Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
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Throughout most of evolution humans walked barefoot and slept on the ground, largely oblivious that the surface of the Earth contains limitless healing energy. Science has discovered this energy as free-flowing electrons constantly replenished by solar radiation and lightning. Few people know it, but the ground provides a subtle electric signal that maintains health and governs the intricate mechanisms that make our bodies work - just like plugging a lamp into a power socket makes it light up. Modern lifestyle, including the widespread use of insulative rubber or plastic-soled shoes, has disconnected us from this energy and, of course, we no longer sleep on the ground as we did in times past.
Earthing introduces the planet's powerful, amazing, and overlooked natural healing energy and how people anywhere can readily connect to it. This eye-opening book describes how the physical disconnect with the Earth creates abnormal physiology and contributes to inflammation, pain, fatigue, stress, and poor sleep. By reconnecting to the Earth, symptoms are rapidly relieved and even eliminated and recovery from surgery, injury, and athletic overexertion is accelerated.
This never-before-told story - filled with fascinating research and real-life testimonials - chronicles a discovery with the potential to create a global health revolution.
5.0 out of 5 starsThis Book Made Me FuriousAugust 1, 2016
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I was blown away when I read this book. And then I got angry. Really, really angry. This book makes complete sense to me as to one of the main reasons why people are so sick in this world. We have completely gone against nature and we are reaping the rewards of this in the forms of illness, disease, and death. And at this point, I am not so sure we don't deserve it.
This quote in the book is very fitting:
Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
~Hippocrates
After reading this book I immediately started earthing/grounding naturally in my backyard. I also ordered an earthing kit (half sheet and mat, cords and testers) through Earthing Dot Com so I could do it at night as well. (You can buy the earthing kit on Amazon as well but after telling several people about it, it seems the kit does not always come with the book or directions like it does when you buy directly from their website.)
I have had insomnia for about a year, ever since I moved into a house where there was a Smart Meter on my back bedroom wall. Not sure if this has something to do with it or not, but if you read all the horrific health complaints people are having regarding smart meters, it is probably the likely culprit.
Immediately when I started grounding myself during the day and night my insomnia seems to have completely disappeared. I slept nearly 9 hours the first night I had it which is unreal to me. It only has been a little over a week now of using the earthing products. But I feel great. Instead of only getting 5-6 hours of restless sleep, I have been getting 7-8 of really deep/good sleep. Yes, I realize it could be a placebo effect. But I highly doubt it at this point. Time will tell if it is or isn't. I have more energy in the day now as well. My brain is working better. I was starting to develop memory problems due to being sleep deprived. I am not noticing that anymore. I am amazed.
I do believe this is one of the best health books ever written. Earthing is probably right up there with eating a good diet when it comes to our health. I cannot recommend this book enough. And I also recommend watching the documentaries that were done by the same people who wrote the book called Grounded and Heal For Free. Right now you can watch Grounded on Youtube for free.
Maybe one day people will truly wake up to the dangers of EMFs from all of our electronics including the horrible Smart Meters we have had forced down our throats by the NWO and the electric companies. A class action lawsuit is far overdo. And maybe, just maybe one day people will realize how far disconnected from the earth we have really become. Our stupidity is our own demise. And unfortunately, we are taking the animals and the planet down with us.
Update: 4/19/19 - People should research the 5G network that is going to be put in. Some very nefarious stuff going on. Some interesting things to look at with regard to the 5G network and vaccines/nanotech.
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B. Ashford
5.0 out of 5 starsI'm Embarrassed to Admit How Well This Works...March 31, 2018
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I feel weird writing this. Grounding works. It really does but I feel awkward telling people about it. They look at you like you've lost your mind. How can connecting with the earth heal your body. It sounds too simple, too easy, too good to be true. But I have to tell you it works to reduce your inflammation which is what causes so much of my pain. My osteo arthritis pain has diminished substantially, my gums are less swollen (as noticed by my dentist), and I heal very quickly from minor injuries. I know this sounds stupid and I can't help how it sounds. But if you are in pain, you have nothing to lose. It doesn't require health insurance, a prescription from a doctor, or any difficult treatments. Just connect with the earth and it will provide energy to heal you. Get over your embarrassment and give it a try. You won't regret it.
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HealthNut
5.0 out of 5 starsBest book I ever bought!May 26, 2016
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My 5th purchas! My family had HUGE health changes due to earthing. Sleeping better/less pain on their grounding sheets and computer mats. Less peeing in the middle of the night. I make the sheets for them from Argen mesh fabric lessemf.com, (3 ft is good for 2 people. Then duct tape it to the mattress cover. Put fitted sheet over that. In 3.5 mos my fibro is 90% better. Husband’s back pain due to crushed vertebrae is in 35% less pain after 2 wks sleeping on the sheet. He became a Chiro to help his pain, but NOTHING worked like this does. A chronic snorer w/ some sleep apnea now he sometimes doesn't snore now. The you-tube movie: "Grounded - the documentary" is a MUST. Get a fit bit and see how your sleep changes.
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Dylan Walker
5.0 out of 5 starsI Received Instant Positive Results from This Book and Shocked My Friends and FamilyMay 16, 2017
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I haven’t slept well in over 10 years. My sleep quality has consistently gotten worse since I finished College and got a job. I used to go outside all the time and many times barefoot since I lived near a beach. Sometimes it would be so nice outside that I would fall asleep and wake up the next morning outside. I never had any problems with sleep during my younger years but after graduating, getting a job and trying to work my way up the ladder I became ill. I no longer lived near a beach, I didn’t have the time to go outside and my commute was a total of four hours every day. I slept maybe four to five hours a day and started to become depressed and easily agitated. I tried everything from hypnosis, music, pills, diet, etc but nothing worked to assist my sleep.
During my desperation I came across this book and immediately started to ground myself while reading. I noticed my sense of wellbeing and energy levels drastically improved after just one hour. I finished this book over the weekend and was compelled to purchase their electrodes and blankets. My first night with the electrodes and blanket I slept for the entire 8 hour period and didn’t wake up until my alarm went off. It was like magic.
