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Dr. Packer said, "new technique called the Pharmanex® BioPhotonic Scanner has been developed based on an optical method known as Resonance Raman Spectroscopy.
This method has been used for many years in research laboratories
for carotenoid investigations in biological systems and is described in two books published about a decade ago (Packer, 1992, 1993). The scanner measures carotenoid levels in human tissues (Emakov et al., 2001), eye (Bernstein et al., 1998) and at the skin surface (Hata et al., 2000) using optical signals, called raman signals. These signals identify the unique molecular structure of carotenoids, allowing their measurement without interference by other molecular substances.
Its major advantage, compared to other antioxidant tests such as blood antioxidant levels or urinary oxidative damage byproducts, is related to measuring at the skin surface where carotenoids act to protect the body from harmful stressors in the environment like ultraviolet irradiation or ozone exposure. In contrast, serum or urine measurements, which fluctuate over a wide range of values, are less reliable and they often reflect a person's intake from recent meals rather than long-term antioxidant protection. Thus measurement of skin carotenoids by the BioPhotonic Scanner
is more meaningful than most other tests used to assess antioxidant status
Pharmanex didn't create a machine to "prove their products work". The UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Center for BioMedical Optics developed this technology and then came to Pharmanex and ASKED us to deploy the technology.
You want research? Read these Clinical Research Studies
http://www.nutritionfilecabinet.com/..._clinical.pdf, http://www.gotyournumber.com/_downlo...EBabstract.pdf
http://www.nutritionfilecabinet.com/..._Carotoids.pdf
Dr. Packer
was at the American College of Sports Medicine in San Francisco in May of this year and talked about the BioPhotonic Scanner when he was a
speaker during the symposium on Dietary Antioxidants, Health & Exercise (Brian must not have gone to the meetings, just the expo)
Among others on this forum there is a doctor, a medical student and a physical therapist/trainer. You three, of all people, should be Open Minded to new ideas and information. As medical professionals you have a fiduciary responsibility to learn the
FACTS about New Technology for the benefit of your patients. Do your due diligence.
Look Boys, - if you don't want to play in my sand box - then don't. But be Grown-Up enough to not sling mud when you don't know what you are talking about. If you Don't know all the Facts - BE WISE ENOUGH to find out. You guys better lighten up before you have a heart attack, since you don't believe supplements are any good and there is no other way to get enough antioxidants (no matter how healthy you eat0.
If you have legitamate questions and want real answers send me a "message" - I don't want or need your e-mail address.