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Nutrition Measuring Pen $245 ($20 off) + $10 Shipping @ Vitastiq

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Vitastiq measures 26 essential vitamins and minerals in your body, and displays the levels on your phone, so you can keep track of your dietary and nutritional intake and adjust based on your health needs.

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  • +2

    Anything is pen if your smart enough :)

    • What?

  • +5

    Where do you stick it for best results?

    • +2

      It looks like it has a Retrieval string, so maybe your belly button?

    • +3

      Up the ass of the scam artist that sold it to you, so you can measure the levels of bullshit!

      It works by measuring a specific nutrient/mineral at a specific region of the body LOL. Why does the region have to be specific to give a reading? sounds like quackery to me

  • +2

    Classic disclaimer:

    Vitastiq is not a medical device. It cannot prevent, treat or cure any medical problems nor can it diagnose a medical condition. Just like any other modern device, it helps you in tracking and monitoring your daily lifestyle and fitness activities. Nonetheless, if one or more of your Vitastiq levels are low or high, it would be wise to visit your physician.

    Even if all your Vitastiq levels are fine, it does not mean you should skip regular visits to your physician.

    Do you have any studies comparing the accuracy of this with a blood test?

    Note that I'm seriously interested as I've seen the correct vitamin regimes tailored for the person result in significant mental health improvements.

    Does the app support multiple people?

    • +2

      Vitastiq

      wasnt he a character in the asterix comics?

    • -7

      I agree the devices defined in the link as 'rely on detection and/or manipulation of either "vibrations" and/or a body "energy" system that have no scientific recognition' are a scam.

      However the vitastiq device claims to measure the levels of chemicals within your body. It is well accepted by numerous studies that deficiencies can have significant impacts on health. A device that can provide reasonably accurate numbers without a blood test is of significant diagnostic benefit.

      • +3

        You're quite dense aren't you? You state the obvious, implicate scientific studies whilst advocating a device that has no scientific literature to back it up.

        This device cannot provide "reasonably" accurate numbers, it can't even provide a result tailored to you. I can assure that no doctor is going to gamble on the health of a patient with a device that hasn't even been approved nor gives a mechanism of action for its calculations.

        It gives you a value for blood nutrient/mineral levels based on the region you use it (i.e. they're made up). Besides your "levels" of minerals and nutrients are going to changes markedly throughout the day, and if the device worked it should be able to give a reading for every thing it claims to no matter the region you use it, it's basic physiology.

        I'm going to stick to evidence based medicine and get a blood test done should I need to. P.S. @vdplanner is a bad person for advocating this scam and associating with a company that actively lies and exploits the naive for monetary gain.

        • You're quite dense aren't you? You state the obvious, implicate scientific studies whilst advocating a device that has no scientific literature to back it up.

          Like you I'm sceptical of this device and won't be purchasing it until I can see evidence of it's effectiveness1. My earlier comment asks for studies, because I couldn't find any on the website. The article you linked to discusses devices with different claims, so I'm not prepared to discount the device purely on that article.

          I'm going to stick to evidence based medicine and get a blood test done should I need to.

          Agreed. Treating vitamin deficiencies is evidence based medicine. However trials can take several years to progress through and longer for other researchers to replicate and confirm the results. Certain therapies (e.g. Vitamin D to treat Depression are cheap ($12) and safe so I would suggest the potential benefits well outweigh the risks.

          Disclaimer: This is not medical advice, please consult your local GP first before doing anything.


          1. Thinking about this further I do have contacts in a laboratory that conducts blood tests, so $200 might be well spent to debunk this device. 

        • @mathew42:

          What?

          The article you linked

          I never linked an article… please learn to read, and probably look up the definition of a link whilst you're at it.

          Treating vitamin deficiencies is evidence based medicine. However trials can take several years to progress through and longer for other researchers to replicate and confirm the results.

          Yeah, except in the case of this device, there are no researchers. Just assholes and a scummy marketing team. If this were even being considered as a diagnostic tool, it would headline in the leading science and medicine publications as it would be a leading tool in its field.

          It's also reassuring when this is written at the bottom of their website

          Vitastiq is not a medical device. It cannot prevent, treat or cure any medical problems nor can it diagnose a medical condition

          Certain therapies (e.g. Vitamin D to treat Depression(medscape.com) are cheap ($12) and safe so I would suggest the potential benefits well outweigh the risks.

