Article: Could this palm scan read your body better than a blood test?

[Sly Saint]

In the Evening Standard.

Functional tests (diagnostic tools used to assess how well the body’s systems are working) are something we nutritionists often recommend, as there’s no better way to gain meaningful insight into a person’s health. By identifying deficiencies, imbalances, and dysfunctions, we can trace symptoms back to their root cause and uncover what’s happening inside the body.

Broadly speaking these assessments usually involve involve testing specific markers via blood, stool, urine, breath, saliva or hair analysis. So when I first heard about OligoScan, the non-invasive palm scan that measures levels of essential minerals, trace elements, and toxic heavy metals stored intracellularly within the body’s tissues, I wanted to find out more.

Unlike traditional blood tests, which can take days, weeks, (or even months) to return results, OligoScan delivers data almost instantly via a light beam applied to the palm of the hand.

Although the technology has been around for roughly a decade, OligoScan is now becoming more widely recognised and refined within the functional health space, making it increasingly accessible to practitioners and patients alike.

‘OligoScan assesses different biological compartments compared to blood tests. Essentially, blood tests measure what is circulating at a specific moment and are tightly regulated by the body, which means levels can appear normal even when tissue stores are depleted. OligoScan, using tissue spectrophotometry through the palm, aims to estimate longer-term mineral patterns and potential toxic burden at a tissue level. This makes it particularly useful in chronic or functional presentations where symptoms persist despite “normal” blood results,’ explains Dr. Barbara Kubicka, an aesthetic medicine physician and founder of Clinicbe in Knightsbridge.

Using the specialised scanner, four quick scans of my palm were carried out to measure the intensity of the electromagnetic signals of 21 minerals and trace elements, 16 toxic heavy metals and seven key vitamins, after which the intelligent software calculates the results deficiencies and accumulations and compiles a comprehensive report........... Results are displayed using a traffic-light system, where green and yellow indicate optimal and average levels, and red highlights potential imbalances or deficiencies.

Is this genuine? If so could it have any connection to how Ron Davis' nanoneedle blood test 'worked'?

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[John Mac]

"So when I first heard about OligoScan, the non-invasive palm scan that measures levels of essential minerals, trace elements, and toxic heavy metals stored intracellularly within the body’s tissues, I wanted to find out more".

Reads like an advert.

 

[Eleanor]

Betteridge's Law usually covers this sort of claim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." It is based on the assumption that if the publishers were confident that the answer was yes, they would have presented it as an assertion; by presenting it as a question, they are not accountable for whether it is correct or not.

 

[hotblack]

A quick look at the sort of youtube/tiktok channels promoting it and clinics selling it, sounds like expensive woo