A foot bath that some spas claim can actually remove toxins from your body right through your feet. It's called a foot detox and spas charge up to $85 for this seemingly miraculous treatment that ...

If you haven't seem them before, the foot baths claim to remove the toxins from the body, and it looks pretty convincing. By the end of the "detox" the water turns brown. Allegedly the water is so ...

If Kennedy and Oz are confirmed as heads of HHS and NIH, respectively) we are going to be seeing an explosion of 17th-century science coupled with 21st-century sleazy marketing. This provides an ...

There is a lot of misinformation about the effectiveness of detox foot pads. Experts believe their main benefit is a placebo effect. Share on Pinterest In an era of quick-fix wellness fads, sometimes ...

Leslie H. of Phoenix recently wrote to us with the following question: “Do ionic foot baths really remove toxins through the feet? I’m skeptical.” Skeptical? You’ve come to the right place. Ionic foot ...

Editor’s Note: The Vail Daily’s Tricia Swenson searched the valley for alternative wellness modalities that are lesser-known and have proven benefits. Follow along each Sunday in January and discovery ...

If you’ve scrolled through Instagram recently, you may have seen ads for “bamboo detox foot pads.” The ads claim that if you stick the pads on the bottom of your feet before bed, the “toxins” in your ...

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Alternative healing and medicine have grown in mainstream popularity over the past decade. Detoxification of the body is one of the methods used in alternative medicine and is said to clear the body ...

Lynchburg, VA - When you're dealing with a medical condition that affects your life every day you're always looking for some kind of relief. Some people say the key to their well being lies in their ...