As a follow up to my post on ditching the ProBalance Band, here are two considered articles from a commentator whose views I highly respect – Ross Tucker of The Science of Sport. He detailed the apology that Power Balance had to issue, and then went into more detail the following week, including a good explanation of the placebo effect.
I hoped that my ProBalance Band (a similar product) would assist with my seasickness on rough boat dives, even if it was due to the placebo effect. Unfortunately, owing to all this thoughtful publicity I don’t think my brain will be fooled any more. I have thus retreated back to the firm ground of mainstream science, and will be eating ginger nuts instead.
you had better have more than one packet on the boat…….yum
Ginger nuts…. snigger…
MIND OUT THE GUTTER!
A friend of mine boasted about this :
http://cprimeusa.com/technology.html
on FB and it made me think of your post… Have a look at the very scientific research which has been carried out and the extensive and thorough explanation of the possible benefits.