It's Time To Come Clean About The Great Foot Detox
Conspiracy
by Frank Rodriguez
I first heard about foot detox a couple years ago, and since
then I've been curious about the claims that an ionic foot
bath can remove toxins from your body. I live in a major
metropolitan area (Chicago), so I'm well aware that I'm not
breathing clean air or drinking pure water. I'm also honest
with myself about the fact that the processed food I
regularly eat isn't doing me any favors.
I'm not willing to eat 100% healthy all the time (I love
Chicago pizza too much) or move to the mountains near a
freshwater spring (though that does sound really nice), but
if there's technology that can help keep my body optimally
healthy, I'm interested in learning more. Fortunately, it's
easy to research "ionic foot bath" online since there are
1000s of websites that talk about it. Unfortunately, there's
two extreme viewpoints that make it difficult to get a
balanced opinion about the subject.
In one corner you have the companies who sell the foot detox
equipment or provide it as a service. These people claim
that the color of the ionic foot bath water indicates the
part of the body being detoxified. In the other corner, you
have the people who understand some of the science behind
this technology, but are too cynical to accept the
possibility that there might be something to this whole
thing. These two opposing viewpoints aren't addressing the
other side's viewpoint, which gives the impression that both
sides have an agenda.
I want to highlight a basic fact here in an effort to bring
some balance to this issue of foot detox. The fact is that
the water in a detox foot bath will change color whether a
person's feet are in the water or not. The cynics have taken
this fact as case-closed proof that foot detox offers no
health benefits whatsoever, while ignoring the many health
benefit claims from the people who use it. The people who
sell ionic foot bath units have been saying for years that
the color change of the water indicates of the part of the
body that's being detoxified. Both viewpoints are wrong
(mostly).
The cynics who understand that electrolysis and oxidation of
the metal array accounts for the color change in a foot
detox draw the premature conclusion that the entire thing is
snake oil and anyone who claims to have health benefits is
only experiencing the placebo effect. This is a case where
bad science and incomplete science are indistinguishable for
the simple reason that many of the health benefits that are
claimed go beyond what the placebo effect is capable of.
I'm not an expert on how a foot detox works, but I've done
enough research to know that many people are experiencing
health benefits that go far beyond what the placebo effect
is capable of. Just this week I spoke with a woman who found
a hookworm in her ionic foot bath water after a treatment!
I've spoken with smokers whose water smells strongly of
smoke odor. I'm willing to admit that some of the many
claims of pain relief can be attributed to the placebo
effect, but parasites and strong smoke odors aren't in your
head, they're real.
I recently met a woman who has been providing ionic foot
baths to hundreds of people. She told me about the many
health benefits her clients have received, and the many
doctors who have been mystified by the recoveries their
patients have experienced after receiving foot detox
treatments.
I'm convinced that most people doing a detox foot bath are
getting something more than just the placebo effect, but I
still have an issue with the whole
color-of-the-water=the-part-of-the-body-being-detoxed claim.
If you've done a foot detox then you know that the water
starts to turn brown almost immediately. This is due to
oxidation of the metal array in the water. I've talked with
dozens of people and most of them have the same color water
as me - brown, the color of rust. Water analysis done by a
laboratory has confirmed a significant increase in iron. But
there's more to the story. The water starts out brown, but
for many people, the water will eventually turn other
colors, such as white, green or black. That's definitely not
rust, so what is it?
The popular color chart used by most ionic foot bath
providers says that brown water indicates "liver
detoxification, cellular debris and tobacco detoxification",
but there's no way I'm going to believe that my liver starts
shooting toxic debris out of my feet a few seconds after
starting an ionic foot bath. I've never smoked so that's not
a factor. Several labs have done water analysis and found
high levels of iron in the water, so I'm confident in my
conclusion about what's causing the water to turn brown -
oxidation of the metallic array.
I've talked with dozens of people who regularly use a detox
foot bath and most of them have the same color water as me -
brown, the color of rust. Now to be fair, not everyone has
the same color water, which is why I'm open to there being
some truth to the idea that the color indicates the part of
the body being detoxed, but the fact remains that many of
the proponents of foot detox are ignoring important facts
that undermine their credibility.
In 2002, Doctor's Data, Inc. did a before-and-after water
analysis of an ionic foot bath and found significant
increases in antimony, arsenic, copper, lead, uranium,
barium, cadmium, chromium, nickel, aluminum, iron, manganese
and zinc in the detox foot bath that had feet in it compared
to the water that had no feet. The increase in heavy metals
had to come out of the feet, proof positive that there's
more to this story than simple oxidation of metal.
Another matter that unsimplifies the cynic's conclusion is
that the woman who had the hookworm come out during her
ionic foot bath told me her water usually turns black, even
though her husband who uses the same unit always has brown
water. Is this issue cut and dry? Hardly. Clearly, there's
more to this matter that warrants further research. - 15668
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Title: It's Time To Come Clean About The Great Foot Detox Conspiracy
Author: Frank Rodriguez
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