Isn’t science great?

I bought these and gave them to my toxic mother-in-law. The old battle-axe VANISHED!

I owe the Kinoki Foot Pads company big time!

And the pads were a lot cheaper than a divorce and easier than having the woman committed to the state mental hospital.

Also, there is no law in the US about about murder via de-tox.

Dawn in Ohio, USA

Oops. You know what I meant. Just because we can’t prove or explain something today, doesn’t mean it won’t be proved tomorrow. We don’t know EVERYTHING yet. Hey, people once laughed at the idea that the world was round! :)

Just interesting to note. Makes me curious.

I saw one woman on 20/20 say hers smelled like bacon, while another woman retorted that it didn’t smell like any bacon she’d ever smelled before.

I find the smell most interesting. My mom uses these pads and said they smelled like stale cigarettes (she smokes a pack a day). I was skeptical but gave them a try for the heck of it. They turned brownish instead of black like my mom’s had. And mine very strongly smelled like barbecue - in fact, they smelled exactly like the Mesquite BBQ Krunchers chips I always eat. I’m now considering switching to plain Krunchers…

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else had tried them, what do the used pads smell like afterwards? I’m still unsure about whether I believe these things work or not, but surprisingly, I did feel better in the morning.

I’d also like to point out that while everyone seems to enjoy ridiculing “natural remedies,” it’s interesting to note that snake oil (a natural remedy that has been so ridiculed it has now become a synonym for any cure deemed absurd and fantastical), used for centuries by the Chinese to treat inflammation and arthritis, actual has a scientific explanation. The Chinese water snake is the richest known source of eicosapentaenic acid (EPA) the starting material the body uses to make the series 3 prostaglandins. These prostaglandins are the biochemical messengers which control some aspects of inflammation, rather like aspirin, which also affects the prostaglandin system. Like essential fatty acids, EPA can be absorbed through the skin. So rubbing snake oil on the skin could actually be a legitimate medical treatment based on sound principles.

Just because something might not be able to be proved or explained yet doesn’t mean that one day it might prove to be correct. I like to try to keep an open mind.

it’s strange the things that people believe. there is no such thing as detox! you’re body “detoxes” naturally through it’s internal organs. it really is an efficient machine.

but hey, keep spending your money on products that have no scientific basis, that’s your problem not mine. wouldn’t it be nice if i felt like sunshine and rainbows just by sleeping with stickers on my feet? mind over matter imo.

Oh, and the plural of anecdote is obviosly data since people never lie and people never post things more than once under a different name.

There are adaptogenic herbs in the [spam removed] pads that will make you feel better with or without any detox just like ginseng.

Hard to say whether it works to detox or not. I have been tested as to what is in my body from a chelation test. Curious if the pads will be comparable.