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xocet

(3,941 posts)
Tue May 20, 2014, 03:03 PM May 2014

Drinking Harmonized H20 as a Sunscreen...How far does one need to read to find complete idiocy?

It only takes one sentence on their about page to reveal idiocy that is contrary to any reasonable empirical understanding of modern physics (please do continue down the rabbit hole though):


About Harmonized Water

There is growing recognition in the scientific community that the body is better described as a hologram than "matter". These revelations have empowered energy medicine advocates and give credence to existing energetic strategies like acupuncture, frequency medicine, and other researched medicinal practices. Harmonized Water works because it shares Hundreds of Thousands of beneficial vibrational messages (frequencies) with the body that restore a harmonious environment.

...

http://www.harmonizedwater.com/About.aspx


So, the human body is not really best thought of as matter, but instead as a hologram? Clearly, they mistook "Red Dwarf" for a series of scientific lectures.

Is this company potentially dangerous? Will ignorant and gullible people believe their marketing and use their "product" in lieu of sunscreen?


UV Neutralizer Assists with Sun Exposure

Achieve UV protection before the sun even hits you with our innovative new technology that isolates the precise frequencies needed to neutralize UVA and UVB.

...

Results

  • Neutralizes UV radiation
  • Allows for increased sun exposure (30x more than normal)
  • Enhances tanning effect from the sun


Directions

Take 2ml every 4 hours while in the sun (preferably with 2+ oz of water). Wait 1 hour before exposure to the sun. Monitor sun exposure carefully. Take second dose if still in sun 3 hours after first dose. For extended intense exercise outdoors, use alternate protection after 30-40 minutes.

...

http://www.harmonizedwater.com/UVProtection.aspx


So, what does "Neutralizes UV radiation" mean? Beyond that, what does "Allows for increased sun exposure (30x more than normal)" mean exactly? Does the latter mean that if one uses this product, one will be subjected to greater (unprotected) exposure than if one actually were protected by a sunscreen? Is their latter statement a veiled, cynical admission that their product has no effect at all?

On the Harmonized Water facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/HarmonizedWater), they link to an article that helps them hawk their product:


Drinking Up for Sun Safety
Posted: May 2, 2014

As the multifunctional trend continues to grow and branch out, innovative companies and brands are looking for new ways to bring multiple benefits to consumers through just one product. As Mintel’s senior beauty analyst Charlotte Libby discusses in her blog post “Inside Out Beauty: The launch of a UV protection water supplement,” this has brought the trend of nutricosmetics back around.

Libby writes in her post, “With the promise of summer just around the corner, many will be stocking up on bottled water and sunscreen to safely enjoy the hot weather. Looking to combine these two summer essentials is a new sun protection product, Osmosis Harmonized H20. Developed in the United States, it has a defense comparable to an SPF 30 and is one of the first drinkable waters with sunscreen properties.”

More and more, beauty is working to align itself with healthy living, and this type of product targets that marketing aspect perfect—and it’s likely going to take off even further. “This trend for inside-out beauty is now moving into other areas of beauty and personal care, such as sun protection. While supplement innovation has existed in the sun care market before, with products such as Nurture Protect Skin Nourishment Supplements claiming to protect the skin from UV damage as well as improving general skin health, the new Osmosis Harmonized H20 is one of the first drinkable waters with sunscreen properties. The company claims that after drinking, molecules vibrate on the skin in a unique way which cancels 97% of UVA and UVB rays, giving a comparable SPF protection rating of 30,” Libby writes.

...

http://www.skininc.com/treatments/suncare/Drinking-Up-for-Sun-Safety-257690001.html


This - in turn - links to another "article" on their product:


Inside Out Beauty: The launch of a UV protection water supplement
Author: Charlotte Libby. Published on May 2nd, 2014

With the promise of summer just around the corner, many will be stocking up on bottled water and sunscreen to safely enjoy the hot weather. Looking to combine these two summer essentials is a new sun protection product, Osmosis Harmonized H20. Developed in the US, it has a defense comparable to an SPF 30 and is one of the first drinkable waters with sunscreen properties.