After 4 weeks I had a doctor appointment and my doctor already could see a change in my appearance as I had lost a few pounds and he said I had more color. I didn’t have those circles under my eyes either. My weight, blood pressure, glucose were all now normal when they were just very high 3 months ago.
My friends and family have been absolutely shocked with my transformation over this past month. They say I’m like a brand new person from not only my appearance but with being more social and positive. I just informed them about this book and how humans have been depriving themselves of “Vitamin G” aka grounding.
This book covers everything you could want to know from the most current science about why and how grounding works for things like sleep, diabetes, weight loss, heart disease, athletes, etc. It gives anecdotal experiences and double blind peer reviewed studies in credible journals. I just couldn’t put this book down after I started finding out all the health benefits. They cover all the new inventions created from shoes, to sheets and electrodes so everyone can become grounded even if they don’t go outside. Lastly, it talks about the grounding revolution and how it’s opened the door for entrepreneurs to make more tools and inventions to become grounded 24/7 and how this will be worldwide and eventually be used by hospitals as a form of treatment.
I look forward to the next book written by these authors and future studies as well. I will continue to self-assess my own physical and mental improvements and promote grounding to every person I meet even if they think I’m crazy. My daily life is now walking barefoot as much as possible and using the most up to date products to keep me grounded while indoors. I couldn’t be happier with the results I’ve received from just reading this book and starting my grounding adventure.
Pros
1.) Easy to read book
2.) Detailed explanation of the science behind grounding
3.) Interesting story on how this was discovered and reached the current point of thousands of people receiving benefits globally
4.) Couldn’t put the book down
5.) The health benefits physically and mentally for me have been life changing
6.) The book makes you excited about the future of grounding
7.) Easy to convince many of my friends and family to read the book
Improvements
1.) Wish they had better ideas of creating shoes for grounding then making them out of animals
2.) Perhaps in the next book they will have more details on specific details on the benefits based on the types of soil (sand, silt, clay, etc.)
In the end if you would wish to read a very interesting book that can easily show you how to improve your health and your friends/family’s health and would like to be a part of the grounding revolution then I would highly recommend this book and many of their products which I will be reviewing very soon.
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FOOCH
5.0 out of 5 starsBut as I always tell my patients it's like going to the gymJuly 9, 2018
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Earthing is what traditional naturopaths called Dew Treading - walking on the grass/earth in the morning when there is dew on the grass which helped with conductivity of earths electrons. Earthing is an important adjunct to any therapies a person is already doing. It in and by itself isn't going to "cure" you, and given that most people have lots of organ systems out of balance, it probably won't make any noticeable difference if you aren't doing other things. But as I always tell my patients it's like going to the gym, you don't just do one exercise, you do many. And the many together make a difference. Similarly, it's like asking what rung of the latter is responsible for you making it to the top? Same with treatment. You should be doing many things and taking various approaches - multidisciplinary is the way to go. The book has great diagrams/thermograms of before and after earthing where you can see the inflammation decrease. There's other ways to ground yourself as well which the book goes over.
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Marie-Jo Fortis
4.0 out of 5 starsMOTHER EARTH IS A SOCIALIST WHO DISTRIBUTES EQUALLY TO EVERYONE--- ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?December 12, 2016
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The book could be summarized with this simple phrase: the formidable, yet disregarded, healing power of Mother Earth.
Mother Earth with all her electricity. And the electricity identified as a remedy not by a doctor, but by a cable man, Clinton Ober. Sometimes it takes a mind twisted a different way to tell science to look at itself. Here, it will come with the open, intrigued mind of co-author Dr Stephen Sinatra, M.D., a cardiologist who through earthing will get astounding results with his patients.
Clinton Ober, a very successful cable businessman needs to put his affairs in order after a messed up root canal messes up all his organs. So he sells his business, wraps up everything and embarks on a journey. This journey—his last, he thinks—ends up being a spiritual one as much as a physical one. A fusion of two worlds that seem opposite to each other only when one isolates oneself from the earth.
He finds out that walking barefoot on sand or soil improves his health. How? By allowing the earth to stabilize his own electrical system with her electrons. It’s like “charging a failed battery,” some explain. The constant influx of these electrons, it is believed, is able to attack, weaken, even kill viruses and diseases. It kills fatigue as well. If you like to travel, earthing will reduce jetlag considerably. Just place your feet on the grass outside the airport upon arrival for about fifteen minutes.
At first, Ober the non-medical scientist is seen as a nutcase. But he cures himself and he also helps other people. Little by little, with passion and perseverance, he manages to get more support, including the aforementioned one from cardiologist Stephen Sinatra.
Because not everyone lives in the Caribbeans or California, Ober creates sheets and pads that can be plugged in and that, according to the numerous testimonies in this book, give results that are similar to walking barefoot on the earth. Pregnant women, exhausted cyclists from Le Tour de France, overstressed people, women with PMS find relief with this earthing equipment. So do people with sleep apnea, urinary infections, MS, epilepsy, depression, bipolar disorder, Lyme disease, lupus, back pain, autism, arthritis and allergies, among others.
I have not tried the equipment yet, but I plan to order a pad. I take medication for several disorders, including migraine and thyroid disease—which earthing addresses as well. So this aspect of the review is to be continued. An addendum will follow at the appropriate time.
The book itself is clear and well organized, thanks, I suspect, to the efforts of Martin Zucker, who is the professional writer in this trio of authors. I would have shortened some of the testimonies, however, as I found their length—and their number, perhaps—a bit overwhelming. I would also give them a word of warning for the cover. It’s all fine except for the subtitle: “The most important health discovery ever!” Had this book not been recommended to me by someone I trust, I might have skipped it just because of this. What is penicillin, the rabies vaccine? Chopped liver? Speaking of which, how about Amboise Paré and the discovery of surgery? Please remove this subtitle and its exclamation mark; it cheapens the book.
