It's called "Applied Kinesiology" and it
as bunk as it comes,
The concepts of applied kinesiology do not conform to scientific
facts about the causes or treatment of disease. Controlled studies
have found no difference between the results with test substances
and with placebos. Differences from one test to another may be
due to suggestibility, distraction, variations in the amount of
force or leverage involved, and/or muscle fatigue. If you encounter
a practitioner who relies on AK muscle-testing for diagnosis,
head for the nearest exit. Meanwhile, it would help if science-based
kinesiologists would stop referring to what they do as "applied
kinesiology."
The obvious book promotion aside, why or how is a world class athlete falling for this garbage:
“THIS IS A TEST THAT WILL help us see if your body is sensitive to certain foods,” Dr. Cetojevic told me.
We
were not in a hospital or lab or doctor’s office. He was not drawing
blood. There were no scanning devices or big, scary pieces of medical
equipment. It was July 2010, at a tournament in Croatia, and Igor
Cetojevic, M.D., a holistic practitioner from my native Serbia, was
explaining to me that he thought he knew why I’d fallen apart so many
times in the past, and how I could change my diet, my body, and my life
for the better. Then he had me do something very strange.
He had me place my left hand on my belly, and put my right arm straight out to the side.
“I
want you to resist the pressure,” he said as he pushed down on my right
arm. After a moment, he stopped. “This is what your body should feel
like,” he said.
Then, he gave me a slice of bread. Should I eat it?
“No,”
he said, and laughed. “Hold it against your stomach, and put your right
arm out again.” Once more, he pushed down on my arm, explaining to me
that this crude test would tell me whether or not I was sensitive to
gluten, the protein in wheat, barley, rye, and other common bread
grains.
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