VERIFY: Do detox foot baths really work?

Foot baths claim to remove the toxins from your body but one KHOU 11 viewer asked our Verify Team if they really work.

[AllianceMigration]

I cynically had my first one after reading this YouTube clips and comments. It turned dark brown and foamy. Whether it worked or not I actually felt really good and clear afterwards. 😄 would still recommend even if it is a scam due to how good I feel!

[bprathe]

They work. Big pharmacy doesn’t want you well.

[tiffanywaldon]

My first foot bath, I went to a spa. There were a lot of bubbles in the water by the end. The therapist asked if I ate a lot of sugar. I did. I decided to cut added sugar out of my diet, and the longer I did that, the bubbles were reduced with each foot bath until there were none. I’m always leery of those who report “facts” with an attitude.

[danlutjemeier]

Simple test: Run the detox foot bath as you normally would but do it without putting your feet in it. The water WILL turn the same filthy color.

[tonzagunz]

"There hasn't been a lot of research but..."
"It MIGHT be due to an interaction with the tap water."
"Therefore FALSE!"
(in big bold red letters)
This fact check is an excellent example of what is wrong with humanity.

[daprofigs]

Didn’t she say they didn’t do a lot of research on this?

[oshoba]

It's not false. It stopped my migraine headaches

[trentostrom]

These results and doctors don't conclude for each individual. My sister and mom have been doing this for over a year. They feel good after it.. I did it and I actually feel relaxed

[narniagirl]

I talked to a woman who said she was diagnosed with MS. When I met her she was the picture of health: vibrant, pink cheeked, looked like she was in her 50's but said she was in her 70's. Detoxing with a frequency foot bath machine plus using other frequency machines healed her. Another woman who walked barefoot all the time out in the country (where she also had animals) had begun feeling poorly. She used a foot detox and found flukes, parasites with wings and a tapeworm type of creature coming out in the water. Never discount the power of Big Pharm to twist the story. I will say that the quality of ionic foot baths varies greatly. After I bought a frequency machine like the one here I was told it had a very weak current. So it is hard to find an effective one. These women used foot baths at a free (donation only) healing center in McMinnville, Oregon.

[dcferwerda]

They were a little bit inaccurate in this video, because what Is actually happening, is the metal electrodes are corroding in the water, I've done electrolysis many times with many different electrodes and this is exactly what happens, no feet involved

[markt]

Well I can honestly tell you this if this wasn't true other people's water wouldn't change different colors mine I know I have arthritis and inflammation in my joints and the only color my water turned is dark brown second time using it and it definitely took inflammation off my body so when people get results and more people get results it's got to be true for the investment it's well worth the money I've slept really good the last two days and I will continue using this product

[limweimengadrian]

I have been using foot detox for 2 years. It really helps treating my eczema problem, and gout with no medication needed.

[aprilbeyer]

" If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration "
~ Nikola Tesla

[chelsearobinson]

Yes, without putting feet in water still turns brown, but when my husband, two sisters and myself did it all of our water was brown but we each had some differences in shade as well as other stuff. Mine was brown but had some froth, my sister had some black specs in hers, my husbands was cloudy, my other sister for the most part hers was brown but an entirely different shade of brown almost the color of watered down dark soda but she had some orange clumps in hers. One of my sisters drinks a lot of caffeine as well as takes medication and when we got ours done we were told the stuff that’s stuck around the bath is the caffeine’s and sugars, hers was THICK and ours was very minimal. So I’m not sure what to think.

[taragillette]

The ionic footbath changed my life after having chemo, I could barely walk up the stairs. After 3 footbaths my energy was normal.

[DeAnn]

I just got mine a week ago. My friend and I used it, soaked array with vinegar for an hour and thouroly washed it. Bleached tub and made sure everything was spottless. Her water looked completly different than mine. We used the same tap water from the same sink.

[melbround]

Distilled water is what you were suppose to use and if you use tap water that tells you alot about the water we drink and bath in. My detox was bubbly and blackish and that was with distilled water and WHO was ducting the test...big pharma? Well that tells you something.. pill anyone? The lady next to me we could smell cigarettes and she hadn't smoked for ten years..

[luckylunaloops]

Cheaper alternatives that will actually do something positive for your feet: baking soda or activated charcoal.

[DetRiley]

This was the most unscientific, non-investigated report. It fits mainstream media perfectly.

[matureaudience]

Show me blood and urinalysis tests and analysis of the waste water.