Recently there is an infomercial featuring “ancient Japanese secret†–Kinoki. According to the advertising, Kinoki foot Pads can do wonders to your body, including the following:
• Remove toxins, heavy metals, parasites and chemicals from your body;
• Improve your sleep and headache;
• Lose weight;
• Remove cellulite (wow!)
How does Kinoki Foot Pads work? According to the infomercial, “This amazing system for cleansing the body is based on the ancient practices of foot reflexology. Working much more quickly than other detox methods and using the natural cleansing power of double distilled bamboo vinegar, harmful substances are drawn out of your body.â€
All you have to do is “Pay $9.95 shipping and handling for each additional set of pads. $10 bucks for S&H.
Does Kinoki Foot Pads work? Unfortunately, your body doesn’t work this way. It has an intestinal tract to transport solids throughout the body. There are only three way of toxins elimination: sweat, urine and bowel movements. Toxins that make its way to skin will be extruding as sweat, with or without the helps of Kinoki Foot Pad. In addition, your skin, liver, kidney and urethra are most effective at extruding substances. Most of these minerals are too large to move across the membranes, thus it is doubtful that Kinoki Foot Pads can actually “suck†the toxins away from your body.
If you watch the infomercial, you will notice that foot turn brown after contacting with Kinoki foot pads. It is actually nothing more than chemical reaction between sweet and chemicals inside Kinoki foot pads.
Some may argue that Kinoki Foot Pads is approved by FDA (as advertised). So what? Just because FDA has approved it doesn’t mean it is safe. Just take Statins (drugs for lowering cholesterol) as example. It is FDA approved and yet many people have experience serious side effects from it.
