Hi mentalnomad,

Great questions! I'll try to answer at least in part this morning and I'll do some more later. applied kinesiology is created and based on theories that oppose the truth of the bible.

Now sometimes people attach occultic ideas to a treatment that is clearly scientifically valid, so it may be ok if you approach it as Science which identifies something God actually created, and don't take on the occultic side of it. Often though with occultic practices, it's either not giving valid results or it's working through demonics and not the scientific laws that God created.

So when you practice an occultic health technique, you open the door to demonic oppression in your life. Because there is sin against God, there can be a negative impact, as with all sin. (Of course, the way out is to repent, turn away from that practice, and cast out anything that came in).

Here's some segements I pulled on an article about applied kineseology from the Watchman Expositor:


"The father of applied kinesiology is George Goodheart, a Michigan chiropractor who developed the concept.

He combined elements of psychic philosophy, Chinese Taoism, and "early chiropractic theory concerning the body's supposed Innate Intelligence with ancient Eastern practices designed to regulate supposed mystical life energies within the body" (Can You Trust Your Doctor, 157).

Goodheart was involved with the occult.

He is reported to have developed his elaborate charts showing relationship of specific organs and acupuncture meridians to certain nutrients and herbs (at least in part) through psychic powers.

John Ankerberg and John Weldon quote research by Robert Pollack and Edward Kravitz (Nutrition in Oral Health and Disease, p. 310) providing evidence that Goodheart discoverd applied kinesiology by using his gift as a "psychic (personal communication) and developed his charts by this means" (Ibid).

Ankerberg and Weldon confirmed this report through contacts with the president of the National Council Against Health Fraud, Dr. William Jarvis, who also serves as professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical School in California.

Jarvis verified that Goodheart indeed relied on psychic powers in the development of applied kinesiology (Ibid).

Goodheart published his theories in a series of reports (Workshop Procedure Manuals, 1964, 1972, and 1973-76). His books along with works of later proponents (John Thie, Touch for Health, Joseph Donahue, Transitions, and John Diamond, Your Body Doesn't Lie.) describe the theory behind Goodheart's discoveries.

"He combined the concept of "innate intelligence" with the Eastern religious concept of energy (ch'i) and the idea that muscles reflex (reflect back) the condition of each of the various body organs via the chi's meridians.

"`Innate intelligence' is described as spiritual intelligence which runs the body and is connected to the universal intelligence though the nervous system.

"His theory is that the status of all body organs and systems can be determined by checking the resistance of a specific muscle" (Kinesiology [Muscle Response Testing], p.1) a Monograph published by Christians Investigating New Age Medicine [CINAM], an Asheville, South Carolina based research and information organization)...

A scientific double-blind pilot study, however, was conducted to test the claims of applied kinesiology. It was conducted by the ALTA Foundation for Sports Medicine Research in Santa Monica, California.

Published in the June 1988 Journal of the American Dietetic Association, the study tested, "three experienced applied kinesiologists for four nutrients (thiamin, zinc, vitamin A, and ascorbic acid). The results obtained by those applied kinesiologists were compared with (a) one another, (b) standard laboratory tests for nutrient status, and (c) computerized isometric muscle testing.

"Statistical analysis yielded no significant interjudge reliability, no significant correlation between the testers and standard biochemical tests for nutrient status, and no significant correlation between mechanical and manual determinations of relative muscle strength" ("Applied Kinesiology Unreliable for Assessing Nutrient Status," Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 88, No. 6, p. 698).

In other words, the applied kinesiologists did not agree with each other, failed to discern true nutrient differences, and could not even truly judge real differences in muscle strength.

The abstract concluded, "the results of this study indicated that the use of applied kinesiology to evaluate nutrient status is no more useful than random guessing" (Ibid)...

If there is no legitimate physical explanation as to how undigested (and in some cases unopened) vitamins can instantly strengthen the arm muscles, than one is only left with a psychic, spiritual, or psychosomatic explanation.

Faithful clients of applied kinesiologists often counter that these vitamins and herbs are good for them.

The truth is that products sold by applied kinesiologists may or may not be heathy and beneficial but pulling ones finger, or arm (or leg??) is not a legitimate way to differentiate."

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Any time you are dealing with concepts including chi, meridians, etc - you are dealing with "Universal Energy" replacing God. You are tapping into eastern and new age religion.

Now on the other hand, our bodies are created as electrical, energetic things. Certain types of energy impact our bodies and can impact disease in our bodies. For example, MRI's use magnetic energy. The sound waves that come through the radio can hurt your ears if you turn it up to loud, etc. I believe that they use sound waves to dissolve kidney stones, etc.

God created various kinds of waves and energy that are invisible but have substance and impact. It's my personal opinion that if you can use these energies to help the body get healthy, it's ok.

Of course the optimal way to live life would be to receive and keep devine health and healing through faith in God! However I believe that in God's mercy He allows us to use what He's created to sustain us.

There are many scriptures that call use of psychic ability a sin and punishable by death in the old testament, and requiring repentance in the new testament. Also, any practice that utilizes other religious beliefs and opposes the truth of God would clearly be a sin. In the old testament it would have been cause for death as well. In the new - repentance.

Hope this answers. Please feel free to follow up with any questions - I'll come back for the other questions later.

Blessings!!!!!