Are Ionic Foot Baths Good For a Detox?
Ionic foot baths have been around for some time now and it seems people are definitely divided into two camps – the ones who think they’re great and the ones who think they’re a huge scam. So what’s the deal here? Obviously we need to find out more. What exactly is an ionic foot bath, I can hear you ask? Well if you can think of those foot spas you can buy at stores like Wal-Mart – you put water in them, plug them in and put your feet in for a luxurious soak and a massage as well. Well, an ionic foot bath does look similar to that but there’s a cable with a apparatus at the end which you insert into the water. This gives off the negative ions which run through the water (and your feet because they’re IN the water). These ions gently draw out built-up toxins in your body and you will find that the clear water now turns mid to dark green or brown, often with specs in it. There is a whole chart of what exactly the colors, etc. mean – i.e. which toxins have been expelled. For example a per