BPC markets move toward an ’inside out’ approach

In the UK, we have seen product launches in the beauty and personal care markets move toward a more ‘inside out’ approach.

This trend for inside-out beauty is now moving into other areas of beauty and personal care, such as sun protection. While supplement innovation has existed in the suncare market before, with products such as Nurture Protect Skin Nourishment Supplements claiming to protect the skin from UV damage as well as improving general skin health, the new Osmosis Harmonized H20 is one of the first drinkable waters with sunscreen properties. The company claims that after drinking, molecules vibrate on the skin in a unique way which cancels 97% of UVA and UVB rays, giving a comparable SPF protection rating of 30.

...

http://www.mintel.com/blog/beauty-market-news/inside-out-beauty-the-launch-of-a-uv-protection-water-supplement


If one wants to contact, Harmonized Water, one has a contact address from their webpage:


Harmonized Water

Address:
30746 Bryant Ave
Ste 410
EVERGREEN, CO 80439
UNITED STATES

E-mail:
info@harmonizedwater.com

Telephone:
877-819-2837

http://www.harmonizedwater.com/ContactUs.aspx


One may also look to their facebook page for an address:


Harmonized Water

Address:
30746 Bryant St. Unit 410
Evergreen, Colorado 80439

Phone:
(877) 819-2837

Email:
info@harmonizedwater.com

https://www.facebook.com/HarmonizedWater/info


But - wait - on the Harmonized Water facebook page, they do have one who 'likes' them, an organization named - Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare. This company likes Harmonized Water. How does one contact Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare?

From the Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare facebook page, one obtains:


Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare

Location: 30746 Bryant Dr. Unit 410, Evergreen, Colorado 80439

Phone: (877) 777-2305

Email: info@osmosisskincare.com

https://www.facebook.com/osmosisskincare/info


From the Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare webpage, one obtains:


Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare

Address:

30746 Bryant Dr. Unit 410
EVERGREEN, CO 80439
UNITED STATES

E-mail: info@osmosisskincare.com

Telephone: 1-877-777-2305 / 303-674-7660


Are these organizations closely related? Let's see if Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare's YouTube videos shed any light on this question:

Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare offers this 'helpful' video on YouTube which eventually offers a link back to harmonizedwater.com:




Further, Osmosis Pür Medical Skincare also offers another truly helpful video that truly illustrates the quality of their understanding of water molecules:




To cut to the chase as it were, here is the frame whereby they put their advanced knowledge on display.

Behold the "water molecule" as it is subjected to "imprinting" with radio frequency energy:




Spectacular in its glory, is it not? Good old HO2!

With that molecular beauty occupying center stage, let's shift over to some uncritical news coverage:




One wonders if news anchors ever actually check out the qualifications of their guests.



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Drinking Harmonized H20 as a Sunscreen...How far does one need to read to find complete idiocy? (Original Post) xocet May 2014 OP
Thank you for, in essence, copying my OP on this board intaglio May 2014 #1
I am sorry that I have offended you. xocet May 2014 #2
It may be harmonized -- but is it tachyonized ? eppur_se_muova May 2014 #3
They are crazy, too - I hope that they aren't trying to sell their products as sunscreen. n/t xocet May 2014 #4

intaglio

(8,170 posts)
1. Thank you for, in essence, copying my OP on this board
Tue May 20, 2014, 03:25 PM
May 2014

Made some 5 hours before yours, indeed if you had bothered looking it was at the top of the listings for this board. It would have been polite of you to have just added this to my OP.

xocet

(3,941 posts)
2. I am sorry that I have offended you.
Tue May 20, 2014, 03:46 PM
May 2014

To be honest, I looked at your piece and found it to be somewhat unsubstantial and lacking in depth - that is how one would detect that mine is not a copy of yours. I thought that I would dig into the material and see what I could find. That is how you get a 5-hour difference in posting times. All in all, it seems a bit petty to be arguing priority over an OP - this is not LBN.

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