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Challenger78
10-18-09, 09:33 PM
Apparently, wearing "modified Titanium" revitalises mind and body, according to my moronic father and This site (http://www.phitenusa.com/)
and wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phiten).

Somehow fatigue is cured through regulation of Bio currents..

Am I alone in thinking that this is BS ? Well apparently some japanese athletes endorse it..

but what would I know. I don't play sports. Clearly I'm not capable of understanding what my own body needs /sarcasm.
Dywyddyr
10-18-09, 09:40 PM
Definitely BS.
I love these quotes from their site.
http://www.phitennz.com/index.pasp?pageid=4


Phiten has developed the Phild processing technique, invented by a Japanese chiropractor and now a time honoured secret.
Um, "time-honoured"?
How long does something have to be going to class as "time honoured"?
A week?
A couple of months?
Titanium is relatively new to the list of workable metals (hell, it wasn't available as a pure metal until 1910, less than 100 years ago, or outside a lab until 1932).


The Phild processing technique aligns the bio-electricity within titanium,
Titanium has bio-electricity?
It's alive? :eek:

Pure, unadulterated (but chic) BS.
Challenger78
10-18-09, 09:43 PM
I thought it odd that if muscle fatigue was caused by lack of ions.. someone would feel happier after being zapped with static electricity, which is essentially a transfer of ions..

Plus, I suspect it's a placebo effect.
Dywyddyr
10-18-09, 09:46 PM
I thought it odd that if muscle fatigue was caused by lack of ions..
There's a couple of links on the relevant Wiki page - which also states that muscle fatigue is NOT caused by lack of ions.


Plus, I suspect it's a placebo effect.
And (for the athletes promoting it) maybe the large sponsorship cheque.
Money always makes me feel energetic. :p
christa
10-18-09, 09:49 PM
And (for the athletes promoting it) maybe the large sponsorship cheque.Money always makes me feel energetic. :p

so very true!!!
Enmos
10-19-09, 11:40 AM
I thought it odd that if muscle fatigue was caused by lack of ions.. someone would feel happier after being zapped with static electricity, which is essentially a transfer of ions..

Plus, I suspect it's a placebo effect.

I just like your avatar.. :D
Challenger78
10-23-09, 05:08 PM
I just like your avatar.. :D

You'll Like District 9 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_9) even more.