Comments on: Champneys Detox Pad - Dissection

By: Frank the SciencePunk

Frank the SciencePunk — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:52 +0000

@ 46
that’s not exactly a ’scientific study’, unless you used some kind of control?

By: silvia

silvia — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:00:42 +0000

I also did my own scientific study and found that the longer I wore the pads, it would become faint in color to the point that it would stay white…go figure. I also felt a sucking sensation on my foot in the beginning.

By: Badger

Badger — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:41:19 +0000

So what if: 1) You wear a pad on just ONE foot. 2) It turns dark brown. 3) You keep wearing pads on that same foot until the “toxins” are all gone and the final pad stays white. 4) You then put pads on BOTH feet.

Any predictions? One white pad, one brown? Both white?

Any opinions as to what either result would mean?

By: Ethanol

Ethanol — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:16:12 +0000

Badchemist on post #38 -”send me some of these lovely pads you import and I will put them in a spectrophotometer at 37 celsius and see what they emit in the far-infrared region”

-Awsome. I love this site precisely because you can see responses like these.
However, I feel the need to play devils advocate for a minute. While Ken’s reference to far infared is certainly confused and generally characteristic of psudoscience BS, basically all he’s really saying is “they get hot.” IR wouldn’t have much to do with the transmission of such heat, cause they’re pressed up against your feet, but there are certainly plenty of reactions that would produce heat in response to water. While they won’t do diddly for “toxins”, heat pads are used for things like muscle pain. While I obviously have to give props to the IR spectrophotometer, perhaps all you really need is a thermometer

By: misha

misha — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:31:27 +0000

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By: sapper leader

sapper leader — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:06:32 +0000

I had to try these pads so I bought a set. I applied them to my feet before going to bed as directed. I woke with brown pads that were sticky and smelly. The amazing thing about it was that it had a faint smell of bar-b-que sause. I ate a couple of pulled pork sandwiches the night prior. I find it quite odd. If only I could make my farts smell the same……..

By: Frank the SciencePunk

Frank the SciencePunk — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:34:56 +0000

@ 39

Perhaps you missed this: scientific study of detox pads?

Unfortunately there’s no way of knowing how rigorous this test was.

By: Wyatt

Wyatt — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:33:33 +0000

I don’t know…I’m really torn on the subject of detox foot pads. I’ve read most of the comments on here, as well as threads on various message boards and no one can really prove one way or the other. I wish someone would just analyze these in a lab for some of the substances it claims to remove such as mercury, asbestos, aluminum, etc. and that would finally put this to rest, or at least it would prove that it doesn’t pull out toxins through the feet. That still wouldn’t debunk the acupuncture/reflexology part.

By: badchemist

badchemist — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:10:09 +0000

@Ken, send me some of these lovely pads you import and I will put them in a spectrophotometer at 37 celsius and see what they emit in the far-infrared region. For comparison I’ll also stick one of my socks in.