Yesterday I went Christmas shopping. (Hooray!). There's a Christmas Fair on in Glasgow- scores of stalls in a conference hall, selling turned wood, handicrafts, jewellery, candles. Some nice stuff and I DID get several presents. (The microwaveable slippers were the star turn).
Anyway.-- There was a company named Metacog, selling titanium shorts, knee supports etc. Basically, all the magnetic stuff, but not magnetic. Fibre impregnated with a titanium carbide subject to a process called "Phild" developed by a Japanese chiropractor, which permits bioelectric current to flow uniformly.
Please feel free to investigate their website at www.Metacog.co.uk.
(I develop a tic when I see the phrase "cog" these days, but these folk seem to be based in Glasgow. No Welsh connections.)
A little later, I chanced on another stall, selling magnetic supports and bracelets, made of copper, steel and- you guessed it- titanium. It seemed the stallholders were unaware of each other.
I corrected that.
I sampled one of the titanium bracelets. It had about twenty round magnets mounted in the lower surface. They were "natural" magnets, which apparently keep their magnetisation, unlike artificially magnetised materials. (There's an old hard drive magnet stuck to my fridge door. I can't get the damn thing off. Must be natural, I suppose).
Anyway, the natural magnets in the bracelet neither attracted, nor repelled each other . Nor would they pick up or repel the magnets on another bracelet. Or my key ring. Or a paperclip.
When I showed the gentleman the flier I had been given by Metacog, he snorted derisively. "It's the magnets that have the healing power." he told me. The titanium is just a holder. " Some people will believe anything."
Indeed.
Metacog, to be fair, provided two self adhesive patches free with the flier. These should be stuck to areas where pain is felt. An illustration showed before and after shots indicating increased body heat in an area of the back thirty minutes after attaching the patches. (I presume due to increased bloodflow). I stuck them to my lower back, where I've been having muscle spasm problems. I noticed no difference, though that's hardly a fair trial.
Getting them off was traumatic. Whatever they stick on with is a darn sight stronger than natural magnets.
Anyway. Get your christmas pressies now. Don't all rush at once.
ps- My specs are titanium. Could this explain the headaches?
Anyway.-- There was a company named Metacog, selling titanium shorts, knee supports etc. Basically, all the magnetic stuff, but not magnetic. Fibre impregnated with a titanium carbide subject to a process called "Phild" developed by a Japanese chiropractor, which permits bioelectric current to flow uniformly.
Please feel free to investigate their website at www.Metacog.co.uk.
(I develop a tic when I see the phrase "cog" these days, but these folk seem to be based in Glasgow. No Welsh connections.)
A little later, I chanced on another stall, selling magnetic supports and bracelets, made of copper, steel and- you guessed it- titanium. It seemed the stallholders were unaware of each other.
I corrected that.
I sampled one of the titanium bracelets. It had about twenty round magnets mounted in the lower surface. They were "natural" magnets, which apparently keep their magnetisation, unlike artificially magnetised materials. (There's an old hard drive magnet stuck to my fridge door. I can't get the damn thing off. Must be natural, I suppose).
Anyway, the natural magnets in the bracelet neither attracted, nor repelled each other . Nor would they pick up or repel the magnets on another bracelet. Or my key ring. Or a paperclip.
When I showed the gentleman the flier I had been given by Metacog, he snorted derisively. "It's the magnets that have the healing power." he told me. The titanium is just a holder. " Some people will believe anything."
Indeed.
Metacog, to be fair, provided two self adhesive patches free with the flier. These should be stuck to areas where pain is felt. An illustration showed before and after shots indicating increased body heat in an area of the back thirty minutes after attaching the patches. (I presume due to increased bloodflow). I stuck them to my lower back, where I've been having muscle spasm problems. I noticed no difference, though that's hardly a fair trial.
Getting them off was traumatic. Whatever they stick on with is a darn sight stronger than natural magnets.
Anyway. Get your christmas pressies now. Don't all rush at once.
ps- My specs are titanium. Could this explain the headaches?
