I know my Mum’s friend – she’s much too vulnerable for me to explain that she is getting scammed. Quacks making a quick buck from sick, vulnerable and desperate individuals really gets my goat. These devices should be confiscated and the practitioners who use them should be prosecuted.Īt sceptics in the pub on Thursday evening, someone asked me what motivates me to do this stuff, especially since, as he put it, it is largely a thankless task. The practitioners who use them are either delusional, dishonest, or both. The devices described in this article are used to diagnose nonexistent health problems, select inappropriate treatment, and defraud insurance companies. Vega testing may lead to inappropriate treatment and expense to the patient and community (1).Īnd here’s what Quackwatch have to say about the likes of Vega test: It has no established scientific basis and there are no controlled trials to support its usefulness. Vega testing (the Vega test method) is an unorthodox method of diagnosing allergic and other diseases. They are simply unreliable.Įven earlier than the 2003 BBC investigation, a paper was published in the Medical Journal of Australia, which concluded this:

A red flag should always be raised if you come across a product or service that has no evidence for efficacy apart from testimonials. Or we may have done something else to reverse the pain or illness. The human mind is fallible, memories are remodelled and we sometimes inadvertently attribute an effect of one treatment when our body may have repaired itself naturally. Any regular readers of this blog would know that testimonials do not constitute scientific evidence. When the manufacturer, Health Screen International (HSL), were asked to explain themselves they said that the Vega machine is only about 70% accurate and “It does stretch the imagination how the Vega test works…But we have thousands of letters from people saying how much better they feel.” But again, the testers couldn’t seem to agree and all three testers advised different supplements. Further, one reporter was told he needed to take a total of 20 different vitamins and minerals. The report revealed that one subject was allergic to 33 different types of food, with only three being agreed upon by the testers across stores. A 2003 investigation by the BBC sent subjects to undergo Vega testing at different health food shops in the UK, and reported that test results varied from store to store.

Vega vs isoburn