Anyone ever heard of the "Omega Acubase"?

mrrealtime · June 21, 2006, 7:21pm

Just out of curiosity, anyone been “omega tested” for food allergies? Hundreds of people around here swear by it, and pay the $80 or so to find out what they cant eat anymore…Im suspect its a scam, but how can it appear to be so accurate?

UncleBeer · June 21, 2006, 7:32pm

Omega Accubase is a piece of software used in conjunction with such apparatus as the Vegatest device. The Vegatest device “works” on the Electro Dermal theory. EDT is claimed, without any scientific evidence to be able to diagnose food allergies, in addition to myriad other conditions such as, “weak organs,” certain viruses, lead levels in children, etc.

Quackwatch:

Acting on a complaint filed by Anthony J. Cortese, D.O., a retired osteopathic physician and past member of the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners, Department of Justice investigators found that the Pacific Health Center has no licensed health professional among its employees. Its promotional materials stated that the facilities perform EDT on their customers using a “Vegatest” device that measures resistance to electric current at superficial points on the body. The defendants claimed that the device can test for food allergies, “weak organs,” nutritional deficiencies, the presence of “toxins,” candida, the Epstein Barr virus and lead levels in children. They also claimed that the testing is “an electric interview with your body” and acts similarly to the device used by the character of Dr. McCoy in the television show “Star Trek.” [4] The test results are then used as a basis for selling various nutritional supplements and homeopathic remedies, charging between $249 and $349 for the test plus the costs of the supplements. The defendants have used radio advertisements, seminars, and promotional tapes in marketing the testing. A nongovernmental investigator has told me that in April 2001 he was tested with a Vegatest device hooked up to a computer with Omega Acubase 6.0 software installed.

http://www.quackwatch.org/02ConsumerProtection/AG/OR/edt.html

Omega Accubase is almost certainly a fraud.

mrrealtime · June 21, 2006, 10:58pm

I figured as much…now if someone is charging $75 to hook someone up to this device, then claiming that they have x food allergies, is that not fraud? Can they not be charged with some crime?