Some reviewers wonder why earthing is not better known. (Again, that damn subtitle?) I have some suspicions. Earthing doesn’t ask patients to stop their medical treatment. But some have reduced their medication after getting their pads or walking barefoot on the earth; others have managed with earthing alone, and with better results. So the pharmaceutical industry is probably not thrilled by the prospect that earthing, if it is as efficient as testimonies seem to claim, could dig a serious hole into its tremendous profits.
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Julie
5.0 out of 5 starsIt really works!!February 19, 2018
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Love this book! The concept is something I've noticed before, (feeling better when going barefoot outside) but did not connect it to the earth itself, instead thought it was just relaxing in nature, enjoying the summer. Maybe it is some of both. It's winter in the midwest (U.S.) now so I can't walk thru the lawn barefoot and I'm thousands of miles from a warm beach, so I ordered the earthing mat. I am sleeping through the night for the first time in 20 years! I've only been using it for 6 days and I feel like it is life-changing! Can't wait to see what I feel and look like in six months! Give it a try, you have nothing to lose but your aches and pains and wrinkles and stress/high cortisol levels and sleepless nights!!
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Tanja
5.0 out of 5 starsEveryone needs to be aware of this.February 25, 2018
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I am buying an earthing mat to sleep on. Where i live we have snow from October to April....we can't even see the ground for about 6 months let alone go barefoot on it. Even before reading this book i was quite convinced that going barefoot waa healthy but i wanted to understand more about it and how to do it in winter. This book more than answered my questions. In fact it only takes reading part of the book to be completely convinced to at least try it. I don't have any major health issuea but i believe in the power of the earth. When i read all the testimonials in there i thought of about 10 people who should try this for their pain, allergies, insomnia etc. This is easier than taking supplements. Make sure you dont miss the information in thia book.
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EL
1.0 out of 5 starsOh come on now, get real.March 30, 2019
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Well the idea may be very appealing, that a simple procedure such as spending 30 minutes walking barefoot on the earth a day will cure you of myriad illnesses and problems, it simply cannot be that easy. If it were so, there would be a dramatic difference in health statistics between people who live close to beaches, parks, or other outdoor environments. This difference would be so epidemiological obvious that all society would have well known it long before this “earth shattering” discovery was revealed by this book. Perhaps there is some calming effect in walking on the earth, making contact with nature through one’s own skin all good, but to declare this a health revolution/revelation is plain silly. Moreover, the book is a hodgepodge mess of anecdotal stories, justifications and explanations mounting on top of each other, and whatever else, I can’t even begin to describe, really weirdly organized, as if each scientist is giving a personal testimonial instead of a factual presentation (creepy)… The book is essentially unreadable. OK, all you need to know is: take off your shoes and socks and have a walk in a park or somewhere in contact with the natural surface. See how well you feel after a few weeks or months of that. If you’re better then congratulations. Maybe you will (see Joe Dizpensa “You Are The Placebo”) haha. That’s all you need to know to capture the value of this book. Don’t waste your money on this.
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Bettina
5.0 out of 5 starsA Must ReadApril 25, 2018
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We should all be given this information but... there is no money in health. Doctors are taught to treat our symptoms not taught how to prevent them. I am 78 and have suffered with Lupus for over 40 years. Took a walk with my cane and no shoes on the beach the other day, within hours no pain in my body. Haven’t needed the cane since and walking outside barefoot a few times a day. I just ordered the bed sheet and the pad, wondering why not one doctor and I have had many, never suggested this to me. FTR my son is a doctor as was my dad. Read the Book!!!!
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Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?
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Clinton Ober,
Stephen T. Sinatra (Goodreads Author),
Martin Zucker
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The solution for chronic inflammation, regarded as the cause of most common modern diseases, has been identified! And it is not blueberries. It is something right beneath our feet-the Earth itself!
Throughout most of evolution humans walked barefoot and slept on the ground, largely oblivious that the surface of the Earth contains limitless healing energy. Science has discovered this energy as free-flowing electrons constantly replenished by solar radiation and lightning. Few people know it, but the ground provides a subtle electric signal that maintains health and governs the intricate mechanisms that make our bodies work-just like plugging a lamp into a power socket makes it light up. Modern lifestyle, including the widespread use of insulative rubber or plastic-soled shoes, has disconnected us from this energy and, of course, we no longer sleep on the ground as we did in times past.
Earthing introduces the planet's powerful, amazing, and overlooked natural healing energy and how people anywhere can readily connect to it. This eye-opening book describes how the physical disconnect with the Earth creates abnormal physiology and contributes to inflammation, pain, fatigue, stress, and poor sleep. By reconnecting to the Earth, symptoms are rapidly relieved and even eliminated and recovery from surgery, injury, and athletic overexertion is accelerated.
This never-before-told story-filled with fascinating research and real-life testimonials- chronicles a discovery with the potential to create a global health revolution.
About the Author
Clinton Ober started as a cable TV salesman in Billings, Montana, and rose to become a leader in the industry. Following a near fatal disease in 1993, he embarked on a personal journey looking for a higher purpose in life. Since discovering Earthing he has been devoted to promoting the scientific exploration and practical applications for the concept.
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C., is a board-certified cardiologist, a certified bioenergetic psychotherapist, and a certified nutrition and anti-aging specialist. He is the author of the best-selling book The Sinatra Solution: Metabolic Cardiology.
Martin Zucker has written extensively on natural healing, fitness, and alternative medicine for thirty years. (less)
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When I first heard about this concept I was very sceptical. I am a big supporter of orthomolecular and nutritional medicine and the not-very-popular idea of treating the causes of disease and not just suppressing symptoms with drugs...but earthing just sounds so completely eye-rollingly nuts at first!
After watching a half dozen videos on the subject made by experts and reading about the same number of articles on earthing, I was quite intrigued but still far from convinced of its scientific merits.
So I came to this book with an open but very sceptical mind and with the attitude that I would have to see a lot of impressive evidence and solid logic to be convinced that this concept was worth bothering with and worth supporting.
Long story short, this book did convince me. I went out and spent $50 on a grounding mat before I had even got to the end of it.
