Wouldn’t it be great if weight loss earrings were all that was needed to shed unwanted pounds? All you’d need to do is wear a simple piece of jewelry, and your struggle would disappear. Sounds too good to be true, right? Before you shell out any money and get your hopes up, it’s highly recommended that you inform yourself regarding what these are about and what they can actually do for you.

How Are Weight Loss Earrings Supposed to Work?

Weight loss earrings aren’t the only type of jewelry out there that promise results on your bathroom scale.  There are rings (for fingers and toes) as well as bracelets that make similar claims.  They’re all based on either using magnets, the use of pressure points, or both.

In many cases, weight loss earrings claims are based on both the properties of magnets, and the benefits of certain pressure points on your ear.  That said, it’s important to understand that there is no solid scientific evidence to support measurable, sustainable fat loss benefits from either magnets or pressure points on the ear.

What’s Behind the Claims?

The pressure point claims behind weight loss earrings are based on the principles of acupressure.  This is a concept by which the stimulation of certain specific points on the body will stimulate other areas, particularly internal organs and physiological processes. It is similar to the concept of acupuncture, except that acupuncture uses needles to pierce the skin in the areas of stimulation, whereas acupressure applies focused pressure to those areas.

While there is evidence that professional acupressure applications can have certain wellness benefits, particularly in certain specific areas such as pain or headache relief, this is not the case with earrings and burning body fat.

The other mechanism, magnetism, comes with the claim that the magnetic north pole is supposed to provide metabolism stimulation.  With a faster metabolic rate, the body would then burn more energy in the form of calories or stored body fat. Then, one would assume that this faster energy burning would lead to easier weight loss.

The Evidence Simply Isn’t There

Unfortunately, weight loss earrings appear to be one of those situations that are indeed too good to be true.  There has yet to be any research to support the use of magnets or acupressure on from jewelry on the ear to lead to measurable fat loss. There also isn’t any solid evidence to support the use of other types of jewelry with similar claims such as rings and bracelets.