Ionic Foot Detox Baths

The Science and The Myths

Known as iontophoresis, Ionic Foot Detox Baths were approved by the FDA in 1970 as a healing modality to remove free radicals, or toxins from your lymphatic and circulatory systems with electrolyzed water, or exclusion zone water (EZ) which pushes toxins out of the cells. Electric arrays are used to electrolyze the water creating negative and positive ions which produces hydrogen anion (H-) in the water. H- is a strong antioxidant.


H- is able to pass through the thousands of large pores of the feet into your circulatory and lymphatic systems to neutralize the cells. When neutralized, toxins can pass through the cell membrane and out of the cells through osmosis. Your body then eliminates these toxins through urination and defecation.

Who Benefits From Ionic Foot Detoxing?

Everyone! We all are exposed to toxins from the air we breathe, food we eat, beverage we drink, and from our metabolism which produces metabolic waste.

Please note: Ionic Foot Detoxing should not be done by those who are pregnant, breast feeding or lactating. Those with a pacemaker, please consult with your cardiologist before undergoing ionic detox.


Anyone suffering from the list of diseases below should make Ionic Foot Detoxing part of their health maintenance plan.  Ionic Foot Detoxing does not cure these diseases but are scientifically proven to reduce symptoms and their severity. 

  1. Fibromyalgia
  2. Yeast Infections
  3. Liver Disease
  4. Kidney Disease
  5. Diabetes
  6. Inflammatory Disease
  1. Gout
  2. Arthritis
  3. Lyme Disease
  4. Cancer
  5. Exhaustion / Fatigue
  6. Brain Fog

Myth #1 

The color of the water determines what was detoxified and from what part of the body these toxins were drawn from.

The Science 

The water changes color because of the impurities of the water. The color has nothing to do with your detox, because the toxins are not drawn out of your body through your feet. You continue to detox over a 24–36-hour period, not during the 30-minute foot soak.

Myth #2

Ionic Foot Detox is only a placebo effect.

The Science

The last study on foot detox was done over 10 years ago, and it focused on if toxins were removed through your feet and into the water. Iontophoresis is used in the medical field by dermatologists to deliver medications to treat excessive sweating. It is scientifically proven that electrolyze water does pass the skin barrier.  More studies should be done, but anecdotal testimonies continue to praise the effects of ionic foot detoxing.