Health & Fitness
Is The Earth The Ultimate Antioxidant?
The healing power of the Earth was known to the ancients, but has been mostly ignored by modern man.
I remember back in the 1960s, the hippies would say that walking barefoot connects them to the earth. I thought that they were a little bit crazy and maybe they were, but this is one thing that they got right!
The earth has more of a negative electrical charge than the human body does. When we are in contact with the earth, or grounded, we become more negatively charged. This equates to us becoming more alkaline and losing body acidity. This also equates to detoxifying the body, as an antioxidant would.
This especially occurs when you are in the ocean. The salt water can pull those positive ions from the body at a rapid rate. That is one of the reasons that we feel rejuvenated when we go to the beach, which is similar to an ionic footbath.
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When you are grounded, your immune system functions better, inflammation subsides, you blood thins, which is better for you than being thick and you detoxify! This all happens for free!
Today, we are not in contact with the earth as our ancestors were, which can be problematic.
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There is an emerging science documenting how conductive contact with the Earth, which has is also known as Earthing or grounding, is highly beneficial to your health and is also completely safe. Earthing appears to minimize the consequences of exposure to potentially disruptive fields, such as electromagnetic pollution.
Some of the recent evidence supporting this approach involves multiple studies documenting Earthing’s improvement in additional areas, such as heart rate variability, cortisol dynamics, sleep, autonomic nervous system balance and reducing the effects of stress.
I was on a conference call about four years ago with Dr. Stephen Sinatra, who is one of the foremost authorities on Earthing. I purchased grounding sheets, also known as Earthing sheets shortly thereafter and have been using them ever since. These sheets have thin wires running through them that connect to the third prone on an electrical outlet, which is the ground. As you sleep, your skin is in contact with the sheets and you are being grounded all night long. It is like sleeping on the ground, but staying in your bed. There are a number of sites online where you can purchase grounding sheets, one good one is Grounded.Com. I also recommend the book Earthing. Dr. Sinatra is one of the 3 authors.