You may have seen other blog posts (especially on Pinterest) raving about wrapping your feet in aluminum foil as a home remedy to treat colds, pain, fatigue, inflammation, or some miracle detox treatment. I’m here to warn you that these are very misleading statements and can actually lead to a more serious health risk if you continue to wrap your feet with aluminum foil.
Here’s why you should NEVER wrap your feet with aluminum foil
- Aluminum foil is a heavy metal that the body never needs (Not essential to life)
- Aluminum foil breaks down into aluminum salts when it comes into contact with salt (salt from your sweaty feet)
- Aluminum salts can be absorbed by your skin
- Aluminum toxicity stored in the body increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
- Aluminum acts as a neurotoxin inhibiting more than 200 metabolic processes inside the body
When you wrap your feet in anything, even aluminum foil, your feet naturally begin to sweat. Your sweat contains salts that react with aluminum foil causing the aluminum to leach out of the foil and right into the pores of your skin. (wrapping salty food in aluminum foil has the same effect causing you to ingest aluminum)
Absorbing aluminum is the worst effect from wrapping your feet in aluminum foil as studies suggest a possible link between aluminum toxicity and Alzheimer’s disease.
There is also a suggested link between the APOE gene (cholesterol gene) and a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s. If you have a high cholesterol gene, you may also be at risk for Alzheimer’s. Already being at risk, wrapping your feet in aluminum foil increases your risk of Alzheimer’s even more.
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How could aluminum foil relieve pain and inflammation
The temporary relief you may have experienced when wrapping your feet in aluminum foil could be from its neurotoxic effects. A neurotoxin can break the synapse between nerves making you feel less pain. It’s also damaging to the nerves.
If you have inflamed muscles pinching nerves which could cause chronic pain, I have a very good natural recommendation described in this article if you’re still searching for a natural remedy, but maybe now not using aluminum foil.
Another possible option to combat inflammation is pure hemp oil with a cost closer to the cost of aluminum foil. Here is the most popular Hemp Oil brand for those living in the UK and here is the most popular hemp oil brand for those living in the US. These brands are found on Amazon making them much more accessible right now.
What to do if you have been wrapping your feet in aluminum foil
STOP doing it. The long-term health effects from wrapping your feet in aluminum foil are far worse than any short-term nerve-damaging pain relief.
Using aluminum foil as a natural cold remedy is just not possible to consider. Consider these natural cold remedies instead.
Consider testing how much aluminum your body has absorbed then talk to your doctor about the results. There are also ways to naturally detox your body of heavy metals.
RELATED: 5 Deadly Heavy Metals: Find Out your contamination levels with THIS essential lab test
Summary
Do not attempt to wrap your feet in aluminum foil or stop doing it immediately.
There are other natural remedies with less risk to try for common ailments.
Get tested for aluminum toxicity in your blood immediately if you have been exposing your feet to aluminum foil.
Reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer’s by reducing aluminum exposure.
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How interesting! Great post
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Thanks for the warning. It didn’t seem to be right somehow. I wish people wouldn’t write with such authority. Surely doctors and health care professionals would have published this if it was good advice. Its best not to trust everything you read, unless it comes from of a number of reliable sources.
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You’re welcome. It is hard to know what sources to trust. Doctors also say conflicting information making it difficult to know what to do to relieve symptoms. I tend to look at international studies as apposed to just one country then apply my chemistry knowledge and personal experiences.
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What if you put a layer of cotton or paper between the foot and the foil?
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If you put a barrier between the foil and you’re foot that would help prevent a toxic reaction but even so, you wouldn’t be doing much for the purpose you are considering in the first place. I’m not sure how much protection that would provide, but I would still recommend the alternative options I mention in the article.
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Thank you for some sanityabout the adverseeffect of aluminum.
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I’m glad I read this. I had seen something about using the foil, and was going to try it. These are not side effects that I want!!! Thank you!
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Why do you recommend CBD oil which is very expensive
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I recommend CBD oil if people are wrapping their feet in tin foil to reduce pain from nerve problems and inflammation. CBD oil is a natural remedy that is used by alternative health doctors for these health problems. It is a safer alternative. It is more expensive than tin foil but it works to benefit your health instead of hurt you. The small bottle of CBD oil runs about $100. But, it should last several months depending on each individual costing more like $20 a month to use. For some that experience chronic pain and inflammation, the cost may not seem like a lot of it provides relief.
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CBD is great. However, there are no concrete guidelines to it’s use and saying that you can use it legally while working (or, for example, driving) is not the same as saying you can use it SAFELY. It does cause drowsiness (which makes it great for insomnia – seriously, I’ve been using it for six months at night for sleeping, and you wake up feeling like a million bucks) and there are no medical guidelines referring to dosing. 3 drops is enough to put someone under, so during the day I wouldn’t advise using more than on drop (though you could do it every 4 hours) or 2 at most.
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Thanks Adam for the added input on dosing safety. Everyone is different and we do need to be careful.
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Anti-perspiring deodorants main ingredient is aluminum salt.
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That is a good observation. Many new deodorants are advertising their aluminum-free ingredients because of the health risks.
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Thank you for writing this article. This makes sense.
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You want to relieve pain, do exercise and run. I’m 53, I did just that and my arthritis is gone after three years of training to play soccer with local rec team. All the pain in my hips, knees, ankles are gone for two years now. I can ski downhill and making turns like a young dude. Three years ago, I couldn’t run more than one block with excruciating pain from the hips down to the feet. Now, I’m a goal scorer for my team. Exercise, sleep, and rest is the best medicine, your body is your best doctor while you are sleeping.
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This is the greatest advice ever. I stopped using foil. You make a lot of good Sense. We have to use common sense. Thank you.
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