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PrintSpecial Report: Boston D-tox
We are exposed to toxins everyday, in the air and in our food, but is there a way to cleanse out our systems? Dr. Douglas Wine says yes.
Dr. Douglas Wine
Dextoxing has been very difficult until now.
So he's opened "Boston Detox" the first new non-invasive, high-tech way to eliminate unwanted toxins from the body.
Dr. Douglas Wine
The top three things that actually get eliminated are aluminum, nickel, and lead.
This is how it works: you soak your feet in a foot bath that has an ion therapy attachment for 23 minutes; positive and negative ions are transmitted through the pores of the feet pulling toxins out of the body, that you can see!
Dr. Douglas Wine
Water is ugly. Comes out brown. Sometimes you'll get green speckles. Indication of someone who eats a lot of sugar.
62-year-old Ross Moschetto of North Andover is a believer.
Ross Moschetto
It's probably like one of the best things that's happened to me.
This is his 12th treatment and he says he's never felt better both physically and mentally.
Ross Moschetto
It's been working since day one. I'm way more agile than I used to be.
According to makers it can improve energy, focus, and a number of health problems like allergies, migraines, insomnia, circulatory problems.
Dr. Adriana Cervantes, M.D. Boston Medical Center
I'm very skeptical.
Dr. Adriana Cervantes of Boston Medical Center says while it appears to be safe, but buyer beware.
Dr. Adriana Cervantes, M.D.
Some people may be spending a lot of money on something that may not necessarily be what they're saying it is.
But still, Chris Hayward of Boston is willing to give it a try.
Chris Hayward
God knows I can use a detox after our New Years celebration.
So he slips into the foot bath and 23 minutes later, he says he's relaxed but freaked out about what was left in the tub..
Chris Hayward
It went from blue to a yellowish to brown. Had other little pond scum particles floating around, I don't know where the hell they came from but it's out of my body now.
This foot bath detox device has been popular in Europe for years. Boston Detox is the first of it's kind in the U.S.
Boston D-tox
Flagship location
83 Newbury Street - 2nd floor
Boston, MA 02116
617.867.0007