By Tim Trachet
Gezondheid en Wetenschap (Health and Science), a Belgian information website that provides reliable and objective information about illness, health complaints and treatments, has warned against a completely ineffective product sold by the US-based company LifeWave. The product in question is patches that are supposed to be stuck to the skin or the inside of clothing. We quote: ‘They are sold as a solution for almost everything: more energy and vitality, better sleep, less pain, faster recovery, skin rejuvenation and “general well-being”. Sales pitches sometimes go even further, including claims regarding osteoarthritis and even cancer treatment.’
LifeWave claims that the patches are ‘non-transdermal’, meaning that nothing penetrates the skin. The patches are said to capture heat energy from the body and reflect it back to stimulate specific points on the skin. This is nonsense. The fact that the patches are said to be so beneficial makes them even more unbelievable.
Can it get any worse? Yes, because LifeWave is based on the ideas of acupressure, meridians and Qi (life energy) from traditional Chinese medicine. There is no need to elaborate on this further.