It’s Time To Come Clean About The Great Foot Detox Conspiracy

by Frank Rodriguez

When I first heard about ionic detox a couple years ago, I was 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 not breathing clean air or drinking pure water. On top of that, I eat processed foods daily even though I know it’s not doing me any favors.

I think I’m above average when it comes to eating healthy, but I think going vegetarian or raw is out of the question (I love Chicago pizza too much), and moving to the mountains near a freshwater spring isn’t in the cards anytime soon, so if there’s reasonably-priced technology that can help keep me optimally healthy, I’m interested in learning more. Fortunately, it’s easy to research “ionic detox” online since there are 1000s of websites that talk about it. Unfortunately, there are two popular but opposing viewpoints that make it a challenge to get a balanced opinion about the subject.

On one end you have the companies who sell foot detox equipment or provide it as a service. The longstanding claim of these folks is that the color change that happens during a ionic foot bath indicates the part of the body that is being detoxified. On the other end, you have the people who understand some of the science behind this technology, but they unscientifically dismiss all of the many health benefit claims from people who use it. These two opposing sides aren’t paying any attention to each other, which results in confusion for the people who just want to know the truth about this subject.

I want to make one simple point here in an effort to bring some balance to this issue of foot detox - the water in a detox foot bath will change color whether a person’s feet are in the water or not. But please don’t rush to a conclusion just yet. The cynics have taken this fact as case-closed proof that foot detox offers no health benefits whatsoever. The people who sell detox foot bath units claim the color of the water indicates what part of the body is being detoxified. Sadly, both viewpoints are wrong.

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