Kioki Foot Pads: Has anyone used them? Do you believe in them?

I believe the same as you about getting and staying healthy. I do eat much better than my husband, but I still get more than my share of infections (probably because of my medical problems). I drink more water, eat more fruit and veggies, so I just don't know.

I thought they were a scam, too, and would never have bought them myself. But, that's why I wrote this discussion. I guess I should have started this discussion BEFORE starting to wear these things, but, well, you know... hindsight is always 20/20! LOL

My husband MAY have dirtier feet than I do because he takes showers, I bathe in the bathtub. I scrub from head to toe to exfoliate. My feet LOOKED clean last night; so did his, but he also drinks a lot of beer and eats way more junk food than I do.

I'll just keep an eye out on the responses here to see if anyone has actually used them AND benefitted from them, or not.

They claim that they should rid your body of toxins within a week. I didn't want to buy them, but my husband went nuts when he saw them advertized. I thought they cost too much, too, but he was insistant on buying them... then didn't use them until last night. He's a VERY strange person.

But, I'm like you. I NEVER sleep longer than 3 hours at a time. I got up with them on and walked to the bathroom. They have sticky pads that go over them so they'll stay on your feet, although it felt kind of "squishy" to walk on them. I kept them on for 8 hours.

As anxious as my husband was to buy them, he said last night that the manufacturers of these things COULD have put something in them like apples or potatoes or something... something that will turn dark when exposed to the air, since they're sealed in an airtight package until you open them.

I'll tell you, though, I'm dizzier than normal this morning. I don't know if it's just one of my symptoms flaring or if it's caused by these foot pads. Unless I hear someone say that they're worthless, I'll use them for a full week and see what happens.

Well, I CAN say that I slept a little better than normal last night. I normally can't sleep more than 3 hours before waking up but, last night, I slept about 5 hours before I woke up. BUT, I'm also pretty dizzy! I don't know if that's from these foot pads or not.

I'm normally quite 'wobbly' in the mornings because of my medical problems but this morning was maybe twice as bad as usual. Once I got up, I was looking around for my glasses (can't see much of anything without them). I looked EVERYWHERE around where I always put them at night. It took me at least 2 full minutes of searching for them before I realized that they were on my face! THAT'S bad!!! LOL

So, I don't know if I'm just having a flare of my symptoms or these foot pads have something to do with it. All I know is, I got up this morning dizzier than normal and am STILL dizzier than normal... one and a half hours later! But, it's been raining outside for the past 3 days so that might have something to do with it. (I have really rotten sinuses and they're always affected by a lot of rain.)

I'll just have to wait and see, huh? I HOPE they're helping!

Grandma, I know EXACTLY what you're saying!!!

I saw a new doctor last week, an internist. I've been getting pretty sick of the doctors I have now who just want to give me more pills. I'm on 10 pills now! I take 8 of them on a regular basis and 2 of them on an 'as needed' basis. I'm so tired of them!

This new doctor said he wants me to get off of some of these drugs. I LIKED HIM IMMEDIATELY!!! I take Lyrica for my fibromyalgia. I guess my rheumatologist prescribed it simply because it's the ONLY official drug prescribed specifically for fibromyalgia. BUT, quite a few of my medications are interacting with each other, causing my brain to function pretty poorly. I can't think, concentrate, remember things, etc. anywhere NEAR what I used to be like! I had a mind as sharp as a tack but now, well, if you read the response above yours, you'll understand the extent of my brain problems... I couldn't find my glasses that I was already wearing!

So, this new doctor wants me to wean off the Lyrica to see if it's actually helping with the pain or not. So far, I haven't seen any difference in my pain level. Getting off Lyrica may not help my pain level, but it could very well help my brain to function better!

I'd MUCH rather use natural things as opposed to man-made drugs! I've started really looking into herbs and their specific healing powers This new doctor also suggested acupuncture and Yoga as alternative therapies. (I'll try the Yoga first, though... don't really like the thought of all those needles sticking into my body! )

Also, because my husband has been such a bad boy lately, he's now trying to make up for it and has been researching fibromyalgia and alternative treatments. It seems there may be something about the mitochondria that causes the symptoms of fibromyalgia, or it could simply be a marketing strategy because I'd have to go to this 'clinic' and be tested up the wazzu, for which my insurance wouldn't cover a penny.

Right now, though, I'll try any and all natural treatments I can find. Whether these foot pads really help or not is still a question.

