hours for the fill tank to drain completely through the ceramic filter. We are on a well, so we started off using the ceramic dome. We would make sure that we filled up the fill tank at night before going to bed so that it would have time to drain through before morning.

I have another post that I wrote a few months back with some great tips about how to get the most from your Aqua Pour. Check it out here, especially if you are having any challenges with your unit. You will probably find the answer there. If not, then contact me and I will help you.

I hope that you found this helpful. If you have any experiences with your Aqua Pour that you would like to share, then please do so in a comment below. Also, please share this out to your followers on the social networks. I would greatly appreciate that.

Wayne Woodworth

The Kenko Power Patch magnets are my favorite Nikken item. They are small, easy to apply just about anywhere that you need them, self-adhesive, and inexpensive. Distributors who have been with Nikken longer still talk about the Kenko Mini, a larger, more expensive magnet that you have to figure out how to hold where you want it.

The Nikken Power Patch comes already attached to a self-adhesive disk, like a circle Band-Aid, so it is ready to go straight from the box. For price of 2 Kenko Minis you can get 30 Power Patches. That’s an awesome deal.

Their low price per magnet makes that a great introductory product for people who haven’t experienced the benefits of magnets before and may questions whether they really work or not. I sometimes hear from people who have been told by someone that they should try one of Nikken’s magnetic mattress pads. They come to my website and see how expensive they are and decide not to buy because they aren’t sure that they are going to get their money’s worth. That is perfectly understandable.

If they contact me instead of just leaving then I recommend that they get a couple Kenko Power Patches and experience the benefits of magnets with a minimal investment before making the big investment of a mattress pad. In case you are wondering, I sell them for $2 a piece. Like I said, they are a small investment to prove to yourself that they work.

I hope you have found this helpful. If you have a favorite Nikken product or an experience with the Kenko Power Patches then I would love to hear about it in a comment below. I would also appreciate it if you would share this with your followers on the social networks.

Wayne Woodworth

My favorite nutritional drink is Nikken Ciaga Juice.

Ciaga in’t actually a juice, it is a blend of 21 juices and extracts including noni juice, pomegranate juice, and goji berry juice among others. If you want to see the whole list then check out the ingredients in Ciaga here. Two important things about Ciaga that make it stand out from the crowd of nutritional drinks is that Ciaga does not include any preservatives or added water.

No Preservatives or Added Water

Preservatives in other nutritional drinks tend to react with the natural ingredients to make potentially toxic chemicals. People have asked me about Ciaga vs Vemma and Mona Vie vs Ciaga. While both of these products contain great nutritional content, they both contain additional water and preservatives. At least they did when I last saw the nutritional labels. I wasn’t able to find them online for this post. I would appreciate it if someone could forward me links to their labels.

How to Take Ciaga

The bottle suggests just one ounce per day. That’s it. Drink up. What I like to do is take my one ounce of Ciaga, a teaspoon of Jade GreenZymes barley grass, and add water. As you can imagine, that many juices and extracts in one bottle with out water to dilute it could be pretty potent. It is too sweet for my taste which is why I water it down. I mix in the barley grass powder because the sweetness covers the grass taste. It also makes for a great drink to wash down any other nutritional supplements that I want to take.

Where to Buy Ciaga

All that’s left is where to buy it, and you can do that right here. If you would like to get a discount, you can get a 20% discount by picking up my FREE newsletter. I include a promotion code in each issue and you can get it on the right side of this page.

If you have any experience with Ciaga that you would like to share then please leave me a comment below. I would also appreciate it if you would share this with your followers on the social networks.

Wayne Woodworth

Here’s a good question that someone asked recently: “Do Nikken products really work?”.

Yes, of course they do. There is one thing to keep in mind though about the Nikken products. They don’t work unless you actually use them. I have actually had customers return product without even opening the package.

Will Nikken Products Work for You?

So how do you know if Nikken’s products are going to work for you or not? There are a few items that have some samples available, like the Jade GreenZymes and CM Cream. Other items are inexpensive enough to try in small quantities, like the Kenko Power Patches. Samples are a great way to try out the products to prove how well they will work for you.

