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Water Detox Scams and How to Avoid

Them

JULY 5, 2009in GENERAL HEALTH

Business nowadays can be a very treacherous path to take, especially with allthe scams going about everywhere. Surprisingly, you could not only getscammed by investing on purely money related industries but also via thehealth industry too. There is one scam in the field of health science which isbecoming really popular and has victimized numerous people already; this isthe water detox scam .

Being Healthy Has a Price This scam actually comes in a number of names such as: Foot Detox Spa, Bio-

Sync Detox, Bio Detox, Platinum Detox, Mary Staggs Ionic Spa, ionSpa, WaterDetox, Bionic Baby-D Foot Spa, HydroTherapy, IonCleanse, Energy Balancer

Detox Footbath, Hydra Detox, Aqua-Chi, Bio-Cleanse, Emerald Detox, Q2Energy Spa, Pure-Charge Energetic Spa, Ionic Detox Box, PediTox, and P.E.P.

Body Purge. Although it may come in different names, the whole mode ofoperation is basically the same for these products.

The whole health program or treatment is an eccentric therapy that is said tobe based on the research and findings of Dr. Royal Rife, who is a medical

scientist. The system creates a frequency of negative and positive ions.However, the manufacturer claims that this frequency has the ability to gently

resonate through the users body. As it resonates, it could also stimulate thecells along the way. When the cells are stimulated, then they would gain

balance of their cellular energy. Thus, they are enabled to effectively performtheir duty in your body and get rid of all the toxin build-ups that may have

occurred through time. Nevertheless, these are just the claims of the

manufacturer.

The Mechanics

The principle of the treatment is very simple. Allyoull have to do is place your feet into a foot -spa-like bath that is comprised of

lukewarm water with some salt added to it to make the water become moreconductible. According to the manufacturer, once you turn on this apparatus an

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electrolytic flow occurs that gives the water in the bath a bio-energetic field.This field lets a gentle bio-energetic resonance travel into your body. Thus, thewater in the bath where your foot is in becomes an extension of your bodyswater or fluids, in which the only barrier between the two is nothing more than

a thin membrane, known as your skin.

The product claims that this treatment can give a positiv e effect on your bodys

microcirculation, which is your bodys fluid circulation that involves substanceinterchanges between your blood and tissues. Microcirculation is also said to

play a vital role in regulating nutrient and oxygen supply to your tissues so thatyou can properly excrete your bodys waste products.

How it Became a Scam

The issue in this kind of trade became controversial when some manufacturersclaimed that the water color of your footbath would indicate areas in your bodythat were clear ed from toxins. If its black, then its your liver; orange if its your

joints; green if its your gall bladder; and etcetera.

However, a lot of critics say these kinds of machines are merely AC/DCtransformers with ferrous electrodes, which corrode in order to create rust or abrownish color that dispersed into the water of your apparatus. The differencein color could be accounted by changing the amount of salt that is added to thebath and difference in the electrode composition. To make it short, whathappens is a simple chemistry reaction called electrolysis. The truth is, thewater in the bath would still change its color, whether or not there are feet inthe bath or not.

Additionally, dialysis was done to the water that resulted in findings that saidthe brownish substance in the water is actually iron-based. The water also doesnot have any signs of creatinine or urea, which are essential in the realdetoxification process.

Such kind of companies only use the color changing phenomenon to impress

people and make them interested more with their apparatus. Also, they use jargons of toxin pseudoscience such as: bio-energy, cellular energy, bio-stimulation, and some other terms, simply to mislead and confuse people.

Keeping it Safe

You may see a lot of companies offering this kind of treatments or even

apparatus. However, such kind of treatment has no basis yet in supporting theirclaims. So, the best way that you could avoid being scammed by this kind of

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marketing, then it would be best that you do not buy one. Additionally, if youreally want to know whether you have any problems with your bodys liver, gallbladder and other internal organs, it would be best to consult your doctor.