toxic much?

i hope this post won't gross anyone out too much, but i just had to share. i've been on a detox kick lately, doing several diet detoxes in the past couple weeks. i always feel so much better after a 3-day detox!

recently, while on a hunt for a belly detox patch, my sweetie and i came across some japanese detox foot pads that you use while you sleep. i had seen these patches on infomercials in the states but never in the store. i was so intrigued by the commericals i had seen in the past, so i decided to buy them when i had the chance.

you put them on the bottoms of your feet just before bedtime. the patches are white when you put them on, and then when you wake up, they are darker, having gathered all your toxins and such. supposedly the darker they are, the more "toxic" you are. well, when i woke up, mine were soooo dark. i guess i'm pretty toxic!it may be a gimmick, and maybe they turn dark for everyone to make you think you need them. but i sure did feel a lot better afterwards, and i think i'm going to get some more. :)

i know these patches aren't exactly "eastern medicine," but the longer i live here, the more i'm convinced that alternative medicine practices are the way to go.