Ion Cleansing

[Chris O.]

I've been informed that the hospital in my home town is sending people to an Ion Cleansing clinic. I didn't believe that they were actually sending people over to the clinic, but after talking with several people, it appears the Medical Doctors at the hospital are advising patients to spend money, to have their feet soak in Ionized water, with the promised result of removing medication and toxins from the blood.

A website I googled is here:

http://www.mountainholistic.com/ionCleanse.htm

I'm pretty sure this is nonsense, the link "testimonials" seems to give it away. But I was wondering since MD's are sending patients over there. Have they been had?

 

[Dr. Imago]

I'm pretty sure this is nonsense, the link "testimonials" seems to give it away. But I was wondering since MD's are sending patients over there. Have they been had?

Assuming that it is indeed nonsense (and it appears on the surface to be), I'd then have to know who exactly these "Medical Doctors" are as well as why they've been led to believe that this is a legitimate therapy and for what specific ailments they are referring patients to this clinic. Until then, there are too many unanswered questions from my perspective to make additional assumptions on what they may or may not be thinking.

-TT

 

[Chris O.]

Well, the Doctors are doctors at the City Hospital, and the patients are mostly cancer patients. I don't know what they've been told, but the clinic is directly across the street from the hospital, and is run by a licensed physician.

Who told them what, I don't know.

 

[Zep]

That would be City Hospital in which city? I expect there are quite a few hospitals of that name around the world...

 

[Chris Haynes]

From the web page: Indian Hills, Colorado

From http://www.mountainholistic.com/aboutDrDiBio.htm :

Dr. Diane Spindler is a Nutritional Consultant and a Naturopathic Doctor. She has 20 years of experience in Microbiology and Biochemical research. Dr. Spindler's continued education in health-realted fields combined with a passion for healing inspired her to open her practice, Mountain Holistic Health, Inc.

... followed by lots of buzz words. I'm not buying it.

 

[Dr. Imago]

Indian Hills, Colorado

Population (year 2000): 1,197
Males: 587 (49.0%), Females: 610 (51.0%)

http://www.city-data.com/city/Indian-Hills-Colorado.html

Unless people are being referred to her from around the world, and are actually making the trek to see her, I wouldn't worry too much about the impact this woman is going to have on the medical establishment. I'm not suggesting that she shouldn't be held accountable for pushing quack medical practices on the unsuspecting public (and not to be rude), but we've got some bigger fish to fry at the moment.

Besides, you state that you live in Okinawa, Japan, Chris. How did this woman pop onto your radar screen again? Are people being referred from Japan to her office?

Just curious.

-TT

 

[Chris Haynes]

He did say "home town"... he is not really from Japan.

Also, looking at the map, it looks like it is not too far from several Denver suburbs (it actually looks like about a half hour from where my brother's house is... the one he owns even though he is in New Zealand right now).

 

[Bruce]

You want to have some fun? Print out this and the links that go with it, then leave copies of them in the doctor's office.

 

[clarsct]

Not to mention, Randi demolished this in his commentaries.

 

[Bruce]

Yep. There's a link to that in one of the replies to the link I posted.

 

[Chris O.]

Well, I haven't changed my information yet, but I'm from Olathe, KS. That's my hometown, I've been living in Okinawa for the past two years. The website is one I googled for the same procedure they're using here. Thanks for the links though, I'm sure they'll help.

 

[casebro]

I just read her page on Ion detoxing <http://www.mountainholistic.com/ionCleanse.htm>.

I always doubt the veracity of any quack that claims 'toxins', at least she lists some of her's. All are normal byproducts of life, many are used by the body to benefit, i.e., lactic acid is a fuel, pyruvic acid is a fuel, carbonic acid is dissolved CO2, etc. The body has ways of handling these products, and she shows no analysis of what is actually in the dirty water...

And at the bottom of that page, she shows the result of doing an ion bath in tap water, both with and without feet. The sans feet bath gets a little rust, the with feet gets very rusty. The difference would be caused by the salt from the sucker's feet allowing greater electrolysis- the actual treartments use salted water, don't they?

I certainly admire the ingenuity of these hucksters though, you have to be a genious to come up with this malarky.