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	<title>Comments on: Do those Phiten titanium necklaces actually enhance athletic ability and promote healing?</title>
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		<title>By: I figured it out!</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-6917</link>
		<dc:creator>I figured it out!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For people who believe it works, it does! For people who don&#039;t believe it works, it doesn&#039;t! There&#039;s simply no science to support any claims regarding phiten at all, so it can only work if you BELIEVE! So, just for fun, I made a little voodoo doll with a phiten necklace and bracelet to represent all the &quot;believers&quot; out there. If the technology seems to stop working... you know why! 

But hey, there&#039;s other technology that we don&#039;t need science to believe in out there. Try probalance, or maybe a lucky rabbit&#039;s foot. If phiten could have only infused a rabbit&#039;s foot with titanium it would have worked (so much luckiness in one location)! Plus, I&#039;d just love to see PETA showing up to protest cruelty to bunnies at various sporting events.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For people who believe it works, it does! For people who don&#8217;t believe it works, it doesn&#8217;t! There&#8217;s simply no science to support any claims regarding phiten at all, so it can only work if you BELIEVE! So, just for fun, I made a little voodoo doll with a phiten necklace and bracelet to represent all the &#8220;believers&#8221; out there. If the technology seems to stop working&#8230; you know why! </p>
<p>But hey, there&#8217;s other technology that we don&#8217;t need science to believe in out there. Try probalance, or maybe a lucky rabbit&#8217;s foot. If phiten could have only infused a rabbit&#8217;s foot with titanium it would have worked (so much luckiness in one location)! Plus, I&#8217;d just love to see PETA showing up to protest cruelty to bunnies at various sporting events.</p>
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		<title>By: JC</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-5646</link>
		<dc:creator>JC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you all are morons</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you all are morons</p>
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		<title>By: Marlin XC</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-4789</link>
		<dc:creator>Marlin XC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a high school athlete who has just recentely (1 week or so) just bought the Phiten Stars bracelet and the black/white Tribal Necklace.I believe in the Phiten Technology because I run 8 miles a day at a medium/ kinda fast pace and all the time came home to aching schins and headaches on cold days.Ever since i bought Phiten, i havnt had any problem or pain in my athletic high school every day life, even if i do long distance track/marathons/or baseball.I bel;ieve in this necklace and are going to order Phiten&#039;s Tsunami Necklace. (3 phitens combined). :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a high school athlete who has just recentely (1 week or so) just bought the Phiten Stars bracelet and the black/white Tribal Necklace.I believe in the Phiten Technology because I run 8 miles a day at a medium/ kinda fast pace and all the time came home to aching schins and headaches on cold days.Ever since i bought Phiten, i havnt had any problem or pain in my athletic high school every day life, even if i do long distance track/marathons/or baseball.I bel;ieve in this necklace and are going to order Phiten&#8217;s Tsunami Necklace. (3 phitens combined). :)</p>
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		<title>By: Lori</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-4485</link>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just purchased 3 necklaces based on the testimony of my friend who is a pro golfer with back issues.  Although a skeptic, he bought one at a golf expo and now swears by it.  I purchased these knowing there was no scientific evidence.  I did so on the basis of a friend&#039;s personal experience.  I am one of &quot;those people&quot; who believes healing begins in the mind.  I believe the necklace has helped everyone who claims it has (for whatever reason).   My husband and I have been wearing them only one day and haven&#039;t noticed any changes, but aren&#039;t giving up just yet.  We know what we are getting into when we purchase something with and unproven claim.  It&#039;s our prerogative. I found this site googling for data.  It is amazing how many negative people there are who find it necessary to rant such negative and nasty comments to seemingly nice people taking time to comment on personal experience.  Someone should develop a &quot;happy pill&quot; for them!  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just purchased 3 necklaces based on the testimony of my friend who is a pro golfer with back issues.  Although a skeptic, he bought one at a golf expo and now swears by it.  I purchased these knowing there was no scientific evidence.  I did so on the basis of a friend&#8217;s personal experience.  I am one of &#8220;those people&#8221; who believes healing begins in the mind.  I believe the necklace has helped everyone who claims it has (for whatever reason).   My husband and I have been wearing them only one day and haven&#8217;t noticed any changes, but aren&#8217;t giving up just yet.  We know what we are getting into when we purchase something with and unproven claim.  It&#8217;s our prerogative. I found this site googling for data.  It is amazing how many negative people there are who find it necessary to rant such negative and nasty comments to seemingly nice people taking time to comment on personal experience.  