Any book can provide lots of testimonial claiming all sorts of health benefits (dubious and genuine) for just about anything, and this book is no different in that respect. There are a LOT of testimonials in this book and I must say I had little interest in most of them. What impressed me about this book was the story of how the grounding concept was discovered (which has an undeniable ring of truth to it), the solid logic of the concept and the studies done so far on grounding.
People cut off from the electrical current of the earth for long periods of time develop all sorts of problems which are reversed by grounding, and studies have show the positive effects it has on sleep and also on red blood cells. The red blood cell before and after photos in the book are amazing as are the thermography images. At least some of the studies done were double blind as well. I'm still too ill to go into all the science and theory here, and you really need to read the whole book to fully understand it all anyway, but this is a brief sample of what the book contains.
The fact that trying grounding is either free or very inexpensive, very easy to do, low risk in regards to side effects (low-level healing reactions are possible but that is about it) and potentially mildly or very helpful for those battling illness and pain also helps.
The main benefits described by the book from grounding are pain relief, reduced inflammation, a reset sleep-wake cycle, feeling calmer and a dampening down of the sympathetic nervous system and adrenaline surges, resynchronisation of cortisol release, protection from EMF radiation and the problems it can cause, relief of muscle tension and headaches plus speeded healing and prevention of bedsores. It can also help you cope with jet-lag.
This book explains:
"Exposure to sunlight produces vitamin D in the body. It's needed for health. Exposure to the ground provides an electrical `nutrient' in the form of electrons. Think of these electrons as vitamin G--G for ground. Just like vitamin D, you need vitamin G for your health as well."
FWIW the effects of grounding myself using a small grounding mat day and night for the last 2 months have been noticeable and definitely worthwhile but not astounding, sadly. I feel a significantly blunted adrenaline response (which is great as adrenaline surges are part of my disease and very detrimental to my long-term health) which has led to me feeling calmer and more able to cope with stress and I have also noticed a normalisation of my sleep-wake cycle (which is also a part of my disease) and possibly better sleep quality.
The book mentions MS patients (MS is very similar to the disease I have) having their illness reversed through grounding, but I am not at all sure that this is something that could be said to be a 'usual' effect of grounding and suspect the benefits for many or most of us may be more subtle. It would be easy to read the many testimonials in the book and to expect far too much and be disappointed. I was a little bit, I have to say.
The effects I felt were fairly immediate and as I have said, worthwhile, but I'm still very ill and mostly bedbound of course. The effect grounding had on me wasn't quite life changing, just life improving. (I wonder if this could be due to the fact I was already very electron boosted through taking high dose vitamin C and GSH? More on this below.)
The mats are okay to use and only mildly annoying on occasion, such as when I scrunch them up in my sleep, but most of the time I don't even notice they are there. The prices are pretty good for grounding products although I do have some concern about how you know when they need to be replaced in years to come.
My dad has said to me that I should do my own trial on the mats and that he could disconnect the grounding wire from the wall for me without my knowing about it on random days or weeks. I may well take him up on that in a few months! I'd be very interested to see the results. For now I'm hoping that more benefits will appear form grounding over time. After 6 months or so I may begin my tests though.
Author Dr Sinatra's son had a near-lethal electropollution illness for 6 years, which was slowly improved through grounding. If nothing else this book is absolutely *essential* reading for anyone suffering with severe EMF health issues. This book explains that when we are grounded our bodies don't have to cope with so much electrical 'noise' and that all our interconnected electrical systems (such as the heart) can then function better. Studies have backed up the reduction of EMF radiation with grounding. I don't see why anyone with severe EMF issues wouldn't at least try this and/or read more about it, as there is so little to lose and a lot to gain, potentially, when you are really ill in this awful way. For this issue in particular grounding seems very promising and makes a lot of sense.
If you are ill, read this book if you can and make up your own mind I say. See if your library has a copy at least, like mine did, and then your initial risk is minuscule. Remember too that the results from grounding may not be immediate and that it is very 'dose' dependent.
Grounding isn't the whole answer to regaining health or preventing illness but it does seem like one very important or even essential part of the bigger picture. It should not be ignored or dismissed out of hand without proper open-minded investigation, particularly as the risk and cost is so very low. Please actually read this book before making up your mind.
Thanks to the authors of this book for writing it, doing all the research and doing such a great job with both. I look forward to reading about the new grounding studies being done in the near future.
I'd love to learn more about how grounding and the electrons it gives compare to the electrons given by vitamin C and glutathione. Some crossover research would be great too.
As vitamin C experts Dr Levy explains, Vitamin C is the premier extracellular antioxidant and glutathione is the premier intracellular antioxidant. Vitamin C and glutathione are powerful and important antioxidants taken alone and have an even more powerful synergistic effect when they are taken together. They both give the body the `rapid and profound influx of electrons' needed to fight disease and to support heart, lung and brain health and immunity says Dr Levy, who also adds that `Virtually all diseases and toxins/poisons cause sickness and death through their electron stealing activity.'
In the book GSH: Master Defender Against Disease, Toxins and Ageing ' Dr Levy continues,
"Since no one has ever seen an electron, for most people it remains a theoretical entity. It is this invisibility that makes it so difficult to accept them as real entities that reliably treat diseases more effectively than antibiotics or prescription drugs. Yet this is precisely the case.
Even though it is not possible to give a teaspoon of electrons to a sick child, one can administer medications and/or nutrients that are extremely rich in their electron content. Once a sufficient quantity of electrons is delivered to the body, it brings what can only be described as fantastic clinical results when compared to traditional medical therapies. And, this has already been shown to be true for a wide variety of medical conditions."
It seems grounding should be added to this electron boosting list, at the very least!
When I first heard about this concept I was very sceptical. I am a big supporter of orthomolecular and nutritional medicine and the not-very-popular idea of treating the causes of disease and not just suppressing symptoms with drugs...but earthing just sounds so completely eye-rollingly nuts at first!
After watching a half dozen videos on the subject made by experts and reading about the same number of articles on earthing, I was quite intrigued but still far from convinced of its scientific merits.