A lot of Nikken’s items are expensive and don’t have samples available, like the bigger magnetic items. If people are concerned about an expensive magnet working for them, I usually recommend that try a less expensive one first. The Kenko Power Patches are great for this too. It is a great way to prove to yourself that Nikken’s magnets are effective then they can feel more assured that the more expensive ones will work too. Sometimes they find out that the less expensive ones will meet their needs and they don’t need the more expensive ones.

Contact me to see if there is a sample available for what you want to try.

Wayne Woodworth

I have received a few questions about Nikken magnets lately that I want to take a few minutes to answer.

How to Use Nikken Magnets

The first question is “how to use Nikken magnets?” When I get this question I assume people are talking about the Nikken magnetic patches, like the Kenko Mini, Kenko Flex, or Kenko Power Patches.

The Kenko Mini and Kenko Flex are typically used with the black side against the body and can be used anywhere that you need them and can get them to stay. The Kenko Flex is usually used on the lower back. The Kenko Mini can be used anywhere. I often hear about people placing a Kenko Mini in one their pants pockets or a shirt pocket. That is an easy way to hold them near where you want them.

I find the Kenko Power Patch to be easier to use because they are smaller and come already attached to a self-adhesive disk, like a circle Band-Aid. The bumpy side is intended to go against the skin and works great in most places. The smooth side is probably more comfortable against bone, like at the temples, in which case you can just peel the magnet off the adhesive and flip it over. I also think the Power Patch is a better value because you can get 30 of them for about the same price as 2 Kenko Minis.

How Do I Use My Insoles

Another common question I get is “how do I use my insoles?”

Magsteps first. Brand new they are probably too big to go into your shoes, so cut them down to the right size using a regular pair of scissors. There are faint lines at the toe and heel on the smooth side to show where to cut for your shoe size. The Magsteps are designed to go into your shoes with the bumps facing up toward your feet. If you find the bumps uncomfortable then take them out of your shoes, flip them over so that the smooth side is up, then put them back in. I recommend that you try the bumps again after 6 months or so. I don’t notice the bumps anymore even when I go hiking.

Now the Magstrides. The dark side with the Nikken EQL+FIR logo goes up toward your feet. Like the Magsteps, they will probably be too big for your shoes straight out of the box. The bottom side has the lines showing where to cut for your shoe size. Regular scissors will cut them. The dark surface has a far-infrared ( that’s what FIR stands for ) coating on it that helps to reduce sweating in your shoes.

Which Side on the Skin for Nikken Magnets

This is a common question that I receive about the Nikken magnets and I have already answered it for some of the magnets. More generally, if their is a bumpy side or a darker side, that is the side that goes toward your body. The bumps will be there to shape the magnetic field or to stimulate the skin and muscle, kind of like a passive massage. The darker side is usually dark because it is coated with Nikken’s far-infrared material that will help to regulate temperature to either gently heat the muscle or reduce sweating. Those are some good guidelines to help you out if you see a Nikken magnet that you aren’t sure about.

I hope that helped answer any questions you have about the Nikken magnets. If you have a question that I didn’t answer here then please leave me a comment below and I will get you an answer. I would also appreciate it if you would share this with your followers on Twitter and Facebook. There are some convenient buttons at the beginning of this post for you to do that.

Wayne Woodworth

It is common sense that asthma and air pollution are related. I don’t know if air pollution causes asthma or not but it is definitely a trigger for an asthma attack.

Asthma is chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs and can be triggered by anything that affects the air that is breathed in, like particles in the air and temperature changes. Attacks can also be triggered by anxiety. When someone becomes anxious they take short rapid breaths. For an asthmatic person who already has restricted breathing capacity, this is a problem.

Wikipedia talked about doctors using corticosteroids to treat asthma. The side effects seem to be almost as bad as the asthma itself. Anxiety, depression, osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, and diabetes. It seems to me that, except in extreme cases, people would probably want to avoid the corticosteroids if at all possible.

