A few weeks ago I wrote about the PedEgg and how it really works, so when I saw an article on the Kinoki Detox Foot Pads, I had to know if they worked as well. For those of you who don't know, the Kinoki Detox Foot Pads are featured primarily on TV. The pad is placed on the bottom of the feet and supposedly absorbs toxins from the body as you sleep. Just as the Ped Egg commercials feature a lot of feet and a lot of dead skin (gross), the Kinoki Foot Pad commercials also feature a lot of feet and dark "toxins" absorbed on the pads. Gross. I want to know if this is a hoax. A quick search online to find out if they work brought up these interesting articles: John Stossel of ABC News reported on the pads back in April.
TheMockDock blog tried them out and videotaped the whole experiment. Then got featured on Stossel's report.
MSNBC gives them a test ride AND talked to experts on what turns the pads dark (is it your toxins or something else?).
Dr. Z gives a scambuster report on the foot pads.
Another doctor, Stephen Barrett, also reports on the crock (oh no, I gave his opinion away!)
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They likely do not live up to all of the claims, but after using foot pads for 2 weeks, dark “sun/age” spots on my arms began to lighten dramatically, and are now nearly gone. I don’t use one of the brands listed.
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Avoid cheap and possibly dangerous knockoffs made in CHINA or KOREA.
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Ive experimented with a few brands by running the foot pad under water. When it gets wet it turns black. They just take water out of your body and make it look like youre being “detoxifyed”. I suggest you try this out with the brand youre using and see if its a hoax like the brands I tried!
I just purchased these at Walgreens for $19.95 – obviousy no $12.95 S&H charge. I have yet to try this product but if any of you are interested in saving money (just in case it doesn’t prove effective), buy it at Walgreens & not online.
Kinoki foot pads are a big waste of money. I have been using pads from http://www.purifyyourbody.com and I have never slept better or felt better during the day. I don’t get the usual middle-of-the-day-rut anymore either. My sister-in-law who uses these religiously even send some in for testing. She sent in a used pad and a “control” unused pad. The used pad came back with all sorts of toxins and the unused came back clean of toxins. I was sold from that point forward!! Take is from this consumer, http://www.purifyyourbody.com is the only way to go!
I used the Avon ones and they were black and had a slight smell but I knew that it was just the darkness from the green tea and vinegar mixed with sweat from my feet. I don’t know if they work, but until someone tests mine in a lab, I won’t be buying them anymore. Fasting or doing a detox diet is probably much more effective than this at bringing out toxins from the body.
I have also used the Purify Your Body detox foot pads. I have been using them for about 6 months on and off. I found them in a local health store in L.A. and then went straight to the website which was on the package.
I have been able to get rid of the migraines. If I feel one coming on I put the pads on my toes and lay down. When I wake up the migraine is gone and the foot pads are filled with gooey stuff. I haven’t tested them, but I can tell you that I think they work! I have tried so much medication and I am sure as a result I am filled with toxins!
http://www.purifyyourbody.com
My name is Rebecca and I was searching on the web and found these posts about my company, http://www.purifyyourbody.com. Thank you for the kind posts. I love my foot pads, I get them manufactured for me, and I promise all my customers that there are no fillers in my foot pads. Also, the reason why they turn dark when you put them under water is the same reason why tea bags turn dark when you seep the tea– they are filled with herbs. Try wearing one on your feet at night and then comparing it to one that you put under water. What you will see is that the “goo” is thicker, can be different colors, ranging from gray, to dark brown, to blackish/greenish… depending on the toxins you have in your body. When put under water, it hardens to, when it dries.
Also, you can get the pads tested if you want. Many of my customers do that and email me to tell me that YES! They ARE filled with mercury (they thought they had mercury poisoning, for example, and now they can prove it!) or other types of toxins.
One last thing, I am one of the only companies that offers a money back guarantee on the foot pads… any un-used un-opnened packages you can send back for a full refund.
I hope this helps. Have a great day everyone! And thanks again for saying nice things about my company, I know they are true
Rebecca
http://www.purifyyourbody.com
wow, purify sales and marketing people are really trying to convince you with these “genuine” testimonials. I am at a natural products expo now and my booth neighbor gave me some. I’m trying it for fun but I know this product is crap. If you want to detox, go to the gym, workout, sit in a sauna, drink lots of water.Don’t assume some sticky pad under your feet is gonna make you feel better.
I used nova detox foot pads, from http://www.novadetox.co.uk/acatalog/detox-foot-pads.html they made me relax and sleep better, so tourmaline in the detox patches that they suggest may have a calming effect on the body, as it produces negative ions, that have been shown to have calming properties on the the brain wave activity.
Hello Julyne,
Very good article on detox pads.Thanks for sharing such a useful information.I found some good list of benefits of detox foot pads here, check it http://www.healthpads.com/detoxpads-benefits.html
Testimonials on a distributor’s page are hardly objective facts. This is snake oil, people.
The benefits may be psychosomatic at best.
If you want to rid your body of toxins, stop ingesting them and drink more water. Plain old water. Why throw money after foolishness?
Exactly to which “lab” are people sending their used purify your body foot pads for testing? This in itself is suspect…
On the face of it, these bands sound highly dodgy…. but I will give them a fair chance and read your links! I wonder what that black stuff is…
I found huge differences in quality.
I got spoiled by the first pads I tried: Body Pure. They raised warm energy in my feet and legs, cleaned my kidneys so they worked great, and made me feel great overall. The free lab test showed the same toxins I already knew I had, so it appeared very accurate.