So I came to this book with an open but very sceptical mind and with the attitude that I would have to see a lot of impressive evidence and solid logic to be convinced that this concept was worth bothering with and worth supporting.
Long story short, this book did convince me. I went out and spent $50 on a grounding mat before I had even got to the end of it.
Any book can provide lots of testimonial claiming all sorts of health benefits (dubious and genuine) for just about anything, and this book is no different in that respect. There are a LOT of testimonials in this book and I must say I had little interest in most of them. What impressed me about this book was the story of how the grounding concept was discovered (which has an undeniable ring of truth to it), the solid logic of the concept and the studies done so far on grounding.
People cut off from the electrical current of the earth for long periods of time develop all sorts of problems which are reversed by grounding, and studies have show the positive effects it has on sleep and also on red blood cells. The red blood cell before and after photos in the book are amazing as are the thermography images. At least some of the studies done were double blind as well. I'm still too ill to go into all the science and theory here, and you really need to read the whole book to fully understand it all anyway, but this is a brief sample of what the book contains.
The fact that trying grounding is either free or very inexpensive, very easy to do, low risk in regards to side effects (low-level healing reactions are possible but that is about it) and potentially mildly or very helpful for those battling illness and pain also helps.
The main benefits described by the book from grounding are pain relief, reduced inflammation, a reset sleep-wake cycle, feeling calmer and a dampening down of the sympathetic nervous system and adrenaline surges, resynchronisation of cortisol release, protection from EMF radiation and the problems it can cause, relief of muscle tension and headaches plus speeded healing and prevention of bedsores. It can also help you cope with jet-lag.
This book explains:
"Exposure to sunlight produces vitamin D in the body. It's needed for health. Exposure to the ground provides an electrical `nutrient' in the form of electrons. Think of these electrons as vitamin G--G for ground. Just like vitamin D, you need vitamin G for your health as well."
FWIW the effects of grounding myself using a small grounding mat day and night for the last 2 months have been noticeable and definitely worthwhile but not astounding, sadly. I feel a significantly blunted adrenaline response (which is great as adrenaline surges are part of my disease and very detrimental to my long-term health) which has led to me feeling calmer and more able to cope with stress and I have also noticed a normalisation of my sleep-wake cycle (which is also a part of my disease) and possibly better sleep quality.
The book mentions MS patients (MS is very similar to the disease I have) having their illness reversed through grounding, but I am not at all sure that this is something that could be said to be a 'usual' effect of grounding and suspect the benefits for many or most of us may be more subtle. It would be easy to read the many testimonials in the book and to expect far too much and be disappointed. I was a little bit, I have to say.
The effects I felt were fairly immediate and as I have said, worthwhile, but I'm still very ill and mostly bedbound of course. The effect grounding had on me wasn't quite life changing, just life improving. (I wonder if this could be due to the fact I was already very electron boosted through taking high dose vitamin C and GSH? More on this below.)
The mats are okay to use and only mildly annoying on occasion, such as when I scrunch them up in my sleep, but most of the time I don't even notice they are there. The prices are pretty good for grounding products although I do have some concern about how you know when they need to be replaced in years to come.
My dad has said to me that I should do my own trial on the mats and that he could disconnect the grounding wire from the wall for me without my knowing about it on random days or weeks. I may well take him up on that in a few months! I'd be very interested to see the results. For now I'm hoping that more benefits will appear form grounding over time. After 6 months or so I may begin my tests though.
Author Dr Sinatra's son had a near-lethal electropollution illness for 6 years, which was slowly improved through grounding. If nothing else this book is absolutely *essential* reading for anyone suffering with severe EMF health issues. This book explains that when we are grounded our bodies don't have to cope with so much electrical 'noise' and that all our interconnected electrical systems (such as the heart) can then function better. Studies have backed up the reduction of EMF radiation with grounding. I don't see why anyone with severe EMF issues wouldn't at least try this and/or read more about it, as there is so little to lose and a lot to gain, potentially, when you are really ill in this awful way. For this issue in particular grounding seems very promising and makes a lot of sense.
If you are ill, read this book if you can and make up your own mind I say. See if your library has a copy at least, like mine did, and then your initial risk is minuscule. Remember too that the results from grounding may not be immediate and that it is very 'dose' dependent.
Grounding isn't the whole answer to regaining health or preventing illness but it does seem like one very important or even essential part of the bigger picture. It should not be ignored or dismissed out of hand without proper open-minded investigation, particularly as the risk and cost is so very low. Please actually read this book before making up your mind.
Thanks to the authors of this book for writing it, doing all the research and doing such a great job with both. I look forward to reading about the new grounding studies being done in the near future.
I'd love to learn more about how grounding and the electrons it gives compare to the electrons given by vitamin C and glutathione. Some crossover research would be great too.
As vitamin C experts Dr Levy explains, Vitamin C is the premier extracellular antioxidant and glutathione is the premier intracellular antioxidant. Vitamin C and glutathione are powerful and important antioxidants taken alone and have an even more powerful synergistic effect when they are taken together. They both give the body the `rapid and profound influx of electrons' needed to fight disease and to support heart, lung and brain health and immunity says Dr Levy, who also adds that `Virtually all diseases and toxins/poisons cause sickness and death through their electron stealing activity.'
In the book GSH: Master Defender Against Disease, Toxins and Ageing ' Dr Levy continues,
"Since no one has ever seen an electron, for most people it remains a theoretical entity. It is this invisibility that makes it so difficult to accept them as real entities that reliably treat diseases more effectively than antibiotics or prescription drugs. Yet this is precisely the case.
Even though it is not possible to give a teaspoon of electrons to a sick child, one can administer medications and/or nutrients that are extremely rich in their electron content. Once a sufficient quantity of electrons is delivered to the body, it brings what can only be described as fantastic clinical results when compared to traditional medical therapies. And, this has already been shown to be true for a wide variety of medical conditions."
It seems grounding should be added to this electron boosting list, at the very least!
