Best part of this commercial is about 32 seconds in, when it explains how trees absorb toxins from the air, and push them into the ground through their roots. It's the tree's who are poisioning the ground.

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.

Yes, because people in ancient Japan people were totally using plastic foot pads to remove toxins. It was all the rage in the Edo era!

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.....

hah, I saw this commercial last night on comedy central and thought it was a parody ad...guess not

What in the world is a "toxin"? Is it dangerous? How do you catch it? Wh..what?...THEY'RE IN MY FOOD?????? THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!

But your telling me now those really weren't toxins on my foot pads?

By the way, what in that awful black substance that came off of her feet?

Does it cure stingky feet? :)

according to [www.physicsforums.com], a chemical in the foot pads reacts with your sweat, producing the 'brown'.

OMFG, this has to be the single greatest peice of false advertising ever created. I love the references to processes that have "flows", i.e. trees in order to make you think this works in a similar way. And the dude that says they pulled Asbestos out of his foot!

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.

By "toxins" they mean "money" and by "foot" they mean "wallet" and by "while you sleep" they mean "when you call."

Soak a pad in vinegar and put it on your feet. Next morning: instant black and brown pads!! but wait there's more, order today and I will send you ions!!

I think my favorite part is near the end when they say it provides the body with 'ions'. Hooray for science buzzwords! Cuz, you know, ions are a singular thing, like apples or blood cells, not simply a charged particle of any sort. I think I'm goign to start marketing my own amazing "ion drink" that tastes surprisingly like salt dissolved in water. ;)

@warf0x0r: Did you notice that the trees flowed into the ground? And I've been watering my trees by their roots. No wonder the died.

Must be good stuff, it is FDA registered.

call me nuts, but I would love to see someone actually try it and see what happens

@jtheletter:

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.

I had no idea that asbestos travels in the bloodstream. (Does it?)

Eyebrows McGee: LOL, you got it. Any time I hear the word "toxin" in a preventative medicine context, I immediately lose all respect for the speaker.

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.

@jtheletter: Yeah, you have to laugh at the suckers who fall for this kind of pseudo-scientific babble. It would be funnier if it weren't so sad and scary for the future of our country.

@bsalamon: From what I understand, you get locked into their "free" replacement offer, and it's hard as hell to get out.

BTW, where is the government on regulating this kind of thing? A lot of these TV supplement ads lately are REALLY pushing the boundaries of the truth with their claims about being "clinically proven" and such.

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: Is it like Brawndo? Cuz that has electrolytes. It's what plants crave!!

@floyderdc: Well, they don't say what the actors stepped in before they put the pads on. Perhaps they were walking in their attic, and got some insulation on their feet.

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.

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.

Seriously, this is the archetype of a snake-oil bullshit ad.

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."

I snickered so loud everyone in the office stared at me. :)

Oh, and it's missing a "THEY don't want you to know about this!"

@TechnoDestructo: And Kevin Treadu.

These things remind me of the "Cherokee Hair Tampons" episode from South Park!

Man, proof that some people have no shame!

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.

Well, if you're sick, it may be all the food and water that you breathing. Kinoki helps you not aspirate hamburgers!

Even the Japanese characters they use in the ad are BS. They use the characters "木樹液" which means "tree tree liquid" and that cannot be pronounced "Kinoki." They could have at least used "木の気" which would be pronounced "kinoki" and would have made sense! Jeez, scammers these days not even taking the time to do the job right!

@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.

Hey, but what about that Mighty Putty.
That stuff looks AWESOME!!!

@savdavid:
"but wait there's more, order today and I will send you ions!!"

Awesome! Send me five!

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.

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:

@FrankTheTank: I actually have that putty and it does work. Granted I never tried to haul a semi or lift the rock of Gibraltar with it but it's good stuff.

@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.

@TechnoDestructo: And don't forget this classic infomercial line... "but wait...call now and we'll throw in a second set of pads FREE!"

your money is toxic. They will take all your toxic money from you.

I ordered these to review for my school paper.
I just love on the commercial they circle random dirt specs and tell me that they are parasites and other crap.

how do they get "lighter in color" after days of using them if they just react to sweat?

This reminds me of the ear candles. People would stick the rolled up, wax impregnated funnel in their ear and set it on fire. The residue at the bottom when you blow the fire out has the exact chemical makeup and the ear candles. Results: You got suckered out of 2 bucks for parchment paper and a penny's worth of wax.

Fools and their money...

Any "detox" method is crap.

You actually had tech "journalists" touting an ionic footbath being marketed at CES. Sitting and soaking their feet made them feel better, you see, so it must work.