Kinoki

I saw an ad this morning for Kinoki Foot Pads. The ad claims the pads draw toxins out of your body through the bottoms of your feet. People were shown peeling off the soiled pads, the dirt and grime allegedly life-threatening toxins. My feet would produce the same amount of debris after a quick stroll through the back yard without shoes. Evidently, according to the decorated scientists that created Kinoki, matter falls from the sky and slowly works its way through the body into your midsection, before metastasizing in the intestines. Kinoki pulls the debris down through the soles of the feet. The manufacturer promises better health and improved energy levels after one treatment. They even provide a lifetime supply of pads. All you have to do is pay ten dollars to ship a two ounce box full of materials that couldn't have cost ten cents to make.

Quackery, buffoonery, junk science... whatever you want to call it. How does the old adage go?
"A fool and his money are soon parted." It seems a more plausible concept might be an anal suppository to suck toxins out of your body. It could be called "The Magic Cucumber." Just stick it up your ass every night before bed and you'll feel twenty years younger. Idiots would line up for miles outside Walgreens and Eckerd Drugs. These ideas rank right up there with magnet therapy, energy crystals, dowsing rods, rabbit feet, and organized religion.