Are ion foot baths effective at removing heavy metals?

Many feel that it defiantly does not work. And that the water color at the end of the treatment is nothing more than a reaction to whatever metals are most predominant in the skin.

There is a lot of validity to the claims of foot detox machines. Many of us now unflinchingly accept that cancer often the result of free radicals in the body. Free radicals are simply charged particles.

Quoted from: http:/www.healthchecksystems.com/antioxid.htm

(Quote) ...Normally bonds don't split in a way that leaves a molecule with an odd, unpaired electron. But when weak bonds split, free radicals are formed. Free radicals are very unstable and react quickly with other compounds, trying to capture the needed electron to gain stability. Generally, free radicals attack the nearest stable molecule, "stealing" its electron. When the "attacked" molecule loses its electron, it becomes a free radical itself, beginning a chain reaction. Once the process is started, it can cascade, finally resulting in the disruption of a living cell.

...Normally, the body can handle free radicals, but if antioxidants are unavailable, or if the free-radical production becomes excessive, damage can occur. Of particular importance is that free radical damage accumulates with age. (End quote)

So we know that there are through out our bodies problems with unstable particles. A simplified explaination is that the foot bath simply produces both positive and negative charges to reclaim particles and pull them through the body using the natural electrical flow of the body, and the heightened charge in the foot bath, to eliminate them through the large 2000 pores in the feet.

No one can be convinced who doesn't want to be, but here is a test that anyone who is interested will find enlightening. Take the same foot bath and run it in an empty bath, then with one individual and then with a different individual. The very interesting result is that the water does not look remotely the same in any of the tests. Though the same equipment is being used and though the same type of water is being used not only a change in the color of the water will be noted but also in the amount and type of particulate in each bath.

Very interesting. Better try it yourself four or five tries with a local shop and see how you feel at the end. You'll feel lighter and feel that you've spent a couple of hours at the beach, which by the way draws us for very similar reasons.

Just a quick testimonial: My husband is a mechanic and after years of having his hands in grease and other oil byproducts, no matter how much he scrubbed he could never get his hands completely clean, in fact beyond the embedded grease his hands had a strange funny orange color. On a whim he asked the naturalist if he could soak his hands instead of his feet. After a half an hour (the normal time frame) the water was black with a thick oil slick floating on top. Further, the water stank like gasoline. When he pulled his hands out, the black immovable residue was gone and his skin was pink. After, he stated his hands felt ten pounds lighter.

The foot baths are definitely very relaxing - and being able to let go and relax once in a while will be of huge benefit to your health. But the primary process is to neutralize the acidic levels in your body which carry a negative charge, and you may find that in the process, some major body dysfunctions are brought back into a normal range often resulting in better overall body function and diminishing of disease.