4 Your Health: Foot Detox

The makers of the Ionizing Foot Spa claim all a person has to do to get rid of toxins in the body is to step into a foot bath, add a few cyrstals and drop in a specially-designed electrical probe. At least one North Texas resident agrees.

After a long day at work and a frustrating commute, Diane Beltran said she can't wait to get back home to draw a warm bath. She doesn't take a traditional bath. And even though it looks like a normal foot bath it's not that either. Beltran's bath is for detoxing her body.

"I basically was looking for some alternative choice for some of the issues I was feeling in my body. And I was feeling like I needed to do some detoxification," she said.

The product she found is called the Ionizing Foot Spa, whose propenents said can do everything from pulling out toxins from the body to shedding unwanted pounds.

"It's a conductor for the electricity that can take the charge through your body," said Connie Kaska of the Soak Away the Pounds System.

The device essentially draws out toxins both environmental and organic by way of the electrical probes connected to a small power source. Those, plus the addition of a tablespoon of so-called "Himalayan miracle salt crystals," will cleans the body of "body garbage," according to the company.

Different colors represent different toxins.

"It appalls me to see all the toxins that have come out but at the same time I'm very grateful to be able to take those out of my body and know that when I'm finished with this, those are gone and I can have a new beginning for a new day," Kraska said.

"Now the cost of detoxifying your body through these foot spas at home isn't necessarily cheap. Some units can cost as much as $3,000 while others can cost a little under $700."

Medical experts claim the detoxifying foot spas, however, do not have to undergo testing by the Food and Drug Administraiton. Some doctors are dubious.

"The average charge is between $700 and all the way up to $3000 and, for most people, that's not a small amount to invest in something that doesn't have a proven benefit," Dr. Fay Simon, a Baylor University Medical Center internist said.

But Beltran is convinced her money was well spent.

"It helped with some of the muscle pain. My skin started clearing up more immediately. I got a clearer complextion and that was good," she said.

The makers of the Ionizing Foot Spa claim all a person has to do to get rid of toxins in the body is to step into a foot bath, add a few cyrstals and drop in a specially-designed electrical probe. At least one North Texas resident agrees.

After a long day at work and a frustrating commute, Diane Beltran said she can't wait to get back home to draw a warm bath. She doesn't take a traditional bath. And even though it looks like a normal foot bath it's not that either. Beltran's bath is for detoxing her body.

"I basically was looking for some alternative choice for some of the issues I was feeling in my body. And I was feeling like I needed to do some detoxification," she said.

The product she found is called the Ionizing Foot Spa, whose propenents said can do everything from pulling out toxins from the body to shedding unwanted pounds.

"It's a conductor for the electricity that can take the charge through your body," said Connie Kaska of the Soak Away the Pounds System.

The device essentially draws out toxins both environmental and organic by way of the electrical probes connected to a small power source. Those, plus the addition of a tablespoon of so-called "Himalayan miracle salt crystals," will cleans the body of "body garbage," according to the company.

Different colors represent different toxins.

"It appalls me to see all the toxins that have come out but at the same time I'm very grateful to be able to take those out of my body and know that when I'm finished with this, those are gone and I can have a new beginning for a new day," Kraska said.

"Now the cost of detoxifying your body through these foot spas at home isn't necessarily cheap. Some units can cost as much as $3,000 while others can cost a little under $700."

Medical experts claim the detoxifying foot spas, however, do not have to undergo testing by the Food and Drug Administraiton. Some doctors are dubious.

"The average charge is between $700 and all the way up to $3000 and, for most people, that's not a small amount to invest in something that doesn't have a proven benefit," Dr. Fay Simon, a Baylor University Medical Center internist said.

But Beltran is convinced her money was well spent.

"It helped with some of the muscle pain. My skin started clearing up more immediately. I got a clearer complextion and that was good," she said.