Copper “Arthritis-Curing” Bracelets
Posted by DDOCS in Products, tags: Crazy Products, debunking, Flim-flam, Gimmicks, Health, Marketing, Scams
There’s no shortage of products that claim to alleviate arthritis. Copper bracelets are some of the more popular products sold. It is believed by some that wearing a copper bracelet or wrist strap will relieve the pain and discomfort of arthritis. Here is how one site claims it works:
It is no secret that copper is a most excellent conductor of electricity, and besides that, the skin is as much an entry point in the body as a barrier.
Micro doses of copper enter the body and bolster the immune system, and as it’s on the skin, it enters as and when needed (not as in dietary copper).
The copper bracelet seems also to emit elemental and molecular vibrations and other physical phenomena such as a corona effect of the ends of the bracelet.
These vibratory emissions appear to convey some medicinal benefit. In the case of body pains due to some rheumatoid arthritic condition, it appears to be very effective indeed.
Really? Just all from that one tiny bracelet?!
Sounds all very scientific, doesn’t it? Well, as with most products that hint at science but don’t back it up with real facts, it’s bunk. A study just released by a group of scientists in England has concluded that there is no scientific proof of medical benefit from wearing these bracelets. The test subjects experienced no difference in pain, discomfort, or stiffness while wearing copper jewelry. Any benefit felt someone wearing a copper bracelet or wrist band can likely be attributed to a placebo effect.
So, if you thought wearing a piece of copper to cure arthritic conditions sounded too good to be true, you were right.
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I especially love the “molecular vibrations” bit, as if EVERY damn atom and molecule on the planet (except in physics labs where they’ve cooled them to absolute zero) wasn’t vibrating as a matter of course. Money, like water, seeks its own level, and a fool and his money were lucky to have been together in the first place.