Someone should develop a &#8220;happy pill&#8221; for them!  :)</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-4468</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just bought one out of curiosity while i was at Dicks sporting goods,im not that active but i just wanted it to see if it would help some of my  aching and soreness.Everyone&#039;s body reacts differently to different treatments, i gotta say it did help a little but of course i could just exercise and it would help much better.All in all the japanese guys who made it do have some experience on how their product reacts otherwise no one would by them,just because pro athletes are wearing them ppl are thinking,oh i should try that.Exactly TRY IT for a little and then see if it works.You cant judge something or make a conclusion if you havent experimented.Also im not a firm believer in asian medicine but they are pretty smart,im asian too and not to sound stereotypical but im pretty sure that little asian guy in the lab spent ALOT of time testing, re-testing till he came to a conclusion it would HELP(keyword).They have similar bracelets in Korea that have 2 balls at the end for similar symptoms and my uncle had one,he said it helped,i dunno about gone FOREVER but it helps.But all in all exercise is the best way to keep in shape,i really dislike ppl who buy these cause big pro athletes are sporting them,i have a black one on right now actually cause my neck and jaw is sore from sleeping in weird positions and its slowly loosening up.Im not bashing anyone,just giving my experience with the product...Damn this comments long hope u guys read it through=)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just bought one out of curiosity while i was at Dicks sporting goods,im not that active but i just wanted it to see if it would help some of my  aching and soreness.Everyone&#8217;s body reacts differently to different treatments, i gotta say it did help a little but of course i could just exercise and it would help much better.All in all the japanese guys who made it do have some experience on how their product reacts otherwise no one would by them,just because pro athletes are wearing them ppl are thinking,oh i should try that.Exactly TRY IT for a little and then see if it works.You cant judge something or make a conclusion if you havent experimented.Also im not a firm believer in asian medicine but they are pretty smart,im asian too and not to sound stereotypical but im pretty sure that little asian guy in the lab spent ALOT of time testing, re-testing till he came to a conclusion it would HELP(keyword).They have similar bracelets in Korea that have 2 balls at the end for similar symptoms and my uncle had one,he said it helped,i dunno about gone FOREVER but it helps.But all in all exercise is the best way to keep in shape,i really dislike ppl who buy these cause big pro athletes are sporting them,i have a black one on right now actually cause my neck and jaw is sore from sleeping in weird positions and its slowly loosening up.Im not bashing anyone,just giving my experience with the product&#8230;Damn this comments long hope u guys read it through=)</p>
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		<title>By: barnie</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-4439</link>
		<dc:creator>barnie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>let me tell you guys about my experience. like most of you here, at first i was a skeptic. here in the philippines, x30s cost around $60 USD. they&#039;re really not cheap! and if you&#039;re a skeptic, you wont buy one and that&#039;s for sure. good thing the phiten shop here had a sale for 1 day only and i bought my x30 for only $20 USD. prior to wearing this necklace, i&#039;ve had shoulder pains for atleast 3 years. and i have already accepted the fact that there&#039;s nothing i can do anymore to stop the pain. i was wrong. after wearing my x30 necklace for just a day or two, the pain disappeared totally! and again, like most of you here, i just cant explain how this little necklace helped. but what im sure about is that with full honesty, the pain is now gone. i really cant blame those guys saying that this is just a fad bla bla bla and this cant any way help. i was like you before trying out this necklace. if this thing sells cheap in your country, i suggest you try it out first.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>let me tell you guys about my experience. like most of you here, at first i was a skeptic. here in the philippines, x30s cost around $60 USD. they&#8217;re really not cheap! and if you&#8217;re a skeptic, you wont buy one and that&#8217;s for sure. good thing the phiten shop here had a sale for 1 day only and i bought my x30 for only $20 USD. prior to wearing this necklace, i&#8217;ve had shoulder pains for atleast 3 years. and i have already accepted the fact that there&#8217;s nothing i can do anymore to stop the pain. i was wrong. after wearing my x30 necklace for just a day or two, the pain disappeared totally! and again, like most of you here, i just cant explain how this little necklace helped. but what im sure about is that with full honesty, the pain is now gone. i really cant blame those guys saying that this is just a fad bla bla bla and this cant any way help. i was like you before trying out this necklace. if this thing sells cheap in your country, i suggest you try it out first.</p>
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		<title>By: Zackery</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-4396</link>
		<dc:creator>Zackery</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi All,

I&#039;m from Malaysia &amp; I&#039;m a proud user of Phiten Product. I am currently using the X45 Shingo Limited Edition &amp; the Sports Bracelet.

