Re: RIFE, PROOF, and ELECTRICITY by Starstruck

Great post.

>- First of all, electricity passing through any substance may produce heat. The amount of heat generated depends upon the resistance of the substance and the density of the current flow. For human skin, the rule of thumb is that one milliampere (1 mA) per one square centimeter is just below the level at which cell damage due to heat is produced.

Yes, and the way to overcome this problem ( as I have been posting for the last 7 years ) is to use larger contacts to overcome the skin resistance. This is one of the very reasons that wrist straps and finger clips produce poor results when compared to copper paddles and augmentation footpads.

>- Second, if the electricity is administered via electrodes made of metal, the positive electrode will give off ions of the metal itself.

Yes, I agree, but the simplest way to overcome this is to use paper towels soaked in salt water. This causes the great part of the ions to be sodium and chloride as they have greater electro motility than the pure metals. Also, the metals that do move get caught in the paper towels and are subsequently discarded.

>- Third, with any level of voltage, the water within the tissues will be subjected to electrolysis, a process in which the water molecules are broken apart. In biological tissues, this produces gases, such as hydrogen, that are extremely toxic to cells.

Yes, but the volume of these products is dependent on the amount of current passing through each cell which is extremely small when using the 4 point augmentation system. The exception is at the negative electrode which does not appear to be as damaging.

>- If any harmonics from a square wave are created above 20,000 KHz, they are too weak either way to have any effect.

I must disagree with this to an extent. It is easily observed that when zapping, a lot of frequencies between 100 kHz and 800 kHz are absorbed by the body or by something within. This can be easily seen on an oscilloscope.

>- Again, all of these warnings are irrelevant if you stick directly to Rife's method

They are also irrlevant if you use zapper electrodes correctly.