Floating Bed

It must be a fairly strong magnetic field to support the weight of the bed itself as well as possibly two full grown adults.

I wonder what effect, if any, sleeping (or just laying for that matter) in such a strong magnetic field for so long (6-8 hours per night?), 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, would have on the human body. Our red blood cells contain a large amount of iron, which is necessary to carry oxygen from the lungs to all of our cell tissues. Would a strong magnetic field have an adverse effect on oxygen flow to the brain, heart, or any key organs? On the other hand, could it have a beneficial effect?

Homeopathic medicine has long claimed medical benefits for magnets, but the only documented use I know is for cleaning out scrap iron and steel from the intestinal tracts of large domestic animals (cows and horses primarily) who might have ingested bits of metal from bailing wire (as in hay bales) or from other sources (loose nuts and bolts from feed machinery, etc.).

Others claim that orienting your bed and sleeping in alignment with earth's (relatively weak, but pervasive) magnetic field makes sleep more restful.

But would resting in close proximity to very strong magnets make red blood cells congregate in constricted vessels or tissues, perhaps even producing blood clots?

I am not a Doctor, but I watch one on TV. (grin) Inquiring minds want to know!

STL's comments are all valid concerns, and getting good answers would require many milllions of dollars of risky human subject research, one would think. But of course, why on earth would anyone want such a thing? You could replace your $5 of bed spring wire with a 1.5 million system, but you still need a matress to support you.

Now how about replacing 30 percent of your bones with steel substitutes. Then you could float in air, without the need for a matress. I have a pretty good shop, and I've carved a turkey or two, so I think I could do the work. Any takers?