[Update: More than 6 months on, I would have to say the effect I feel from grounding is very mild if it is there at all. My dad says the same thing. It has not made a noticeable difference to me, as have so many other things such as ubiqunol, B vitamins and so on. It is of course difficult when trying and doing so many health promoting things, to work out which treatment is doing what. But even with that issue, there is no way grounding helps me even 10% as much as high-dose vitamin C does. When I miss a dose of that I am immediately aware of it, the positive impact of it on my life is so enormous. It really helped me turn a corner, as did vitamin D. Of course this is only my case study of one, but my personal opinion is that trying grounding should not take the place of taking a balanced orthomolecular program including high-dose vitamin C. Doing both is fine, especially if you have EMF issues, but expecting grounding to be all or almost all that is needed for healing serious disease is unrealistic It is also not an idea supported in this book, although I have heard it from some grounding fans.]
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for M.E.
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Feb 10, 2014Terri rated it did not like it
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"People sometimes report feeling a tingling sensation in their body the first few times they are grounded at night. It is not unpleasant... You are simply feeling the Earth's natural, healing energy coming into your body." (!)
I am suspicious when a book is also trying to sell a product like these grounding mats, and then they anecdotally tell you how terrific they are for healing the world using the mats they profit from. Hmmm.
You know what, save your money, walk around barefoot all summer (like kids used to do) and take your family camping so you can sleep on the ground. This book is akin to telling us that oxygen is vital for living: walking around on the earth is good for you. And don't forget to breathe while walking.
The biggest problem with this sort of book is that there is hell to pay from the believers for saying the emperor has no clothes. And the funny thing is that people who would normally scoff at medical doctors suddenly defend this lunacy because the author has an M.D. at the end of his name. I don't get it.
These authors are smart enough to know there'd be a lawsuit happening if they didn't include disclaimers like this: "Note: Earthing has no effect on a pacemaker other than that which would occur naturally when standing barefoot on the Earth." SO, what you're saying, doc, is that when it is convenient for your mat to make a difference, ta da! it does, when not convenient, you are back to disclaiming that the mat ain't doing squat.
And the saddest thing is that there are good honest people who need medical help for pain etc. and they are desperate enough to be willing to spend good money on this quackery.
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Aug 10, 2014Diane Holcomb rated it really liked it
My landlady pet-sits her son's dog on occasion, for weeks at a time. This part-wolf, part-German Shepherd snarled, barked, and growled at me, teeth bared and hackles raised, whenever I stepped outside. Frightening.
And then the dog started hanging out on the lawn. Earthing. And it became so mellow, it refused to come inside at night.
I'm no scientist, but this activity works. It calms the nerves. When I've been in front of the computer too long, absorbing those electromagnetic rays that muck around with my nervous system, I head for the park. I lie down on the grass under a redwood tree and read a good book. Some folks call it laziness. I say I'm Earthing.
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May 31, 2012Jeff Maziarek rated it it was amazing
I first heard about "Earthing" about a year ago when I read a very interesting article about the subject. I finally decided to buy the book and am delighted that I did. While some may say there isn't enough scientific evidence yet to conclude that being grounded to the Earth provides health benefits, the authors do share quite a bit of clinical data that supports their claims. To me it just makes intuitive sense that the Earth, with its wealth of negative ions that constantly stream from its surface, can be of healing benefit to human beings whose bodies constantly create positive ions (i.e., free radicals) as a result of the various chemical processes occurring within them 24/7. The real-life stories shared by people who have received healing benefits from being grounded are very interesting, and clearly suggest there is merit to this entire grounding concept.
I was so impressed with this work that I actually purchased an Earthing Starter Kit, and at this moment have my feet on a grounded pad. I've also been sleeping on a grounded half-sheet for a couple of months now. While I honestly cannot cite some major healing breakthrough (as I don't have any serious medical conditions), my gut feel still tells me that my body is indeed benefiting from being grounded to the Earth.
I truly believe that over time Earthing will become a very important healing modality for people and animals as well. My advice is to buy this book and at least learn about the science underlying it; you never know, you may end up being pleasantly surprised should you in fact make it a point to be in actual contact with the Earth more often. (less)
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May 15, 2010Ryan rated it it was amazing
This book is a compilation of 10 years of research on grounding or earthing, which is direct contact with the earth by actually touching the earth (barefoot) or using a grounding modality (bed sheets). The negatively charged earth is teaming with free electrons that immediately absorb free radicals from the body reducing inflammation, which is at the heart of most health problems. Earthing also protects against EMF exposure; so talking on your cell phone outdoors while grounded will eliminate potentially harmful radiation. The best part about this technology: it's 100% free. (less)
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May 07, 2014Angela A. rated it it was amazing
This book caught my eye months ago. I added it to Goodreads. I library borrowed it. I let it use up space on my counters, in my backpack, in my car. I didn't read it. I returned it. I checked out the book again. I almost returned it, but then my naturopath told me to get grounded. So I took the late-fee hit and read it with my feet planted in some grass and dirt. And couldn't stop reading or earthing. I've noticed subtle improvements in my allergies. I slept a full deep sleep for the first time in a month last night, after grounding for 2 hours the evening before. Grounding sheets are in my near future! My body wants this, so I'll oblige. (less)
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Oct 17, 2011Claire rated it really liked it
This book was lent to me by a friend---it opened up a whole new field of thought and presented many exciting ideas. One of the writers is a cardiologist and psychotherapist at Manchester Hospital who practices integrative medicine and has used earthing devices with great results. Definitely something to read if you're interested in non-invasive, "down-to-earth" solutions to insomnia, inflammation, and pain from illness or exercise!
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Dec 08, 2010John Murphy rated it it was amazing
Fantastic book! So simple and yet so deeply profound. What a difference this will make in the world. I highly recommend it.
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Sep 24, 2015Giovanna rated it did not like it
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I've been walking barefoot and sitting in the grass my entire life. I even hike barefoot half the time I hike. My favorite pair of shoes, when I have to wear shoes, is a pair of handmade sandals made of leather and brass - 100% conductive materials.
