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Posted 4/11/2024 11:16 PM (GMT 0)
Here is an interesting video explaining the science behind grounding and why it may be helpful for lessening inflammation.
This video is over an hour long but you can start looking at minute 27 thru minute 35 to get the gist of it. Then if this intrigues you then watch the entire video.

https://youtu.be/44ddtr0xdvu?t=1618

Post Edited (IamCurious) : 4/14/2024 12:22:46 PM (GMT-8)

Posted 4/12/2024 5:41 AM (GMT 0)
The "science."
Posted 4/13/2024 11:04 AM (GMT 0)
I like walking barefoot. It just feels comfortable. As long as you watch where you step and wash your feet before walking around the house there's no harm in it. I don't think it ever helped with health. Movie is too long to watch.
Posted 4/13/2024 1:24 PM (GMT 0)
I can't remember the last time I walked barefooted outside. I can't do it in the house even on carpet it's too painful. The podiatrist told me as we age we lose the cushion on our foot pads.

Prior to this happening it never made an impact on my health.
Posted 4/13/2024 10:40 PM (GMT 0)
The "science."

I have seen links saying grounding is a dubious medical claim. OTOH there are numerous scientific publications that say the earthing effect is real even though they are not sure exactly why or how it lessens inflammation.

I just have to go by my own experience which is that it seems to help.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc4378297/
Specifically, grounding an organism produces measurable differences in the concentrations of white blood cells, cytokines, and other molecules involved in the inflammatory response.
Grounding reduces pain and alters the numbers of circulating neutrophils and lymphocytes, and also affects various circulating chemical factors related to inflammation.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc10105021/
Multiple clinical investigations indicate that grounding the body generates broad, beneficial, and significant physiological changes.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s1550830719305476
Earthing (also known as grounding) refers to the discovery that bodily contact with the Earth's natural electric charge stabilizes the physiology at the deepest levels, reduces inflammation, pain, and stress, improves blood flow, energy, and sleep, and generates greater well-being. Such effects are profound, systemic, and foundational, and often develop rapidly...
Some 20 studies to date have reported intriguing evidence of wide and significant physiological improvements when the body is grounded vs. non-grounded.
Posted 4/13/2024 10:49 PM (GMT 0)
"Movie is too long to watch".

Start at minute 27 thru minute 35.
Posted 4/13/2024 11:23 PM (GMT 0)
Oh boy, a few articles written by naturapaths and published in low-level journals or pay-to-publish journals.
Posted 4/14/2024 2:04 PM (GMT 0)
I like doing qigong in the yard. I started a few years ago as a way to help cope with life. I can’t do it successfully during flares though. I tried last spring during my flare but the yard is too far from my bathroom and I couldn’t do a 10 minute routine without pooping. My inflammation markers were extremely high at this time so having my feet in the grass wasn’t going to change anything. It is nice being in nature though. I walk every day outside!
Posted 4/14/2024 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
I walk around barefoot frequently. I don't know that it helps with my inflammatory markers. I'll have to start paying attention.

Interesting though.

Clo
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