Do Detox Foot Pads Work?
Detox foot pads are allo the rage at the moment and there are many infomercials advertising their amazing properties available at a snip of a price. But are they real and can they really detoxify you or perhaps they are just a scam?
How Do Detox Foot Pads Work?
Also known as patches, these pads resemble tea bags and are composed of a mixture of different herbs which vary depending on which brand you get. Typically they might contain herbs, bamboo and even grapefruit!
The original Japanese detox foot pads were the first to hit the market and they have been used there for years before some entrepreneurs decided it would be a good idea to bring them to America and the rest of the world.
The idea is that you wear them on the feet and, as various accurpressure points are stimulated, the toxins flow out of your body and through the skin on the soles of your feet and into the foot pads.
In fact, you can observe them changing colour after wearing them overnight for a good recommended 8 hours. This is apparently a sign of the toxins having accumulated into the pads.
What Are The Benefits Of Detox Foot Pads?
So we have established that you can release toxins but what are the overall benefits then? A whole host of cured ailments have been described and the list is incredibly long. Some of the alleviated afflictions include: tiredness, lethargy, acne, stress, excess weight, coughs, colds, headaches, insomnia and more!
Real or Scam?
So do detox foot pads really work?
It is easy to criticise this invention because, on first inspection, it seems absurd to think that you can take toxins (including heavy metals) out of the body by simply wearing some plant extracts on the outside of your body.
There is an absence of clinical data out there on the efficiency of detox foot pads so we cannot look here for proof or evidence. What we can say however, is that they have been sold for decades in the Far East. Not only that, but some people swear by them.
This could be the placebo effect where someone takes a pill that contains nothing and believes it was a miracle cure, the power of the mind over the body.
Ultimately, these products are extremely cheap and you can lose nothing by purchasing a couple and seeing if they have any effect for you. The most popular and competitively priced ones are “Kinoki foot pads” that you will probably have seen advertised in several places already.