Ionic foot cleanse-does the ionic Detox Foot Bath really work?

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I purchased an Ionic Foot Bath detox after hearing from it a lot at upscale spas. Really good for detoxing your body through your feet. I got the treatment done at a spa ($75 later) and was amazed at how I felt afterward. So I bought one myself and did a treatment. The water changed color as promised (claiming that the color changing was the toxins being drawn out of my body) but I have seen so many things online about it being bogus. And the color changing being positive and negative ions reacting and creating rust.

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However, It is false. They don't work. If it were that easy, I could wear a damp diaper on my feet and it would still get rid of the dirt on the bottom of my feet and you would be surprised to find that many who think they have clean feet actually don't.

As for the color change, it is just a chemical reaction to heat.Aerobic exercise is best for detox.

The bath has a very slight effect only. The water change is a fraud. If you want a detoxification of your body, I'd use a salt bath (e.g. containing Himalaya salt). However, you will not harm you by the Detox Foot Bath.

Ionic Foot Cleanse-Does Ionic Foot Bath Detox work or is it a Hoax?

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This question has been asked many times and it seems no-one has any scientific proof to show. Any study that I've ever seen is from the manufacturer and everyone knows how you can trust someone who has a profit to make.
As a chemist I can explain the process of electrolysis and how the colors you see in the bath and simply the metal electrodes sloughing off some of the metal into the water and complexing with the salts (hard water, added salts or even salts you are bringing in with your feet), but I don't have a full INDEPENDENT study of the process. I haven't found one of the web either. I know it's a SCAM as a scientist, but I wish I had more "real" proof.
Not only is this silly, as a general rule one should escape quickly whenever one hears about vague "toxins." Toxicology is a fascinating field, but it deals in specifics. The snake-oil salesman has learned to use "toxins" as a substitute for "evil humors" in his sales pitch, but it's only a word-substitution.
Scientific medicine still makes more false starts than real advances despite the most rigorous attempts at solid methodology. One should be most skeptical of those who have found a miracle outside the mainstream, as it happens very rarely.
The ionic foot bath will successfully detox your wallet of excess cash, but not much else. Anyone with even a basic study of human physiology knows this is junk science and cannot possibly work.

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An excellent article about this scam can be found on a website that reviews questionable devices, DeviceWatch.org. Please don't even consider wasting money on this useless procedure but get real help if you or someone you love really needs "detox."