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Foot detox pads

9 replies

CantSleepCountingSheep · 06/11/2022 22:04

With Ancient Chinese herbs... purporting to remove all toxins in your body.... anyone used them?

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PixellatedPixie · 06/11/2022 22:08

Those things are an absolute scam! The human body doesn’t have a system by which it releases toxins through your feet! Chinese medicine has been found to contain carcinogenic chemicals and also often uses bits of endangered wild animals. Your body uses your kidneys and liver to get rid of things it doesn’t need - not through your feet pads! Please don’t fall for the pseudoscience!!!

moggerhanger · 06/11/2022 22:10

No, because they're complete hogwash.

Luredbyapomegranate · 06/11/2022 22:12

Pile of shite OP. Not physically possible and if it were it wouldn’t be necessary - you have internal organs for that.

RockAndRollerskate · 06/11/2022 22:14

I saw a video once where the same “effect” i.e. the brown stains on the pads were created from pure water!
scam.

As Tim Minchin once said “If alternative medicine worked, they’d call it medicine”

CantSleepCountingSheep · 06/11/2022 22:25

I am highly sceptical. Just wondering if anyone had actually tried them.

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RunningFromInsanity · 06/11/2022 22:27

I have tried them but as people have said above, they are a scam. The colour is simply from moisture/sweat from your feet, not any toxins etc.

CantSleepCountingSheep · 06/11/2022 22:28

Thanks @RunningFromInsanity
Did you not notice any benefits at all?

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OldTinHat · 06/11/2022 22:31

Tried them. Utter rubbish. No benefits because they don't do anything. That was a tenner I'll never see again...

RunningFromInsanity · 06/11/2022 23:01

CantSleepCountingSheep · 06/11/2022 22:28

Thanks @RunningFromInsanity
Did you not notice any benefits at all?

No

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