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Many people notice that they feel better when they walk barefoot on the Earth. Recent research has explained why this happens. Our immune systems function optimally when our bodies have an adequate supply of electrons, which are easily and naturally obtained by barefoot contact with the Earth. Research indicates that electrons from the Earth have anti-oxidant effects that can protect the body from inflammation and its many well-documented health consequences.

Link: http://www.earthinginstitute.net/statements/understanding_earthing.pdf



Below is the science behind it if people are interested. The studies can be found on the net.


Earthing (Grounding) the Human Body Reduces Blood Viscosity—a Major Factor in Cardiovascular Disease.

Changes in Pulse Rate, Respiratory Rate, Blood Oxygenation, Perfusion Index, Skin Conductance, and Their Variability Induced During and After Grounding Human Subjects for 40 Minutes.

Emotional stress, heart rate variability, grounding, and improved autonomic tone: Clinical applications.

Earthing the human organism influences bioelectrical processes.

Earthing the human body influences physiologic processes.

Pilot study on the effect of grounding on delayed onset muscle soreness.

Earthing: health implications of reconnecting the human body to the Earth's surface electrons.

The neuromodulative role of earthing.

The biologic effects of grounding the human body during sleep as measured by cortisol levels and subjective reporting of sleep, pain, and stress.

Grounding the human body to neutralize bioelectrical stress from static electricity and EMFs.

The Effect Of Earthing On Human Physiology.

The Effectiveness of a Conductive Patch and a Conductive Bed Pad in Reducing Induced Human Body Voltage Via the Application of Earth Ground.



Earthing Grounding Barefoot. The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABZkr0MNx_Q&feature=youtube_gdata

 

I was going to attempt to be polite, but I'm afraid I can't.

Never have I seen such ill thought out, Ill supported, irrational, illogical, bullsh1t. I'm amazed that anyone educated past high school could be so ignorant as to believe this guff.

An adequate supply of electrons?! What, they get used up?!

 

Sicknote:

You should probably earth yourself fully then by lying naked in the dirt since, obviously, your electron count (or something) seems to be severely deficient.:cool:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZiW43ld-_Y

 

Veg is good. Camberwell carrots are good for earthing, allegedly.

Chin, chin. :drinks

 

We all know there is only one electron in the universe, Kevin :rolleyes:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe

Wheeler's hypothesis aside, all electrons are the same so it shouldn't matter whether you're getting your daily electron dose from the dirt under your feet or from the air anywhere else on your skin, man.

 

Just when things could not get more silly.

Along comes this

 

Speaking of grounding of electrical current, Benjamin Franklin, of American Revolutionary War fame, was one of the earliest experimenters in electricity. Not only did Franklin invent the lightning rod, which saved probably millions of dollars in property from lightning strikes and made Franklin an international celebrity, but he also coined a number of words still used, to this day, to describe the properties of electricity:

•battery
•charge
•condensor
•conductor
•plus
•minus
•positively
•negatively
•armature

Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor and is one of my favorite scientists from this era.

 

When it comes to electricity, I'm a Tesla man.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

I also like Tesla girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e8QQDcCcmA

 

In the century following Franklin, I would vote for Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison as being the most important inventors in electricity in their eras.

 

Can't forgive Edison for electrocuting the elephant in an attempt to discredit AC. This is Rock n' Roll science... but I guess you can't have AC without DC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gzwm2CnAPA While you're in, AC/DC after Bon Scott were rubbish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfxOapBZ3bg Just in case... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWJog7eYqY Just watch 'em all, this is too good... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0tG5nl0aQ Then go out and buy "if you want blood" tomorrow.

 

Edison's invention of the first commercially practical light bulb and his relentless search for a filament that would be durable and functional when electrical current was passed through it is a great story.

Another ittle known fact is that an Italian physicist, Allesandro Volta, invented the first voltaic pile (i.e battery) in 1800.

 

I see your light-bulb, and raise you Swan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan

 

If I can't sleep at night, and that often happens, I go out and walk in my garden barefoot for 10 minutes. I then go back and sleep like a log. I don't care about the science or about anybodies stuck viewpoints, I just like a good night's sleep.

 

Nice. Was introduced to Bon Scott at a tender age by my elder sister, who should have known better. She also taught me about the fractional electric charge found in quarks...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugLwXlpJi6o

 

I get the same effect with 10mg of Temazapam! Must effect my "electrons!" :eek:

 

Personally I find wine works well................

 

Both wine and beer positively affect my electron count in the evenings.....:drinks

 

Extreme earthing 'may' induce far greater benefits.

 

Walking barefoot is great, but I bet picking the dog**** out from between your toes sucks.

 

Nice one Sicknote. You took it on the chin!!

 

Hello there, having read your post I thought this may interest you. Inner Mettle has developed a shoe/trainer, with a conductive sole, meaning it is like you are walking barefoot. It is called IM EarthConnect shoe. If you type Inner Mettle and the shoe name into google you can read more about how it works. And if you're interested you could sign up to the kickstarter campaign where the shoe is being launched in a few weeks.