The Detox Foot Pad

Assuming you’ve all read the previous article on How to Detox Your Body, you would know a great deal on detox diets than you had known before arriving to this site. You also know that there are more ways than one to detoxify your body, which introduces today's topic on detox pads and patches, also known as detox foot pads and patches, giving a new option for detoxification plans in which one applies patches on their feet before going to sleep , immediately undergoing detox treatment up until the morning when they are to be removed. For my organic and natural-only users, the detox foot pads are as natural as you can get when it comes to detox diets, and may even be a less frustrating and easier way to remove toxins from your body than adhering to strict cleansing diets that just adds more stress in your life.

What is a Detox Foot Pad?

The active ingredients of a detox foot patch includes tourmaline and bamboo vinegar. Tourmaline is widely known as the only mineral that stores permanent electricity in the form of negative ions. Science has shown that negative ions, which are mainly found near large sources of water, are what relaxes the body through increased oxygen levels. They also have been mentioned to improve immune system health and improve blood circulation. Bamboo vinegar is widely used in Asia to treat skin infections by helping the skin remove waste and toxins that attribute to these infections and irritations, helping heal the skin and may improve complexion as well. What this all means through use of a detox foot pad is that the tourmaline increases blood circulation of all organs through the feet, allowing more waste to travel through the blood, while bamboo vinegar helps to draw those toxins out through the collection of nerves in the skin of the feet and onto the foot patches.

How Does A Detox Foot Pad Work?

It is often recommend to wear socks along with the foot pads, as since the skin detoxifies the body through perspiration, wearing socks increases the amount of sweat and blood circulation for a higher chance for the removal of toxins. The reason the feet are targeted by detox pads stems from the science of reflexology which states that most organs have a connection of nerves that accumulate at the foot, and by targeting the feet through massages, pressure points, and other various techniques aimed at the feet, results will affect the entire body. You can also wear detox foot pads during the day, which is seen to have better results since blood circulation is pointing downward to your feet as you are moving around. You could simulate this effect with the help of gravity by elevating your bed at the head post or simply sleeping with your feet off the bed to allow gravity to pull the blood and waste towards your feet.

Skeptics Of The Detox Foot Pad

Critics of the foot detox pads claim that the discoloration found in the pads after removal simply attributes to moisture coming in contact with the dried ingredients resulting in a chemical reaction. While this may be true, these same critics also believe that the skin, the largest organ of the body, naturally detoxifies through perspiration, leading to the invention of sauna rooms and prefer these methods over the detox foot patches. Since it is proven that toxins and wastes are able to be removed from sweat through the skin( the exact process that goes on during use of foot pads), why would it not be possible for a pad to remove toxins of the body through the feet? The only difference would be that the ingredients of a detox pad merely enhances the toxin removal process as discussed in the previous paragraphs.


Besides this fact, detox foot pads are very inexpensive, a week’s pack costing merely the same amount as a couple days worth of fast food. The ingredients are all natural, so there are no side effects besides an allergic reaction if you have one. The only thing you have to lose is a couple day’s worth of fast food, which would actually do you some good. Everything else to gain includes more energy, better sleep, better skin complexion, improved immune system health, decreased stress, decrease in pain, and a couple dollars saved from missing out on junk food to buy cheap healthy food to improve your health even more. With a good health (exercise) plan added on to using detox foot pads, your life will be on the right path to a long life of fitness and health.