Do Kinoki foot pads really work?

Question

I'm thinking about buying them but I'm not sure. No rude or mean comments. they will not be tolerated.

I have read other reviews but they were usually very stupid. There was one person who wrote a review that they put it on other parts of the body other than the feet. is it even safe to do that?

Answer 1

Consumer Reports did an investigation of them.  They are completely bogus!  Don't waste your money on them.  The color change was probably due to foot sweat and dirt.

Answer 2

In the article I read (I think on MSN's "Does It Really Work" or something like that), they said that the pad turned black and stinky when they held it over a steaming kettle of water. So the color change has nothing to do with drawing out toxins -- it's just a chemical change due to the warmth and moisture on your feet.

No, they don't work.

Answer 3

They had them on the Today Show earlier in the summer, along with other health/wellness products.  They put them on an orange or something similar and also a woman's foot and both turned black.  They are just engineered to turn black and make you think they are absorbing toxins from the wearer.

Answer 4

Foot Detox Pads: Too Good to be True?

Have you ever had someone warn you about something sounding too good to be true? This warning may ring true when it comes to foot detox pads. These pads are the latest health craze. Manufacturers claim that when applied to the feet at night, these pads will draw the toxins out of body while you sleep. In the morning the pads will be discolored, supposedly a sign they have worked properly. While these pads may have some detoxifying action - on the soles of your feet at least - be wary of the product. It probably does not give you as good a detox as you think.

First, think rationally about the way the product promises to work. Promoters say the product will draw all toxins, even heavy metal deposits, out through your skin. Although the skin does allow some nutrients and other substances to pass back and forth through the pores, my biology classes never indicated anything as dense as heavy metal particles could be drawn through the skin. According to modern medicine, the only way these toxins can be cleared from your body is by taking an internal chelator that will bind to the metal substances and allow them to be flushed out of the body.

Also according to the manufacturers, these foot detox pads are formulated using ancient Japanese and Asian cultural medicine. They contain a combination of ingredients including Tourmaline, a stone or mineral that emits negative ions; bamboo vinegar, which is supposed to help aid the body in releasing waste products through the skin; and wood vinegar, supposedly popular for its drawing actions. The pads supposedly work on the basis of reflexology which holds to the belief that there are zones in the feet that correspond to each organ system in the body. Reflexology indicates the wastes from these organ systems will accumulate in the feet where they can be drawn out through the skin by the pads.

As for the color change most people note in their foot detox pads, the wood vinegar may be responsible for this phenomenon. The vinegar is generally dried and ground before being mixed in with the other patch ingredients. When this dried vinegar comes back in contact with water, through your sweaty feet, it returns to its liquid version which is a dark colored liquid. The sweat from your feet mixed with the herbs in the patch may account for the bad odor that comes from the pad after it is removed.

Do detox foot pads provide some benefits? Some people say they notice a difference when using them, but if you want to purge internal waste through the pores of your skin my advice would be to take a sauna or steam bath. To get rid of solid waste that can't be passed through your skins pores The Master Cleanser is a very effective diet that can cleanse your body in just a few days

If you feel your body is in need of serious internal cleansing you're going to need more then foot pads because at best these pads are only removing trace amounts of waste from your body.

Aviod Foot Detox Patches

Answer 5

do a foot bath with vinegar ginger and epsom salt.