Re:IONIC FOOT BATHS

[Guest guest]

Hi,

That is why Dr. 's new systems use carbon electrodes.

Nickel is toxic, with major affinity to prostate.

Healthy Regards,

Gesi

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Subject: IONIC FOOT BATHS

> nancy wrote:

>

>> off topic - has anyone used a iconic foot bath for removing toxins ??? i

>> see several for sale , testimonies and lots of discolored water...lol.

>> just wondering if anyone has had 1st experience with them and if they

>> are just a hoax. thanks

>

> Virtually all foot bath " detox " systems use an electrical current applied

> to two

> stainless steel pates; this erodes the stainless steel on the positively

> charged

> plate (referred to as the 'anode'), causing metallic ions with a positive

> charge

> to be freed / driven off the plate into the water.

>

> The other plate, connected to the negative power supply, is referred to as

> the

> 'cathode'; it contributes only (negatively charged) electrons into the

> footbath

> water.

>

> The stainless steel plates are known to rapidly erode from this process-

> plates

> need to be replaced often because of this. It's similar to how a basic

> colloidal

> silver maker functions, and how electroplating is accomplished; but in

> this

> case, since the anode is stainless steel, the positively charged metallic

> ions

> which are freed into the water are composed of from 14% to 16% Nickel

> (depending

> upon the specific alloy of the stainless steel being used.) The balance is

> predominantly Iron, with various proportions of other metals, depending

> again

> upon which alloy is being used.

>

> Nickel is *HIGHLY* toxic, and is also easily absorbed through the skin;

> for

> people who are already experiencing health challenges, the exposure likely

> constitutes an added challenge. If you do a Google search on " Nickel

> Toxicity " ,

> the results will likely frighten you badly... as they should.

>

> If, perhaps, the user is also 'grounded' while using the foot bath, then

> their

> body is charged to attract the positively charged metallic ions; this

> results in

> a dynamic referred to as 'electro-transportation', increasing the

> absorption

> rate through the skin of the feet.

>

> While we also know that positively charged metallic Nickel ions will

> readily

> react to other chemicals present in the water, so that a modest proportion

> of

> the positively charged Nickel ions will remain at their full positive

> charge

> potential for very long, the important fact is that toxic nickel is in the

> foot

> bath, either as Nickel ions, or as Nickel compounds.... This may not be

> one of

> the better things you can do for yourself...

>

> Does this really sound like a 'detox' system to you? (grin) This might

> more

> appropriately fall under the heading of 'Bad Science'.... and a revealing

> detail

> that becomes obvious as you research the various marketers of these

> systems is

> that there is a lot of shameless copying and duplicating of specific

> wording

> that is used on multiple web sites in their marketing presentations...

>

> Be Well- and Be Careful!!

>

> Bruce