          How is this comment even relevant? Also you can't say Vitamin D to treat depression is cheap and safe, to recommend that to someone would be negligent. You linked a medscape page and not a proper paper. The paper that the medscape page was referring to is this one and it's not a great study. For starters, it was observational (not a clinical trial), relies on self reporting, used a pretty limited sample of women, they didn't even take into consideration if there were external factors affecting VitD levels… I can't say it's a bad study, it's not, it's just a study to give us grounds to do more research. not one to derive conclusions from

          A review paper published in 2016 stated that mostly observational studies between depression and Vitamin D have been carried out, stating that there may be a link, this is correlation not causation and the author acknowledges this. No significant clinical trials of Vitamin D have even been carried out and the ones that have been published don't even support the use of vitamin D to treat the late-life depression they studied. For someone so caught up in wanting studies you fail to even do your research.

          Your whole comment is spoken like someone who really understands medicine. I love how you to fail to even acknowledge the complexity and diversity imposed by the word depression (FYI, there is more than one type, and they're usually heterogeneous).

          "Cheap and safe… the potential benefits well outweigh the risks."

          Cheap not really, Fluoxitine is less than $10 and has been shown to be effective for some people.

          Safe, not really. Case: Patient presents with severe Unipolar depression, and suicidal ideation. "here, go buy some Vitamin D, you'll be right, it's cheap and safe" Hmmm anti-depressants, psychotherapy, hospitalisation or vitamin D. Good work, Doc!

          Last one is a bit extreme, but I hope you get my point. Also, you got heavily downvoted for a reason, don't edit to try and compensate because we see straight through that. I'm sorry if i'm coming off a little harsh, I just don't like people willingly misinforming others or spreading misinterpreting research.

        • -1

          @BrainSand:

          I never linked an article

          My apologies. I mistakenly thought you posted the comment I responded to.

          Safe, not really. Case: Patient presents with severe Unipolar depression, and suicidal ideation. "here, go buy some Vitamin D, you'll be right, it's cheap and safe" Hmmm anti-depressants, psychotherapy, hospitalisation or vitamin D. Good work, Doc!

          Safe as in unlikely to have side effects or cause interactions with other medications.
          Did you not read the disclaimer I added at the bottom where it said talk to a GP? Clearly a GP would assess the situation and work out the appropriate course of action.

          Also, you got heavily downvoted for a reason, don't edit to try and compensate because we see straight through that. I'm sorry if i'm coming off a little harsh, I just don't like people willingly misinforming others or spreading misinterpreting research.

          Interestingly the post that was down-voted, I would have considered significantly less controversial than the subsequent post, as it pointed out the first link was about a different device and treatments. On reflection I should have emphasised the word 'claims' but I would have thought the earlier post covered my scepticism.

          So I picked the first link that indicated Vitamin D may be of some benefit but that scientific trials were not complete. The side effects and ineffectiveness of many anti-depressent drugs for some people are well known.

          Unfortunately there is little funding for research into this because there is little profit for companies in Vitamin D and similar treatments. Gut health is another example of emerging medicine where scientists acknowledge our understanding is in it's infancy. I remain sceptical, but consider that if changes in people are noticiable (e.g. reduction in anxiety or self harm), treatment cheap and the risks minimal then even if it is proven to be a placebo it is worth trying.

          Doctors who practice 'Integrative Medicine' are in high demand simply through word of mouth referrals, although I would choose carefully.

          Having explained, that I'm now voting negative, because the orginal poster has not responded to my questions.

      • +2

        Please link to an article that shows that a simple measurement of skin resistivity can accurately determine the amount of multiple different types of vitamin deficiency.

        Vitamin D metabolites for example may be around 5 parts per million in blood. Can an external voltage applied to skin detect the levels?

        I might spend the afternoon working out whether this is an issue for the TGA or ACCC or both.

        SCAM.

  • +4

    OP's user name makes me wonder what they're planning.

    • +1

      Probably planning what to do with all the money he made from ripping people off

  • This measures the resistance of the skin and somehow works out which nutrients you are deficient in? Riiiiiight, doesn't sound scammy at all….

  • The second gen product (possibly same?) is $259 from Harvey norman, and it's also the everyday price

    http://www.harveynorman.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=Vitas…

    • who cares? the product is a waste of money and a scam, much like those Lif3 stickers harvey norman also sells.

  • +3

    I know quackery when I see it.

  • +3

    …DOES THIS FUNCTIONS AS AN ACTUAL PEN AS WELL AS MEASURING NUTRIMENTS?BECAUSE…I WANT TO WRITE THINGSTOO.

    • +4

      It does but only lower case letters. Not for you…sorry!

  • +1

    Does a post like this give scams more google juice?

  • +2

    Will it work on my 2nd gen iPad Pro?

    • It won't "work" with any device XD

  • +3

    This device has been scientifically proven to measure gullibility.

  • Does this work on band 28?

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