What sort of toxins, you ask? Well, the Kinoki foot pad can remove:
How does it work? Well, the pads have "all-natural tree extracts and powerful negative ions," and um. "When the blood circulates to the soles, the Kinoki Detox Foot Pad can absorb toxins released from the acupuncture points."
Skeptical? "This independent study proves Kinoki Food pads lower toxic materials in your body! Isn't that amazing?"
Amazing.
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]]>BY MR. GUNN AT 01:08 AM
TechnoDestructo: I'll bet that "toxins" means the evil autism-causing mercury from the vaccines we all got as kids.
Could be...lucky for those dead kids who died of polio back the 40s that they never got those dangerous vaccines, never mind that every major epidemiological study has show that there is zero correlation between childhood vaccination and autism.
]]>I mean, where's the CSI or Law and Order guest star role for her?
]]>@wallspray: thats what i want to know.
]]>Damn straight! This outright fraud deserves serious hate! The backers deserve jail time! And the fraud is soooo blatant that any TV station that runs it should be indicted and their FCC renewal should be put in serious jeopardy.
I dunno, that would only tell you if you were "allergic" to them. But, kinesiology as the suffix "ology" in it so it must be scientific...or at least that's what an iridologist told me.
]]>I used kinesiology on the foot pads and found they were bullshit.
(look it up)
]]>BY MISSUPSETTER AT 12:43 AM
Haters :]
Damn straight! This outright fraud deserves serious hate! The backers deserve jail time! And the fraud is soooo blatant that any TV station that runs it should be indicted and their FCC renewal should be put in serious jeopardy.
We need to make individuals responsible and not let them hide under the protection of a group or company structure. Only jail time will do, fraudsters don't fear the slap on the wrist fines and refunds that allow them to keep the majority of their profits.
IMO
]]>Haters :]
]]>I did not taste it.
]]>Wow, I didn't even notice until you mentioned it.
Stop using a language for 6 or 7 years and you start forgetting crap.
]]>Fools and their money...
]]>your money is toxic. They will take all your toxic money from you.
]]>@TechnoDestructo: And don't forget this classic infomercial line... "but wait...call now and we'll throw in a second set of pads FREE!"
]]>@Skeptic: "Help us all. It's like medieval doctors brought forward in time and given their own TV shows."
LOL -- the funniest line I've read all day. Thanks.
]]>the best part of the commercial is when they compare the human doy to a tree and how the tree rids toxens through it's roots :rofl:
]]>Toxins, we all have toxins in our body and we need to get them out!!!!!
Maybe we should call and ask if we can get a link to the study that was done. I would like to see it.
]]>@savdavid:
"but wait there's more, order today and I will send you ions!!"
Awesome! Send me five!
]]>@bsalamon: Every time I see this commercial I have the urge to call. Something about infomercials makes me feel the need to BUY IT NOW! This one almost got me because I'm probably full of toxins. And this can SAAAAAAAAAAVE ME.
Disclaimer: I have never actually ordered anything, so don't yell at me.
]]>More of the "magic" alternative medicine stuff that is akin to the kind of understanding of the human body that 5-year-olds might make up while playing.
Who knew you could suck fat ("cellulite") out through the thickest skin in your body? And that your feet are like tree roots, er, tree roots that force toxins into the ground.
Still, as bad as this is, the one I hate are the "detoxifying" colon cleansers that try and convince you that your colon is "clogged" with "build up"--even though this is a phenomenon unknown to to medical science and actual doctors who, on a daily basis, stick cameras up peoples butts where this alleged build up is supposed to live.
Help us all. It's like medieval doctors brought forward in time and given their own TV shows.
]]>It's like they made a checklist of buzzwords and cliches and went down the list as they were writing the ad.
-Ions!
-Energy!
-Toxins!
-Ancient Japanese (or insert other exotic-to-the-ignorant locale or culture) secret!
-Fantastical bullshit claims exploiting ignorance of the nature of the problem (cellulite)
-Fantastical bullshit claims where even THAT wouldn't be an excuse for believing it (Diabetes?)
-Independent study! There was a study! STUDIES! (no information about the study, who did it, where to obtain it)
-Charts and graphs (which don't even match the numbers given)
-Don't use that OLD FASHIONED (also utter bullshit) product, when there's a NEW AND THEREFORE BETTER way. Exaggerated grimace!
-Computer graphics illustrating processes that don't exist
-Utilizing the word "utilize" instead of "use."
What am I missing?
The only big ones I can think of that aren't present are "crystals" and "homeopathic."
]]>It's very similar to the ionic foot baths alot of spas and naturopathic centers are trying to pawn off on people. My wife had a free foot bath, and it was all I could do to not laugh or holler "bullshit" while the woman was explaining the process. What is really sad is that there are people out there who can't get their credit cards otu fast enough to order this crap. Yay for our education system.
]]>I saw this during a Lewis Black special! Talk about marketing to the wrong audience... This commercial makes me so angry at the human race.
]]>I thought this was a joke too. Although I would like to try it just so see what happens. I would also like to get the black stuff tested to see what is in it. Asbestos!? WTF!
]]>jtheletter: If it actually tastes like salt, you're adding too much. You're supposed to dilute it to nonexistence, because that makes it more powerful homeopathy.
]]>Just think, if I were to ingest a bunch of plutonium, why it would create all sorts of ions in my body!
Curse the strict controls on nuclear material denying us ready access to this awesome health resource.
]]>Must be good stuff, it is FDA registered.
]]>However I am saddened that this video did not unite humanity in a quest to destroy advertisment once and for all. I only hope that Billy Mayes can complete his quest. He is, after all, the Neo of Infomercials.
]]>when i first saw this on tv, i couldn't b eleive it.....it took me awhile to stop laughing...at first i thought it was somekinda joke....it scarey, they were serious.....
]]>As a side note, the mailing address listed on the commercials, 4057 Highway 9 in Howell NJ is around the corner from my house. It's a UPS Store.
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