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Looked up some of the studies on it

Posted By: Mel. White
Thursday, 29 December 2005, at 7:23 a.m.

In Response To: A new one... BioPhotonic Scanner (Fiddle)

I'll admit that it sets off some of my "snake oil detector" vibes.

Here's more about it: http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/news-NG.asp?n=55837-scanner-used-to

...but what it basically says is that they measure the light that's reflected from you hand and they can tell how much carotene is in your skin pigment and this will tell you how much "antioxidant activity" is going on. It's "iffy" science at best -- if you eat a LOT of carrots (high carotene), the pigment will enter your skin. This doesn't mean that you have a lot of antioxidents in your skin (because your carrot pig-out could have been the previous week and most of the carotene would be gone.)

Other things cause the skin to take a yellowish tint, and I don't see that these have been taken into account -- such as liver disease (a study on jaundice in infants mentions some populations whose diets include more carotene: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/1636 ) -- nor is the level of one type of antioxidant necessarily wonderful for you. Yellowing of the skin could be a danger sign -- and if you're looking for antioxidant levels, the blood test is accurate and reliable.

Recent studies have cast some doubt on the first Vitamin E studies (that lots and lots of it are good for you.)

Tanning does increase the amount of carotene in the skin. http://beauty.expertvillage.com/experts/sunless-tanning-operate.htm

Now, presumably they're taking a baseline and then doing a comparison later. But as a "walk in and scan your hand and tell you about your antioxidants" -- no, that's pretty bad science because as you can see, the amount can vary and high levels could indicate other problems.

I can hunt down other studies, but perhaps not today, eh?

> Hello,

> It doesn't look like anyone has discussed this new 'opportunity'.
> Apparently, NuSkin is the marketing company. As Mr. Austin Powers says,
> any thoughts?

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