My personal belief is that this is a scam and I base my conclusion on;

When you search any of the following words on google, (kinoki, takara, body pure, detoxion, foot detox patch, etc) most of the results that show are either forums posts where people are asking one another and a lot people are clueless but then there is one or two posts who seem to know something. They either provide personal experience or give you a reference such as consumerwatchreview.com. such sites still lack credibility, as they seem to have a few products listed and you click on one of them and then off you go to another website, which sells the same product and talk about all the benefits. I searched several of the keywords I have listed above and NOTHING credible has jumped up.

All of these sites I have seen have one thing in common; they all claim to have 30-day money back guarantee stamps, however no policy pages, which in detail explains what their conditions on refunds are. Second, none of these sites carry any of the known standard quality or security stamps such as better Business Bureau (BBB).

One site even went further and had two options to choose from; option 1 which was selected by default would put you into a “convenient” monthly payment plan where the price wasn’t even listed (red flag)!! their clinicals page was UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Who sells a health product and creates a section as important as clinical testimonials on their website and launches the website before it is complete?

Let’s say I have grudge against these guys. What about Wikipedia then? What do they say about this? anyone can buy a domain name, as long as it is available ( I just checked consumer-review-watch.com two minutes ago 3:24 AM CST January 12, 2008 and it is available) and brag about how great the product is and furnish testimonials on every page. It is not so easy when it comes to wikipedia. not anyone can create content and brag about anything they want, anytime they want on there. so in that aspect, Wikipedia seems much more credible than all the other websites. so what do they say?

This section is taken from Wikipedia:—the use of adhesive foot pads or patches to draw toxins out of the body are promoted by many holistic product manufacturers with claims of dramatic improvements to health and well being. the pads are said to be popular and widely used in Asian countries.

Pads containing certain ingredients are placed on feet during sleep to allegedly pull toxins from the body. the amount of ‘soil’ that appears on the pad in the morning is cited as proof that toxins have been removed. Since the same effect can be created by dampening the pad with water, skeptics consider these pads a form of pseudoscience.

While there are significant claims of many Asian medical studies that prove the health benefits of detox foot patches, there are no known studies. on January 3, 2008, the FDA released an urgent warning [2] regarding the potential dangers of many imported pharmaceutical substances including several brands of detox foot patches. to date, no foot patch or pad product is approved for use in the United States by the FDA.—-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detoxification_foot_pads

So it is at best a pseudo-science and is NOT approved by the FDA. still skeptic? Notice that Wikipedia uses FDA’s ALERT released on January 3rd 2008 as a reference, which talks about UNAPPROVED new drugs promoted in the US and their DETENTION WITHOUT EXAMINATION.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia6641.html

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I felt that it sounded too good to be true, which it was. and to pay that much money for something that MIGHT work in the way they claim. Nahh, I’d rather stay up till 4:00 AM in the morning and finish this so others can find it useful and not fall for such unfounded products.