Premium Foot Pads: “The idea of these foot pads is they are supposed to pull the toxins out of your body through your feet overnight, and in the morning you’ll wake up to dark, stained foot pads that reveal just how much ‘gunk’ they removed from your body. Sounds nice as an idea, right? I immediately started Googling the crap out of these foot pads when I first got them, but the overwhelming amount of content out there is about how they are a hoax. That any amount of moisture starts darkening the pads to appear like a toxin-soaked blotter, but it’s really just your sweat dampening the pad. Though I’m always reluctant to believe that kind of naysaying, the truth is that a) it is true that any amount of moisture will darken the pads, and b) I didn’t feel any difference in my body or sleep or quality of thinking in the week I used them. If I can’t distinguish that it’s working through visual evidence or perceived evidence…. I just don’t know why I’d keep doing it!” —Katie Becker