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Objective Assessment of an Ionic Footbath (IonCleanse) : Testing Its Ability to Remove Potentially Toxic Elements from the Body
Joint Authors
Seely, Dugald
Einarson, Thomas R.
Cooley, Kieran
Kennedy, Deborah A.
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-11-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Ionic footbaths are often used in holistic health centres and spas to aid in detoxification; however, claims that these machines eliminate toxins from the body have not been rigorously evaluated.
In this proof-of-principle study, we sought to measure the release of potentially toxic elements from ionic footbaths into distilled and tap water with and without feet.
Water samples were collected and analyzed following 30-minute ionic footbath sessions without feet using both distilled (n=1) and tap water (n=6) and following four ionic footbaths using tap water (once/week for 4 weeks) in six healthy participants.
Urine collection samples were analyzed at four points during the study.
Hair samples were analyzed for element concentrations at baseline and study conclusion.
Contrary to claims made for the machine, there does not appear to be any specific induction of toxic element release through the feet when running the machine according to specifications.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kennedy, Deborah A.& Cooley, Kieran& Einarson, Thomas R.& Seely, Dugald. 2011. Objective Assessment of an Ionic Footbath (IonCleanse) : Testing Its Ability to Remove Potentially Toxic Elements from the Body. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kennedy, Deborah A.…[et al.]. Objective Assessment of an Ionic Footbath (IonCleanse) : Testing Its Ability to Remove Potentially Toxic Elements from the Body. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458132
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kennedy, Deborah A.& Cooley, Kieran& Einarson, Thomas R.& Seely, Dugald. Objective Assessment of an Ionic Footbath (IonCleanse) : Testing Its Ability to Remove Potentially Toxic Elements from the Body. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458132
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-458132