If you were to imagine the setting for a fortune teller, an almost unnervingly pristine mews between Knightsbridge and Chelsea might not be the first place to spring to mind. You were probably picturing an incense-laced den bedecked with thick velvet curtains that unveil a palm-reading Mystic Meg type.
Well, this is not your average palm reading. Instead, this is an OligoScan, the non-invasive palm scan that purportedly measures essential minerals, trace elements and heavy metals stored intracellularly within the body’s tissues. In non-science speak, it’s a functional test that claims to reveal everything from your iron and vitamin D levels to the presence of aluminium in your body — painlessly and almost instantly. Sort of like a blood test, but without the needles and waiting time for results.
