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Posted by linkadge on August 1, 2007, at 8:54:15
Hi, one of my mothers friends invited her to this foot detoxification session.
Basically she puts her feet in a small pool of water, and the water is suppost to react in some way and draw toxins from the entire body out through the feet and into the water.
The sessions last about 30 min, and afterwards the water is a dark brown color which is supposed to be the toxins.
There is a small box in the centre of the device which is more than likely emitting the dark color.
They charge $35 for each session, and a month of sessions costs like $400.
Apparently people are paying this, esp older, more susceptable individuals.
Is there anything I can do about this?
I am concluding that it is pure fraud. Especially if they are knowingly relasing color into the water and calling it "the toxins".
There must be some toll free number to report people being lied to and blatently ripped off.
Its one thing to make claims that one may think are true, and another to make claims that one knows are false.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Linkadge
Posted by Netch on August 1, 2007, at 9:31:12
In reply to Mother questions phony foot detoxification, posted by linkadge on August 1, 2007, at 8:54:15
Maybe you could file a complaint at the FTC or just simply sue them for quackery :-)
Posted by revaaron on August 2, 2007, at 13:09:09
In reply to Mother questions phony foot detoxification, posted by linkadge on August 1, 2007, at 8:54:15
You could contact the BBB, see about or submit a complaint about the practicioner.
You could share info with your mom or her friends, e.g.
http://www.devicewatch.org/reports/aquadetox.shtmlFrom that article: "the water would change color regardless of whether or not a foot was placed in it." You could tell your mom to do one more session and not place her feet in the bath, depending on the setup, to see if it still turns brown, which it would.
Aaron
Posted by linkadge on August 3, 2007, at 16:55:55
In reply to Re: Mother questions phony foot detoxification, posted by revaaron on August 2, 2007, at 13:09:09
Thanks.
That article was *exactly* the kind of thing I was looking for. I can print it out and let my mother read it.
Thanks a lot.
Linkadge
Posted by Quintal on August 4, 2007, at 3:40:08
In reply to Mother questions phony foot detoxification, posted by linkadge on August 1, 2007, at 8:54:15
Hey, I enrolled for a course in diet & nutrition at my local college a while back and they had a trip to an alternative healing festival - I recognize that machine from some of the descriptions - all the girls were raving about it! What I found scary was that the teacher saw nothing wrong in this, she didn't question it at all... I dropped out of it after a few weeks because I didn't think I was learning about anything of value, and they didn't take kindly to me pointing out that most of these things were scams. They were mostly lonely women who took classes just to get out of the house and enjoy the company, which is why those quacks target them I suppose. Anyway, there's loads more products like that out there. One of the women bought some sort of powder that turned into a purple gel when mixed with water in the bath. It was supposed to draw out toxins from the pores of the skin, the usual crap, basically play-school chemistry tricks involving food dyes and coloured gunge etc.
Makes me angry because the whole of alternative medicine gets tainted by association with these things.
Q
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