Is the claim that magnets improve healing and circulation in the human body true or false?

Question

Firstly, the iron in our blood is not a metal, Am I right?

According to Irishhealth.ie:
Magnetic therapy-no proven benefits

[Posted: Sat 07/01/2006]

Magnet therapy has no proven benefits and any healing effect that is experienced by patients is likely to be small, American researchers have said.

Magnetic devices which claim to be therapeutic include magnetic bracelets, insoles, knee bands and neck braces. Annual sales of these products are estimated at around $1 billion globally.



However according to Professor Leonard Finegold and Professor Bruce Flamm, many studies involving magnetic therapy are suspect because it is difficult to blind subjects to the presence of a magnet. This is different to, for example, drug studies, where placebos can be used.

They also warn that self treatment with magnetic devices may result in an underlying medical condition being left untreated.

"Magnets are touted by successful athletes and allowed to be advertised and sold without restrictions, so it is not surprising that lay people think th

Answer 1

The iron in our blood is iron the same as in dirt and rock . the scientific bases that magnets are good for you is on the fact that they line up your bloodcells(not sure if its blood cells, electrlytes , free radicals etc... and stuff like a magnet it lines them up north to south and therefor thats supposed to be a good thing but if it is they dont actually know all they know is that people say it works and helps them.

Answer 2

That's debatable. Scientific researches have proved the claims of Magnetic Healing as a farce, except some of the magnetic techniques used for Brain-problems..but even these are done in highly sophisticated hospitals and not in the common magnetic belts available in the market. However, there is huge support for the therapy also and believers can deny the scientific claims easily. Current scientific instruments are really not advanced enough to measure body's magnetism. Just ask someone to hold his index finger a cm. from your forehead and you will feel some stress.

Regarding iron in our blood...a 70Kg adult has approx 3 gm of iron in the body...2 gm of which is in haemoglobin and just 1 gm in other forms. Hardly any in metal form unless you are one of those record holders who eat iron-nails, etc daily.

Answer 3

False. As you suspected, the iron in our blood is not magnetic. The interactions that a magnetic field can mediate are very simple and well understood. Healing is not one of them.

Answer 4

Salamanders with amputated limbs have been shown to regrow them more quickly if subjected to magnetic fields so they must have some effect on growth and repair processes.

I wear a wrist magnet which allegedly helps arthritis and it seems to work for me!

Didn't think I was that gullible

Answer 5

True in war False in love

Answer 6

Personally, I don`t think so.
How can they?