Healy
That’s why the consumer advice center is now sounding the alarm
Why do people spend thousands of euros on the Healy? And what does the consumer advice center say about this?
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The consumer advice center joins the growing list of criticism of the alleged Healy miracle device. This is what she has to say.
Advertising medical products is subject to strict criteria in Germany – especially when it comes to their effectiveness. A product that has been exposed to increasingly critical reports in recent weeks and months is called “Healy”. Now they also warn Consumer advice center. What the alleged quantum tracker is all about.
The device is a small box that you attach to your clothing. It is connected to the wrist by a cable, from where light, but noticeable for sensitive people, electrical impulses are sent throughout the body. What’s the point of that? According to the company’s website, it “harmonizes your bioenergetic field” by “using quantum phenomena.” Sounds kind of vague? The consumer advice center also thinks so and says: “There is no scientific evidence for the effectiveness of Healy.”
The manufacturer itself is apparently aware of this fact, as there are disclaimers in several places on the website that point out exactly this. “Science does not recognize the existence of the information field, the analysis and harmonization with it and its other meaning, because there is no scientific evidence available,” it says, for example.
Consumer advice centers have already sued in one case
But how can the gadget receive approval as a medical device in both the USA and the EU? Why are customers willing to pay up to 4,000 euros for the device? The Canadian Office of Science and Society McGill University Healy’s growing success as a “triumph of marketing”. The company obviously knows very well how to position itself in the gray areas of marketing speak so that it doesn’t make itself vulnerable.
Healy is sold via direct marketing or so-called multilevel marketing. It is not the company itself that advertises, but influencers or private individuals who recommend it directly to potential customers. You can’t just buy the device, you need a referral link from a seller who then receives a commission.
The consumer advice center also finds this problematic because it makes the traceability of the advertising promises non-transparent. In one case, consumer advice centers have already taken legal action against advertising because it was aimed at children. In general, the corresponding reports are increasing, warn consumer advocates: “It is worrying that in the last few days over 100 complaints about “Healy” have been received by consumer advice centers from consumers from all over Germany.”
Healy can be dangerous for people with heart problems
The idea of harmonizing the so-called bioenergetic field comes from esotericism. She assumes that every cell in the body has an ideal vibrational state that must be created so that the cell can be healthy. The Healy is supposed to help with this, the manufacturer claims, the device should be able to do nothing less than analyze all trillions of cells in real time and put them in the ideal vibration state for them. However, the manufacturer still lacks proof of this incredible breakthrough in physics and biology. Instead warned the medical portal “Medicine Transparent” last summer that current flows between 1 and 1,000 hertz can be dangerous for people with heart problems or a pacemaker.