I don't think the pads will do half as much harm as all these pills. I looked up fibromyalgia in my book. I have a good book and it does state that acupressure and moderate exercise are essential. It suggests twenty minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week. Emotional stress NOT GOOD. Also suggests learning to relax properly and doing deep breathing. Sorry but acupuncture is also suggested.

Awesome, dragon. Thank you! It kinda makes you wonder, though, just WHERE that dirt has been hiding! I soak in the bathtub every day. I scrub from head to toe to exfoliate. My feet don't LOOK dirty but that was some nasty brown color on those pads!

However, I was also very skeptical about them. I've thought that it was strange that so much garbage can come out through our feet when there's a ton of it up towards to the top of our bodies! Why not put the pads where they'd do the most good? Just never made sense to me.

But, since my husband paid for them, why not give them a try? One thing I CAN say for sure is that I'm not feeling the least bit better today, although I did get 5 hours of sleep last night instead of my usual 1 to 3 hours of straight sleep. It probably had absolutely nothing to do with the foot pads, though. I do, occasionally, get more than 3 hours of sleep at a stretch.

Maybe I'll just let my husband try them for the rest of the week and see how he feels. One problem, though... he's a definite hypochondriac so I really can't rely on his view of the truth regarding health.

I kinda thought these things weren't anywhere near as good as they claimed, otherwise we'd see them advertized, and sold, everywhere! I don't know of a single doctor who has ever recommended them.

I'll have to try that baking soda poultice idea, though. It can't be a bad thing to rid the body of dirty pores!

You know, I hadn't thought of that! These things could be sucking my meds right out of my body or causing a chemical reaction of some sort! I've been very dizzy most of the day and only in the past hour or so have I gotten back to 'normal'!

I haven't read the ingredients and I'm quite surprised that my husband hasn't either, being the hypochondriac that he is! I'll suggest it to him because he LOVES looking up stuff like that.

THANK YOU!!! I had actually decided to just let him use them for a week and see how he feels afterwards so I wasn't planning on putting more on tonight anyway, but you've definitely opened my eyes to an area I hadn't thought of and could very well be VERY important!

But, I'm also weaning off of Lyrica so that might be what is causing the dizziness. The new doctor I saw last week doesn't like me being on so many meds and has suggested I try to wean off of some of them, beginning with Lyrica. Too many of my meds interact with each other, causing more sleepiness, drowsiness and/or dizziness, which might account for my poor brain functions! I like this new doctor because he's way more into alternative therapies.

I'm growing a lot of herbs that could help me, including some I hadn't even thought of as herbal supplements before! In my research into them, I've learned that there are quite a few plants that have the same effect as some of my medications! For instance, I'm growing feverfew which not only helps in reducing fevers but also helps with inflammation. I'd MUCH rather drink a tea of feverfew than to keep taking Naproxen! I'll be starting these herbal supplements as soon as they've grown enough to harvest!

Did you know that the coleus plant has some of the same properties as pot? LOL Yep, only much milder, AND legal... I can "light up" my coleus (which I have growing in the house right now waiting for the day it can be planted outside) and get a good, restful sleep instead of taking all these stupid, man-made drugs! Also, there are all kinds of natural pain killers... some even come from BC!

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you for suggesting that I read the ingredients on these foot pads! I doubt they work, anyway, or else we'd be hearing more about them, but I'll let my husband have some fun with them. Since he IS a hypochondriac, they'll probably cure everything he "thinks" he has wrong with his body, including his thinning hair!

I've been skeptical about them from the start but my husband insisted on buying them. (He was married to an Oriental woman for 13 years and learned a lot about their culture... he seems to think that anything that comes from Asia is the cat's pajamas. )

He's been researching ways to help me feel better naturally and, since I've mentioned these foot pads that he INSISTED on buying over 6 months ago but never used, he decided that now would be a good time to try them.

But, since his were WAY darker than mine were this morning, I'm going to let him use them all up. HE seems to need more help than I do! The only thing I felt this morning was sticky feet. LOL

Nah, I didn't think they'd do anything but help to empty out our wallets. If they were so good, why aren't doctors prescribing them? I've never even heard of alternative therapies that suggest using them. I TRIED to talk him out of buying them but... he's like a rock, only more stubborn!

They say to use them for a week, but only overnight. I'm going to just let my husband use them for now and see what he thinks. If it cures his thinning hair, I'll definitely be using them again!