That said, I'd heard several years back of this baffling thing where they gave barefootedness a name - "Earthing". In my opinion, from someone who's been doing it for the 42 years I've lived on this planet in this lifetime, I find it to be a not-new thing. Consider that indigenous peoples all over the world often are barefoot. Shamans all over the world can tell you about the connectedness we have with the Earth and why walking without shoes is better to maintain that connection. Hardcore hippies were going barefoot everywhere in the 60s too because they understood!
And I understand too, that this book is not only about walking barefoot. It's also about buying electronic tools to help you connect with the energy. Let me say though, that considering that prana is flowing around us and inside us 100% of the time, I don't feel I need to plug in to an outlet if I want to connect on a deeper level with the life force that is everywhere.
The book was easy to finish in less than two hours, although I did skim through the last half that comprised of solely medical conditions as subtitles containing only testimonials from people with those medical conditions. No actual scientific studies were presented here. This, to me, would have been prime real estate to mention a published and VALID study on how Earthing helps that particular medical condition. But no. Most of the source information is based on the plug-in apparatuses they want to sell you. He's even got all the stuff in the book to sell, and the included bookmark has a link to buy his products. He's got colorful photos of what appears to be homemade studies of how things did improve. And perhaps they did, but it's not quite as objective as I'd hoped.
The book might be good for people who already aren't walking around barefoot and sitting in the grass on a regular basis. If you're trapped in an office and then again trapped in your house with shoes on, you might be in need of this book to open your mind to new possibilities.
Oh, that's the other thing. By his wording, the author seems to assume the reader wears shoes at all times including while at home. Also assumes that the reader knows next to nothing about the connectivity we have to Earth, and the energies on and around it. Personally, while I know people who are totally oblivious to this fact, many people I know are totally aware and knowledgeable in this matter. So to assume that I or anyone else is completely ignorant of the ideas presented is, quite frankly, ignorant.
And I'm not going to plug my bed into an outlet. We're bombarded with really unhealthy EMF waves all day, especially now with tech everywhere in our homes and outside. So there's something about this plugging in things to "connect with the earth" that just seems a bit far fetched.
Maybe the author just rubbed me the wrong way. But after buying a book to learn the science behind something and then learning that the science behind it is all within his own experience and testimonials, I feel duped. I kept waiting to see a citation of an objective source and science-based study about how this affects inflammation. I have yet to find that.
I don't doubt there is at least some validity to the information in this book, but I am really annoyed that this book is like a midnight infomercial on paper.
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Feb 12, 2012Kati rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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The first half of this book is really interesting. It is based on the idea that our health is markedly influenced by free-radicals which, if unchecked, can cause many of the most pervasive health problems that Western medicine is trying to overcome (e.g. arthritis, heart problems, stress, lack of sleep, etc.). The authors propose that a simple, inexpensive way to guard against these health risks is to spend 20 minutes a day in a 'grounded' state, either by walking around barefoot outside or by connecting ourselves to a grounded device so that the Earth's natural energies (I mean 'energies' in a scientific, as opposed to holistic medicine sense) can cleanse us of any excess free-radicals.
As someone who, for several years, has been interested in alternative healing techniques, this book fits really well with my paradigms. It offers a scientific explanation for the success of 'natural' or 'energetic' healing that science has thus far been unable to explain. As a result, anyone with a similar interest in energy medicine should find this book really useful. Also, the book was simply thought-provoking read on the basis that the underlying concept is so simple and, in a way, obvious, but we have only recently re-discovered it (the book suggests that many indigenous peoples are aware of the concept of Earthing, even if they do not call it as such, or know exactly why it works).
Now for the bad bits... First of all, the book is too long in light of the actual information that it presents. Much of the book is filled up by rehashing observations and findings that were introduced in previous chapters. Also, there are too many case studies stuffed into the book which could have been better placed on the book's website. As someone who does not suffer from any of the ailments that Earthing is said to be useful for (I read this book purely for personal interest), I skipped most of the testimonies. Second of all, people coming from a scientific background may protest about the way in which 'evidence' for Earthing is presented. For instance, none of their findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals and some of the associated benefits of Earthing are based on deduction on the basis that this area of research is still quite new and therefore more testing is required. Finally, people outside of America and the UK will have trouble finding Earthing devices to purchase for the reason that each device has been manufactured to fit the electrical systems of that country (i.e. you cannot plug a US device into a European converter socket and expect it to work).
Despite these criticisms, this was a very interesting book and I look forward to more discoveries in this field, as well as recognition from the wider scientific community about the health benefits of Earthing (there was actually an interesting article in the 10 March 2012 issue of the NewScientist magazine entitled 'Revelations of the body electric' that discusses the possible effects of ferroelectricty on our health). (less)
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Jul 10, 2012Deborah Blair rated it it was amazing
THIS is an important book!!! When did we get away from walking barefoot and the benefits there of? I have continued to walk barefoot for years - and a known to amaze friends and shock others as they see me snow walk - - - and I have known the benefit of sleeping outdoors for years . . . BUT WHAT about the rest of the time? And what about for most folks?
Clinton Ober and a medical doctor have put together a great, easy to read book on the physical benefits of being grounded. They look at a variety of modern life challenges from depression to heart disease and how the process can help to alleviate and speed up the cure process.
The author has created a number of products that can be used in homes to travel on the road. Many sports teams and athletes are using the recovery sleeping bags with great result. I have purchased the sheets that are used on the bed, the grounding pad for when I am indoors working, and the medical bands for use on sore parts and to ground while using the treadmill! I have bought a copy for the local church whose members have passed it around and many now own sheets, pads and bands to good result.
Do read this book and if it peaks your interest, as I believe its good, common sense will - - then find ways of adding "Earthing" to your life! (less)
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Aug 01, 2010York rated it it was amazing
A great book for showing the complete healthy lifestyle doesn't just include food but it is everything we do.
