Detoxing has become a normal part of day to day life for many people. These days people are able to detox by soaking their feet in water using a special device called a foot spa. It is becoming increasingly common knowledge that a foot bath under specific conditions serves to clear your body of life threatening poisons.
The reason detoxification is important is because our environment has become so infected with chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides and drugs. Over the last three or four decades we have seen incredible miracles of technology. We have been able to take obscure and mysterious raw materials from the earth and turn them into seemingly wonderful devices, gadgets, appliances, and chemicals used for any number of things.
But there is a price to be paid for these miracles. The price is a pervasive type of environmental infection that we simply cannot escape. The truth is, in spite of all the wonders of modern science our planet is more polluted now than we have ever known. It is polluted with petrochemicals, plastics, pesticides, heavy metals, and a multitude of things we may not even know how to describe. This pollution is in our water, our food, and our air. And because we drink the water, eat the food, and breathe the air, these pollutants are obviously in our bodies as well.
It is silly to suggest these pollutants don’t have an impact on our health and well-being. In fact many of these potential poisons – like the drugs given to domesticated animals for example – are specifically intended to have an effect on those animals. It is not unrealistic to think that the small amounts of those drugs remaining in the meat we eat will be potentially harmful to us.
The truth is we are constantly inhaling and assimilating residues from petrochemicals, plastics, and pesticides, fertilizers and growth enhancing drugs. What is becoming increasingly clear is that our bodies have a hard time dealing with these poisonous residues because they have an impact on the very systems that are supposed to regulate and eliminate them.
The increase in such things as birth defects, breast cancer, cancer mortality, heart disease, allergies and immune system problems has been staggering over the last 30 years.
Even if we acknowledge that there has been a change in the way these things are reported, the numbers are still very significant. It is virtually unanimous that the number of environment-related diseases, medical conditions, and direct challenges to our immune systems has dramatically increased over the last two or three decades. This increase has corresponded directly with the extent to which our world has become increasingly saturated with new drugs, new chemicals, new pesticides, new plastics, and new electronic gadgets putting dangerous chemicals and heavy metals to ever more sophisticated uses.
In the face of this onslaught of chemicals and other toxins our bodies have an increasingly difficult time getting rid of them. In fact humans have survived for hundreds of thousands of years because we have developed finely tuned systems for defending against toxins in our bodies. The most important thing that has kept us alive as a species is the ability to filter out those toxins and get rid of them in short order.
This process involves every part our bodies, but in particular organs such as our liver and kidneys. The blood pumps through our bodies, pulls toxins from our cells wherever possible, and then is filtered through the liver and kidneys. But as this delicate system is taxed with more and more impurities our natural cleansing mechanisms get overloaded. Many people simply cannot cope. As a result they develop allergies, decreased immunity, sickness and disease as their bodies attempt to deal with the day to day challenges of our environment.
This is where detoxification comes in. The basic theory behind detoxification is that the natural toxin cleansing systems of the body can be stimulated and enhanced to boost their ability to draw out and eject toxins from various parts of the body. Sweating, for example, is generally considered one of the body’s mechanisms for detoxifying itself. A steam both or spa is one method for stimulating this activity.
Another commonly recognized detoxification method is the foot bath. Experts in foot bath therapy consider the feet to be the largest pathway to the innermost parts of the body and have been used for centuries to eliminate toxins. Traditionally, feet were placed in salty sand to detoxify. More modern techniques use what is called an ionic bath.
The foot bath or foot spa uses a direct micro-current that is very similar to low voltage electro-stimulation or cold laser – both of which have been proven to increase cellular ATP (stored energy). This increase in energy stimulates the cells to purge toxins at a much higher rate. The warm salt water is used as a conduit for exchanging ions. In other words, the foot bath is like a magnet that stimulates the cells and then draws out toxic material that is then deposited in the bottom of the foot bath device.
Like most “holistic” approaches to healing, the use of detoxification techniques like the foot spa do not depend on chemicals, drugs, surgery, or other invasive types of therapy. They attempt to work with the natural processes of the body and restore its equilibrium. Normally this equilibrium has been upset by factors such as environmental degradation or stress. Or in the case of a build up of toxins, environmental pollution has resulted in an accumulated level of toxins that the body simply cannot efficiently handle without some help.
The medical information in this article is provided as an information resource only, and is not to be used or relied on for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. This information should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment. Please consult your health care provider before making any health care decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition.
