Fenestra Research

Fenestra Research Labs wasThe website was non-functional as of February 28, 2016. a Las Vegas, NevadaCompany contacts page company that specialised in clinical trials for alternative medicine practitioners and "nutritional" productsOr as they liked to put it — Its current market niche is the wellness supplementation industry. in the cause of woo-laundering.
It was apparently owned, run, and cleaned by "Dr." Melonie Montgomery. The company was founded in 1997.According to Dr Ms Montgomery's LinkedIn and Facebook
==Services==
Fenestra offered a proprietary technology, "The Optimal Wellness Test" (OWT), which is claimed "to identify and measure 34 clinical markers in human physiology to a very high degree of accuracy, and conclude the level of "wellness" exhibited by individual clients with specific recommendations for improving areas of concern".
At about $30,000Fenestra Research: About Our Company per trial Ms. Montgomery could be on a nice little earner from just a few commissions per year. However, the claim on the company's logo that it is "The World Leader In Clinical Trials" is surely pushing the bounds of credulity. Recent reports from Fenestra Research have taken a more modest approach and claim only to be "The World Leader in Wellness Studies".
==Optimal Wellness Test==
==Clinical trials==
Fenestra Research has performed clinical trials for products such as:
*Quantum Stirwand
*GlaciaNova
*LifeWave
*M-Water
==Scientific expertise==
According to the Fenestra Research website as of 2005:
:Melonie Montgomery is a proficient healthcare professional with over 15 years of diversified management and marketing experience in Nutrition, Health and Wellness with particular emphasis on the research and establishment of new product lines and increasing business profit.
:During her corporate career, she managed 52 Franchised Nutrition and Wellness stores across the country. and her responsibilities included; education on Aromatherapy, Homeopathic, Sports Nutrition, Herbs, Allergies, Weight Management, Extracts, Natural Foods and Children’s products. Preformed nutritional consultations that included; Diabetic management, Hypoglycemic aids, Cardiovascular health, Allergies awareness and specific dietary concerns.
The company's website further claims that Ms. Montgomery expects: 
*PhD In Holistic Nutrition in early 2006, 
While her current credentials (2006) include: 
*Master of Holistic Nutrition — 2003 — Clayton College of Natural Health
*BBA Human Resource Management — 2000 — Trinity University
*Nursing Program — 1981 — UCLA
Clayton College of Natural Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is a non-accredited distance-learning (i.e. online) institutionQuackwatch: Clayton College of Natural Health: Be Wary of the School and Its Graduates and is widely regarded as an internet diploma mill with some notable alumni such as "Dr." Gillian McKeith. It was announced in July 2010 that the college was to closeThe Birmingham News: Birmingham-based Internet college to close, blames economy and it is not known whether "Dr." Montgomery was actually awarded her PhD.
==Endorsements==
==Office==
The company listed its address as 1930 Village Center Circle #3-954, Las Vegas, NV, 89134. This was a mailbox in a UPS storefront.http://www.trailsvillagecenter.com/OurTenants.html Sounds a bit small for a lab, but we probably don't understand modern miniaturisation technologies.
==External links==
*Archive.org (February 11, 2016): Fenestra Research Labs
*Archive.org (2006): Optimum Wellness Test: Water product trials paper
*"Fenestra Research Labs — was really just a collection of scam artists" says Mike Adams, (he's an expert on that subject).
==References==
Category:Pseudoscience promoting organizations
Category:Water woo
Category:Alternative medicine promoters