Recently, there has been a trend towards leading a healthier lifestyle. It is everywhere. There are tons of products in new versions coming out that are supposed to make you look and feel healthier. New labels include words like “light”, “no fat”, “diet,” and so on. Even some brands of beer are coming out with their “light” versions.
Gym equipment for every budget
Products for physical exercise both at home and at the gym are also becoming popular. The range goes from expensive or extravagant exercise equipment to small accessories; there is almost something for every need and budget.
Get rid of toxins
One important aspect of leading a healthy lifestyle is keeping your body free from toxins. Years of bad habits, like smoking, have filled up our bodies with toxins that poison the body. Our bodies are designed to get rid of these toxins naturally by sweating, preferably through physical exercise. Nevertheless, we usually lead lifestyles that do not always give us the time we need in order to run until we sweat off all those toxins.
Some companies have designed products to give us a shortcut that will let us get rid of the toxins in easier, more practical way.
Foot detox patches
Kinoki foot detox pads are definitely the latest fashion in body detox. These foot detox pads are placed on your feet and left there all night long while you are sleeping. They just stick to your feet in a similar way that other body patches do.
Manufacturers and a lot of people claim that these foot detox patches absorb the toxins of your body, cleansing it while you are sleeping, and making you feel better when you wake up in the morning. In the manufacturers opinion this process of foot detox is meant to be as effective in removing toxins from your body as normal sweating if not even more.
Are the foot detox pads effective?
Nonetheless, in my opinion, the effectiveness of these foot detox pads is questionable. While feet do sweat and expel toxins, the skin that covers them is not permeable (basically skin is not permeable). Thus these foot detox pads fall short of the promise of complete cleansing of the body. I believe you could wear a sweater all night and achieve the same result and besides this it is cheaper.
Detox foot patches = placebo?
A reason people think these foot detox pads work is due to the fact of changing the colour during the night. In reality, it is the sweat of your feet that does this, and if you ever try just pouring a little water on the foot detox pads, you will get the same result. In conclusion, I believe that the effectiveness of foot detox pads is based on the willingness of people to believe they work, just like a placebo. If you think they will work, most likely you will connect any health improvement to them. We should not underestimate the power of our own mind.