NASA Calls ‘BS’ on
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Latest GOOP Product
by Jerome Hudson 23 Jun 2017
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand
Goop is under fire for misrepresenting the materials contained in one of its
products.
The wellness website is selling $120 “Body
Vibes” stickers said to be made from “NASA spacesuit material” and meant to
“rebalance energy frequency in our bodies.”
“Human bodies operate at an ideal energetic frequency,
but everyday stresses and anxiety can throw off our internal balance, depleting
our energy reserves and weakening our immune systems,” Paltrow’s website said
in a blog
post praising the stickers. “Body Vibes stickers come pre-programmed
to an ideal frequency, allowing them to target imbalances.”
However, the stickers are “BS,” according Mark Shelhamer,
former chief scientist at NASA’s human research division.
Shelhamer shutdown the claim that Goop’s stickers
contain carbon material from NASA spacesuits.
“Not only is the whole premise like snake oil, the logic
doesn’t even hold up,” Shelhamer said. “If they promote healing, why do they
leave marks on the skin when they are removed?”
A spokesperson for NASA told
People magazine they “do
not line their spacesuits with conductive carbon material.”
Goop has since removed any mention of the stickers
containing the NASA material from its website. The company also issued a statement to People.
“As we have always explained, advice and recommendations
included on goop are not formal endorsements and the opinions expressed by the
experts and companies we profile do not necessarily represent the views of
goop,” Goop said. “Based on the statement from NASA, we’ve gone back to
the company to inquire about the claim and removed the claim from our site
until we get additional verification.”
Body Vibes issued a statement apologizing to NASA for
mischaracterizing their product.
“We apologize to NASA, Goop, our customers and our fans
for this communication error. We never intended to mislead anyone. We have
learned that our engineer was misinformed by a distributor about the material
in question, which was purchased for its unique specifications,” the statement
read. “We regret not doing our due diligence before including the distributor’s
information in the story of our product. However, the origins of the material
do not anyway impact the efficacy of our product. Body Vibes remains committed
to offering a holistic lifestyle tool and we stand by the quality and effectiveness
of our product.”
Paltrow has faced fire in the past for sharing cookbooks
that include incomplete cooking instructions that could lead to increased risk
of food poisoning.
People magazine
John F. Kennedy
Jr. was the Sexiest Man Alive in 1988 for People magazine, and a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.
Note: Gwyneth Paltrow
is a director emeritus for the Robin
Hood Foundation, and her “Body Vibes” stickers are said to be made from “NASA spacesuit material” and meant to
“rebalance energy frequency in our bodies”, and made the National Rifle Association enemies list listed in 2013.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Harlem
Children's Zone.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Emma Bloomberg
was the chief of staff for the Robin
Hood Foundation, is a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation, and Michael R.
Bloomberg’s daughter.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is Emma Bloomberg’s
father, was a donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation, a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, and a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Gabrielle
Giffords is a co-founder for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, and married to Mark E. Kelly.
Mark E. Kelly is a
co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions, married to Gabrielle
Giffords, Scott J. Kelly’s
brother, and an astronaut at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Scott J. Kelly is
Mark E. Kelly’s brother, and an astronaut
at the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
Michael D.
Griffin was an administrator for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and a contributor for the Center for a New American Security (think
tank).
Madeleine K.
Albright was a director at the Center
for a New American Security (think tank), is an advisory board member for
the Truman Center for National Policy,
an advisory board member for the Truman
National Security Project, and the president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation.
Gabrielle
Giffords is an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the
Truman National Security Project, a
co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions, and married to Mark
E. Kelly.
Mark E. Kelly is a
co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions, married to Gabrielle
Giffords, Scott J. Kelly’s
brother, and an astronaut at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Scott J. Kelly is
Mark E. Kelly’s brother, and an astronaut
at the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
John B. King Jr.
is a trustee at the Truman Scholarship
Foundation, and a director at the Robin
Hood Foundation.
John F. Kennedy
Jr. was a director at the Robin Hood
Foundation, and the Sexiest Man Alive in 1988 for People magazine.
Gwyneth Paltrow
is a director emeritus for the Robin
Hood Foundation, and her “Body Vibes” stickers are said to be made from “NASA spacesuit material” and meant to
“rebalance energy frequency in our bodies”, and made the National Rifle Association enemies list listed in 2013.
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