what is the name of the mattress pad? what brand is it? do you have a website
link?
--- In rawpaleodiet@yahoogroups.com, tinakimmel@... wrote:
>
> i've been sleeping on a name-brand magnet mattress pad for 12 years. at
> first, i only noticed that i had wild, colorful dreams. after a few weeks
> they subsided, but i noticed i needed less sleep, and that benefit has
> continued.
>
> recently i decided to do something about the dip that had developed in the
> center of the pad. (i am like the princess and the pea, my sleep surfaces
> have to be utterly flat!). i cut the pad into 4 pieces and reglued them in
> such a way that the center used to be the corners, and vice-versa. this
> worked great for the foam itself.
>
> however, it messed up the magnet pattern somewhat. my kids and i tried to
> reglue the magnets in the exact pattern thay had been in, with mixed
> success.
>
> well fwiw, i don't feel QUITE so much benefit from the mattress now. it is
> possible that the pattern really WAS scientifically based, as they say it
> is. so i'm saving up for a new pad. (btw, i've recently been told that the
> company will replace the more-expensive magnet MATTRESS but not the pad...
> go figure.)
>
> tina
>
> >
> > Over some years, I have had a couple of really outstanding resolutions
> > with magnets. One was the almost instant "fix" of a back spasm that had
> > kept me down for three days; treatment with magnetic bedding and a
> > "rollout" with a big magnet-embedded roller cured it, and the next day I
> > rolled over and hopped out of my on-the-floor bed without a thought. I
> > have resolved small headaches with a magnetic band, but not migraines. My
> > dog experiences some relief from his arthritis from wearing magnets. I
> > have produced sleep on sleepless nights away from my magnetic bed, just by
> > wearing a magnetic headband.
> >
> > Now, I am a huge skeptic, but magnets, like homeopathy, worked so well for
> > me and made so much sense that I have made them a part of my life. I do
> > think it makes a big difference what sort of magnets one uses, and I put
> > my faith, as it were, in the long and sound research of one of the major
> > pioneers of the modality. I have no real explanation, other than what they
> > claim, but the results have spoken for us. They are certainly only part of
> > the health solution, but seem valuable.
> >
> >
> > ginny
> >
> > All stunts performed without a net!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> I just found an old magnet after rummaging around a cupboard. I'd
> >> used it for a few months, a long while back, and then somehow lost it
> >> until now. I very vaguely recall that I felt very slightly better
> >> when I used it(c.5-6 years ago?), but that could have been due to the
> >> RPD diet or whatever. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone here uses
> >> magnets and what their reaction is as to their usefulness or lack
> >> thereof? I think the theory is that, by wearing the magnet on your
> >> chest, it's suppose to magnetically stimulate blood-flow around the
> >> heart, or something like that.
> >>
> >> Geoff
> >
> >
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