I tried cheaper pads, but only one of those worked well (it healed severe back pain ) and that one is no longer available. The other cheap ones did little to nothing and smelled awfully of vinegar. Depends how they are made.
Also, I did try the Kinoki, but they were not good. Lower quality pads like these always turn black the same every day, so it’s clearly not toxins causing the color.
The better pads turn lighter to begin with and do lighten more as you wear them for several days, and the lightening did correlate with my feeling better.
I saw that guys post above…I don’t think that its fair to slam a company because a lot of people like it and SEE benefits from using their product…That’s what a “comment” section is for. I have used the pads from Purify Your Body. All I can say is I FEEL better. I don’t know how or why but I do. Try them for yourself and see. That is my comment!
I used them during a recent arthritis attack, and YES THEY WORK! Use them when you have a real reason and all doubt evaporates, with the pain.
logic say they ” wont work”
but im amazed as they did work for me.
i slept better and i felt better in the mornings.
i used them when i had a hip replacement in hospital…
when the nurse took them off, you could smell the anisthetic in the pad………………really weird!
it also reduced the swelling/puffiness in my leg after the op.
i feel that they really worked well for me.
I’m trying them right now. I bought a pack at the international food market by my gym. They were $4.00 and have only a few words of english on them – made in Japan, kokubo.co.jp. So I have no clue what is in them. Do the other ones have any ingredients? I am curious to know what the active ingredients are that supposedly pull the toxins out. Then I can see if any scientific research/tests have been published on them.
Let Happy Feet explain how Foot Pad works.
Yes they are just some xxx + vinegar only. They do turn brown when expose to moisture. = that what the doctors test and base on it declare – it does not works.
But what they forgotten is what they study when they are young !!! “Osmosis” is the movement of solvent molecules through a selectively-permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration, aiming to equalize the solute concentrations on the two sides.
By sticking the pad to the skin – the higher concentration of vinegar is the pad, skin is the membrane and your foot is the lower concentration ….. Yes Osmosis will happen – and faster then other part as foot is where it sweat a lot – thus smelly feet. Osmosis will take place moving solvent in the foot on to the pad .
Does it have any effect – think of your body as a compress gas tank, if you use Osmosis to releasing or transfer out a little solvent – daily over a period of time. Yes it is like everyday doing extra sweating session – except you sleep with 2 pad on foot. You do get a little toxin, water and pressure released !!! I am sure that do improve your health, improve your blood circulation and other areas.
However effect on people – that varies – depend on their issue and health .
you can do Osmosis effect using other methods.
Fill a pail of warm water, add vinegar or salt – and soak your feets in it for 20 mins.
Yeap – the water + vinegar or salt will be more concentrated then – liquid in your feet – yes Osmosis will happen. Liguid will pass through from your feet through the skin into the thicker concentrate in the pail .
So forgot about foot pad have magic herds or anything special – basically they are just vinegar to create the Osmosis effect in the pad and your feet.
But Osmosis effect does work – thus the vinegar in the pad do works to relief liquid which will contain some toxin and relief pressure from the feet .
i bought the pads from wallgreens and was worried about using them because i take pain meds. i thought it would just take out other toxins so i put them on one night and woke up the next morning i was puking my guts out and i knew that the pads not only worked but worked well! it had detoxed me in one night and i had been taking the medicine for years
I haven’t used them in a long time but I have used the kinoki pads before. I am a smoker and when I used them (after completely making sure my feet were clean) I can tell you that the following morning they smelled like cigarette butts.
I’m getting pretty sick of people who like to dismiss anything organic, like detox foot pads or Nopalea cactus juice, even though they have been used for centuries, unfortunately the native americans did not write testimonials they just knew one thing “does this make me feel better, or not” I’ve been a huge pothead since I was a kid, and I drink a few beers 2-3 nights a week, I used the footpads for two consecutive nights, and pissed a clean Urine test the following day, FOR ANYONE WHO DOUBTS THIS HAD I NOT USED THIS PRODUCT, I WOULD HAVE FAILED THE UA AND BEEN IN JAIL. Not at my house typing on the keyboard, after my probation is done I will post my UA results as I cannot currently I am still on probation.
One thing to all the doctors who tried to dismiss Detox foot pads, GO PISS UP A ROPE, These are the same doctors who when they cannot be bothered to care for, or find a quick drug company medicinal cure for a hospitalized patient they just induce a medical coma and hey maybe you recover and wake up, or maybe you don’t, but “first do no harm” isn’t even in their vocabulary, The footpads don’t claim to claim to be a miracle cure for any disease, or illness they simply detoxify your system, just like they claim to, and hey if you don’t believe me go to your local pharmacy and by a home Urine test, use the pads and see for yourself, don’t trust some doctor who’s just looking to cash in by writing some bull$hit revue on the web, and trying to discredit a product just because it isn’t manufactured by Phizer.
Above where I mention Native Americans I was in no way inferring the indians used footpads, they did use the same herbs found in the footpads mixed with a liquid
I can’t believe you people! You make such a fuss for detergents, or plastic clothes, how they damage your skin, how all those chemicals threaten your health, but when you hear of something that works the same way, for your health, it’s suddenly a scam!
I have tried different antibiotics, in time… some are proven very effective for some, but did nothing for me! Others gave me headaches, nausea, they actually made me feel worse! In the end, I medicated myself with the same cheap penicilin I used before, and it did wonders!
So, just because your skin is like a pig’s, it doesn’t mean it can’t work for other people! It’s like demanding that people shouldn’t eat something just because you don’t absorb the nutrients from it!