At 1st I was very skeptical of the product, cause here in Malaysia the price of the neckless is not cheap! RM 195.00 which is more than my 2 day salary. But when I went to the phiten shop for Weight lifting test, I could immediately feel the results.

I too am a runner and before I used Phiten my 30KM run took me about 4 hours 30 minutes but now few months later my 30KM is about 3 hour 30+ minutes &amp; that is about 1 hour lesser than my original record.

On the other side of this story, I often get headache at least 1 time a week &amp; about 4-5 times a month but since I started to use Phiten I only get a headache about once in 2-3 months. Do note that my wife is very thankful to phiten cause now she can rest her hands from massaging my head.

What I&#039;m trying to say here is that you have to test it out, if you don&#039;t you just won&#039;t know. I&#039;m not sure why I&#039;m trying to convince you all, but it is your lost if you don&#039;t at least try it.

P/s: My wife now is a Phiten user as well and she loves it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I&#8217;m from Malaysia &amp; I&#8217;m a proud user of Phiten Product. I am currently using the X45 Shingo Limited Edition &amp; the Sports Bracelet.</p>
<p>At 1st I was very skeptical of the product, cause here in Malaysia the price of the neckless is not cheap! RM 195.00 which is more than my 2 day salary. But when I went to the phiten shop for Weight lifting test, I could immediately feel the results.</p>
<p>I too am a runner and before I used Phiten my 30KM run took me about 4 hours 30 minutes but now few months later my 30KM is about 3 hour 30+ minutes &amp; that is about 1 hour lesser than my original record.</p>
<p>On the other side of this story, I often get headache at least 1 time a week &amp; about 4-5 times a month but since I started to use Phiten I only get a headache about once in 2-3 months. Do note that my wife is very thankful to phiten cause now she can rest her hands from massaging my head.</p>
<p>What I&#8217;m trying to say here is that you have to test it out, if you don&#8217;t you just won&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m not sure why I&#8217;m trying to convince you all, but it is your lost if you don&#8217;t at least try it.</p>
<p>P/s: My wife now is a Phiten user as well and she loves it.</p>
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		<title>By: Jake.</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-4374</link>
		<dc:creator>Jake.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a high school baseball player and recently our team has had winter camps for varsity players. In the morning before school we have pitching camp and hitting after. Just a few days ago our pitching coach had me throw the ball in a slightly diffrent manner and it caused my shoulder to be sore. I bought a necklace form Dick&#039;s and the pain has already gone. These things work!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a high school baseball player and recently our team has had winter camps for varsity players. In the morning before school we have pitching camp and hitting after. Just a few days ago our pitching coach had me throw the ball in a slightly diffrent manner and it caused my shoulder to be sore. I bought a necklace form Dick&#8217;s and the pain has already gone. These things work!!</p>
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		<title>By: Wayne V.</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-4362</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne V.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All these anecdotal stories are nice, but some double blind studies showing that this product does anything more than produce a placebo effect would be nice.  My guess is that the manufacturer has no interest in doing such studies (or incentive), and the product is harmless enough that no one else will bother.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All these anecdotal stories are nice, but some double blind studies showing that this product does anything more than produce a placebo effect would be nice.  My guess is that the manufacturer has no interest in doing such studies (or incentive), and the product is harmless enough that no one else will bother.</p>
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		<title>By: Winston Salem Realtor</title>
		<link>http://www.scienceline.org/2008/10/06/ask-fox-phiten-necklace/comment-page-2/#comment-4294</link>
		<dc:creator>Winston Salem Realtor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I recently bought a Phiten bracelet hoping it would ease some pain in my right hand from being on the computer too long typing up real estate contracts.  I&#039;ve only been wearing it a week, but it seems to be helping me so far.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently bought a Phiten bracelet hoping it would ease some pain in my right hand from being on the computer too long typing up real estate contracts.  I&#8217;ve only been wearing it a week, but it seems to be helping me so far.</p>
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