I even heard once of a treatment where doctors will go in and surgically remove some of the mucus membrane inside the bronchial tubes to give the sufferer better air flow capacity. The mucus is there to trap viruses and bacteria in the air to help prevent infections, or in the case of the lungs, to prevent respiratory infections and pneumonia. Granted, too much mucus may be at least part of the problem for people with asthma, but to cut it out can create scarring in the membranes that can cause other problems.

What needs to be done for asthma sufferers is to find out why they are so responsive to the asthma triggers. Is it too much exposure to air pollution at a young age? Maybe they grew up with smoking parents. Maybe they have lived near industrial farms that spray pesticides or fertilizers into the air? Was it an illness that affected their lungs?

Once a cause is known then it might be possible to create a course of detoxification to clean up the problem or at least put in place more specific preventatives to reduce the chances of an asthma attack and reduce their exposure to potentially harmful drugs. One preventative could be a quality air filter. An air filtration system that generates negative ions can be helpful as long as it doesn’t generate ozone. Breathing the negative ions may help to reduce the inflammation and help them breathe better and recover faster from an attack. The Nikken Air Wellness Power 5 Pro meets those requirements. It has multiple stages of air filtration and generates clean negative ions without producing ozone.

Please keep in mind that I am not a doctor and do not diagnose conditions nor prescribe  particular courses of action for any condition that you may have. If you think you have asthma then you should see a doctor and, if  you choose, let them know that you want to pursue non-drug means of handling it.

If you found this helpful or interesting then please leave me a comment below. I would also appreciate it if you would share this with your friends and followers on the various social networks.

Magnets affect particle flows that are perpendicular to the magnetic field. By rotating a magnet on an axis, you have the potential to affect a lot more energy flow. Add another axis of rotation and you create a 360 degree magnetic field that has the ability to affect any particle flow that comes within reach of the magnetic field.

The body’s energy fields are very weak when compared to the magnets that most people are aware of, which is good because we don’t really want sharpened knives to chase us through the kitchen like in some cartoons. We do create a magnetic field though and it is detectible by very sensitive medical and scientific equipment.

We also have a lot of energy flows within the body that are generate fields in the body and are affected by other fields in the body. These fields and flows are also affected by fields that occur external to the body, such as the artificial electromagnetic fields created by electricity, TVs, and computers. We are also heavily influenced by the Earth’s magnetic field, which is also very weak.

In fact, we depend on the Earth’s magnetic field interacting with the fields and energy flows in our body. Various medical scientists have determined that some of our illnesses are in fact caused by us being isolated or insulated from the Earth’s field. For example, when we are in our homes or work places surrounded by electric current, TVs, and computers, and other devices, we are effectively blocking out the more subtle magnetic field generated by the Earth and possibly exposing ourselves to harmful EMF. They have found that this can be a cause for depression, headaches, and fatigue.

What Nikken has done is given us small magnets of varying strengths to help us recharge and stabilize our bodies. We have a choice really. We can get rid of the electric currents and electronic devices that we surround ourselves with, spend more time outside, walk or ride a bike everywhere we go, and sleep on the ground. Or we can use magnets, like the ones from Nikken, to bring the Earth’s magnetic field inside, close to the body. While I do like to camp out in the woods from time to time, I generally prefer to sleep on a comfortable bed and make use of a lot of the modern conveniences that electricity provides.

That means that I also make extensive use of the magnetic products that Nikken provides on a day to day basis. Especially my magnetic insoles, magnetic bracelet, and magnetic mattress pad. I do not like to spend much time without them.

Going back to the spinning magnet affecting flows going every which way, Nikken offers something it calls Biaxial Rotation in two products, the Body Energizer and the Palm Mag.

I was just listening to a conference call where one of the participants was talking about how they use Nikken’s Biaxial magnets very effectively with horses. One of the cool things about using something like a magnet with animals is that it immediately removes any discussion of the placebo effect. You just can’t convince an animal that something works if it doesn’t.

If you found this interesting or helpful I would appreciate you sharing it with your followers on the social networks. I would also like to hear about your experiences with Nikken’s magnets in a comment below.

Wayne Woodworth