There was a "Holistic Health Fair" here in town yesterday, and I was amazed at how many of these quacks talk about vibration. Reflexology, for one, seems to me as nothing more than using a vibrator on someone's foot and thinking that it'll resonate through their body to cure their back pains, etc.

I work with someone who actually believes this bullshit. She showed me a bottle of "fountain of youth" water she got from the fair, and I had a good laugh over it. It's obviously an Arrowhead water bottle with the label ripped off, it still has the sticky stuff on the side of the bottle. The top was open when she bought it too. Apparently what they do is take this water and run it through a machine that "changes the vibration" of the water. Somehow this makes it healthier, and the lady selling it even claimed that you don't need sunblock when you drink it because it makes your skin more resistant to UV light. Sounds like Snake Oil to me.

The vibe machine is a hoot though, they actually think this giant vibrator is better for cancer than chemotherapy. The lady tells me that your body is supposed to be killing these cancer cells off by itself, but when the vibrations in your immune system are too low it lets these things pass unnoticed. WTF?

There are plenty more too, the whole of holistic medicine seems to have some weird obsession with vibration. As a result of my experiences yesterday, I now have a new rule when I visit my doctor: "If it vibrates, I DON'T WANT IT!"