The Biophotonic Scanner

Dear Colleagues,

We looked into the biophotonic scanner (from early 2015 - click here to their website).  I decided it was an example of weak science and could find no evidence for any of the claims that they make. They are essentially applying Raman spectroscopy to scan and looking for specific absorbance peaks.  The problem is that there is NO evidence to date that:  

1. The measurements are reproducible.
2. The presence of absorbance means that there are more of the anti-oxidant present.
3. That increasing circulating levels of anti-oxidant has any bearing on health.  

All their evidence is anecdotal and sponsored by the company itself.  I am shocked how many doctors (many of them from primary care specialties) have signed on to this company.  It shocks me that doctors, the very people who we entrust our health to would recommend something with such flawed evidence.  It is one thing for the lay public to take supplements and fuel an industry, which is based on profit over science and deceiving the public and physicians (who really should know better) into thinking that they are helping patients, or doing anything meaningful.  

Many companies have crap that they sell as supplements that somehow magically cure disease or conditions without any scientific basis.  I can guarantee that none of this companies scientists would accept my challenge to a debate. We offered to carry out a study to see if the machine could even be used to correlate risk of AMD with supposed anti-oxidant levels.  They refused. 

Links to discussions that have also found issues with the device:

http://randomrantsbykc.blogspot.com/2010/11/pharmanex-scanner-money-making-machine.html

http://eyesightassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/scannerwhitepaperlouiscadymd1.pdf

Update on 6/28/2016:

Additional link:

http://weightology.net/antioxidants-2/57.html/