Galvanic Skin Response.....For Weight Loss??

tsavorite · ‎03-09-2010

Hi I have been hearing about this on a local radio station.....I am thinking this must be a scam. From what I understand they test you...using this machine (think of a lie detector test) your palm skin resonse is used to determine bio-markers/response. Then somehow they can tell which foods you should avoid based on it and what is ok for you.

When I google about this some websites come up (calling it something else in other areas of the country) and some people did post comments that it's really a program based on a VERY low calorie eating plan....some say 500....some say if you are very muscular they were allowed to eat 900 cal's per day. I thought well if your only eating 500/900 cal's per day woudn't anyone loose weight? Also some posted that they were not feeling hungry while doing this 40day plan and you must by expensive supplements from the "doc" $150per month!

This whole thing is reported to be costing people $2000 for all this "testing" and Chiropractor type doc's are the one's that seem to be peddling it. NutriMost came up when I googled the topic title galvanic skin response for weight loss.

Anyone out there do this? and is it a scam??

tansy · ‎01-02-2011

I vote for scam. It's a way for a chiropractor to increase profits. One of the local tv consumer reporters did an expose on a chiropractic office near me a few years ago. I don't remember the term galvanic specifically though.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

You gotta be kidding me....lol I know this is an anonymous board but I'd still be embarrassed to post such thing and admit that I believe it.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

There was recently a commercial on cable t.v. selling a shower "safety device". It looked like a dog leash that you wrapped around your waist......and hooked the other end on the shower head.............. Didn't look too "safe" to me.

I don't put much faith in commercials.........................

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tansy · ‎01-02-2011

@Desertdi wrote:
There was recently a commercial on cable t.v. selling a shower "safety device". It looked like a dog leash that you wrapped arount your waist......and hooked the other end on the shower head.............. Didn't look too "safe" to me.

I don't put much faith in commercials.........................

LOL...that does sound dangerous:/

tsavorite · ‎03-09-2010

@chrystaltree wrote:
You gotta be kidding me....lol I know this is an anonymous board but I'd still be embarrassed to post such thing and admit that I believe it.

Why should I be embarrassed? I am asking about this and thinking it sounded like a scam...I don't post alot on these forums but the few times I do it seems like comments like this happen. I don't get that....I think you should be embarrassed about your post/reply...how about that LOL

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@Desertdi wrote:
There was recently a commercial on cable t.v. selling a shower "safety device". It looked like a dog leash that you wrapped around your waist......and hooked the other end on the shower head.............. Didn't look too "safe" to me.

I don't put much faith in commercials.........................

Omg.....lol There's a picture of that in my head now and I can't stop laughing....lol Really, I just cannot stop...lol

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

Many chiropractic offices offer a lot of "alternative therapies." I've been subjected to the pitch for some of it.

IMO there are two kinds of chiropractors - those who stick to spinal adjustments and massage, and those who go the quackery/scam route to squeeze more $$ out of gullible people. They push all kinds of weird kwap that is waaaay out there. Common sense tells you it's quackery.

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Q4u · ‎03-17-2010

There is no substitution for limiting caloric intake and upping caloric burning and choosing the right portions and healthy foods.

I've been counting calories since I was a teen and lost 50lbs by the time I graduated high school. Been up and down a couple more times but lost it (for good) when I was diagnosed Diabetic 10 years ago.

There are so many people out there willing to take your money for outrageous claims. Losing weight is hard work, there is no easy way and if you think about it, you should be saving money (not spending thousands)..... because your groceries will be missing the expensive junk food ...

*~"Never eat more than you can lift......" Miss Piggy~*

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@Moonchilde wrote:
Many chiropractic offices offer a lot of "alternative therapies." I've been subjected to the pitch for some of it.

IMO there are two kinds of chiropractors - those who stick to spinal adjustments and massage, and those who go the quackery/scam route to squeeze more $$ out of gullible people. They push all kinds of weird kwap that is waaaay out there. Common sense tells you it's quackery.

I agree with that although there is no way under God's green Earth that I'd ever let a chiropractor near my spine. Perhaps some type of soft tissue massage but not likely. My mother had a friend, an older woman, who swore by her "adjustments". Aparently she had back pain and went every two weeks for "adjustments" for several years. And the quack also gave her all manner of "supplements" that supposedly would heal whatever ailed her. To make a long story even longer. The lady went to FL for the winter and found a new chiropractor down there.....she had bone tumor on her lumbar spine disc and that was what was causing her pain. The FL chiro sent her from his office right to an orthopedic specialist because just one touch and he knew something was very wrong and it was beyond anything he should be dealing with. She had the tumor ablated, she didn't even have to spend a night in the hospital. Pain gone. Along with years of her $$$.