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Second to detoxification diets, Detox foot pads are one of the most popular detoxification products promoted by unscrupulous manufacturers. These have been heavily marketed online and on television. According to manufacturers, foot pads will draw out the toxins from the bottom of your feet.
When you place the pads on your feet at night, special ingredients in the pad can draw out toxins and other harmful elements from the body...or at least that's what manufacturers claim!
The foot pads work using the principles of reflexology. According to reflexology, there are points on the bottom of your feet that correspond to all of your major body systems. When you treat the bottom of your feet, you can supposedly treat the rest of your body as well. The pads cover the soles of the feet and cover the portions of the foot that correspond to major bodily systems.
The first flaw in the logic behind a foot pad Detox is the role of our skin in detoxifying the body. Although some nutrients pass back and forth through the skin, heavy metal deposits and other toxins cannot get into the body through skin. If they can't get in, there's no way that they are going to be able to get out by simply wearing pads on your foot at night.
The second flaw is in their design. If you've seen the commercials for foot Detox pads or watched videos of the Detox pads, you'll notice that after using the pads the surface of the pads turn dark. This is supposed to be an indicator that they are working to remove toxins from the body.
Most are made from Tourmaline, which is a stone that produces negative ions and bamboo vinegar which is supposedly going to help your body eliminate toxins through the skin.
The color change that is seen after wearing the patches is a result of the ingredients themselves. The bamboo vinegar is dried and placed into the foot pad along with all of the other ingredients. When the bamboo vinegar is exposed to moisture, like the sweat from your feet at night, it returns back to its liquid form.
When your feet sweat at night, the vinegar changes colors and as a result, the pads appear dark when you take them off in the morning.
However, if you haven't done the research it might seem like the foot pads are doing their job. To help educate you on the true nature of this product, here are three case studies of the most popular types of foot pads that are available.
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