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Jun 01, 2018Delia rated it it was amazing
"We live on our planet. But we have insulated
ourselves from it--and at great cost. As a society, we are hurting and
unhealthy, and we have been that way for quite a while. The health
statistics indicate that we are no longer the hardy, red-blooded folks we
used to be. We stress our bodies to the breaking point. We eat the wrong
foods and don't exercise."
"People have been led to believe that national
health insurance, more doctors, and greater use of high-cost, hospital-based
technologies will improve health. Unfortunately, none of them will." (less)
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May 24, 2018Mattias rated it it was amazing
I know, this is not a romance Book and I usually dont rate these books.
This book blew my mind, it was fascinating and it has helped me a lot with diseases.
A romance books cant help me when I struggle with a disease but this one did. So five-stars, I hope many more hear about Earthing!
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Mar 27, 2017Janet rated it liked it
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Willing to give it a shot for my old arthritic dog.
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Sep 04, 2011Iona Stewart rated it it was amazing
This is an important book. Implementing its suggestions could vastly improve your health, perhaps be life-saving.
Earthing/grounding is a natural method by which we can prevent or relieve many, perhaps all, health challenges.
When we connect with the Earth, our body “becomes suffused with negative-charged free electrons abundantly present on the surface of the Earth.” Our modern way of life has created an electron deficiency in our bodies, thus disturbing both our immune system and all other body systems.
The benefits of Earthing include:
1) defusing the cause of inflammation and improving or eliminating the symptoms of many inflammation-related disorders
2) reducing or eliminating chronic pain
3) improving sleep
4) lowering stress
5) thinning blood, thus improving blood pressure and flow
6) increasing energy
7) relieving muscle tension and headaches
8) lessening hormonal and menstrual symptoms
9) dramatically speeding healing and helping to prevent bedsores
10) reducing or eliminating jet lag
11) protecting against health-disturbing electromagnetic fields
12) accelerating recovery from intense athletic activity
All would be well if only we wore shoes that did not separate us from the “energy and feeling” of the ground, but this is sadly not the case. The only “shoe” that preserves our connection to the Earth is the original moccasin.
The book describes how Clint Ober, who worked in the cable-TV industry, discovered the benefits of Earthing, devised his own primitive Earthing products and tried them out on friends and acquaintances. Their healing effects were astounding. Sometimes dramatic improvement occurred after only 20 minutes or so.
Basic methods of Earthing presently available are:
1) first and foremost, going outdoors and placing your feet directly on the Earth for 30 minutes at a time
2) use of a ground tool or specially designed wall plug to connect to “conductive floor mats, chair pads, sheets, mattresses, and common electrode patches to earth individuals indoors while sleeping or sitting”.
The book includes numerous case histories of various formerly severely plagued individuals whose symptoms and ailments improved dramatically after being earthed.
Ailments/diseases documented as having been reduced by earthing include arthritis, autism, back pain, inflammation of the blood vessels, electrosensitivity, fibromyalgia, jet lag, mixed connective tissue disease, MS, sciatica, sleep apnea, stress, varicose veins and bad circulation, arrhythmia, high blood pressure, menopausal problems.
There are chapters devoted to the feminine connection, the sports connection, earthing and indoor pets (pets too can of course derive considerable benefits from earthing), while appendices address technical notes on grounding and earthing methods and the physics of earthing.
In conclusion, this is an extremely well-written, exciting, absolutely readable, ground-breaking (no pun intended), scientific, health-improving, potentially life-saving book.
One of the co-authors, Steve Sinatra, is a cardiologist, so the chapters penned by him present a medical approach.
I personally have been grounded for a couple of months or so, and my sleep instantly became much deeper, and I feel more rested when awakening.
I would strongly recommend that everyone read this book. Earthing will (perhaps greatly) improve your quality of life, unless you are one of the few who constantly walk barefoot, and it is about time that we all become informed of its gifts.
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Aug 16, 2011Nothanks rated it really liked it
Have you ever noticed how refreshed you feel after spending a weekend barefoot outdoors? This is a pretty revealing book about the role of electromagnetism on the body. Becomes redundant towards the middle. Content stays fresh if you are willing to skip about 50 pages through the somewhat repetitive testimonials. This book has convinced me how essential to good health electrically grounding humans and animals is. The general premise of this book is that most health problems stem from inflammation, and absolutely the best way to reduce inflammation is to have your body grounded to the earth - just as humans evolved for millions of years. Throughout the book there are a lot of interesting scientific studies mentioned which validate this premise, plus plenty of first hand accounts on the benefits of earthing aka grounding. I found the parts relating earthing to hormonal circadian rhythms, sports recovery, and Schumann resonance the most interesting.
For those who are not able to get outside much, you can ground yourself in the comfort of your own home via an electrical outlet ground wire, of course you will need a competent electrician to verify the outlet is really grounded first. A DIY grounding solution should cost you about $5, it's as simple as an old power cord, some copper wire and a 100kohm resistor (which acts as a safety fuse); conversely you can buy a fancier device like grounded bed sheets from one of the retailers mentioned in the book. (less)
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Aug 31, 2013Whole And rated it it was amazing
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"Earthing" is a must read for anyone interested in optimal health. Don't wait for a health condition to pick up this book but if you are in a health predicament, spend as much time as possible on your bare feet connecting to the healing power of the earth.
Read the book for the scientific understanding, for Clinton Ober's incredible story but ultimately it's simple, ground yourself as much as possible every single day. You will make the connection as to why you feel so much better when on holidays, constantly connected to the earth. You will understand how our technology, as awesome as it is, is a source of irritation for our bodies. You will be grateful to know how quickly the earth restores us. If you are unable to connect with the earth, Ober has also developed grounding sheets, mousepads and other items that can be used in our more modern world when touching the ground is not available.
I am especially grateful for this book because it gave me the go ahead to allow my daughter to be bare foot as often as she likes (where safety is not an issue) for 'scientific' reasons. Since so many people have been taught to keep their shoes on all the time, everywhere, seeing a child bare foot (and their mom!)can cause some internal confusion for them. Now I can give them a quick scientific statement as to why it's good for us while I'm bare foot, sounding smart and offering information that heals.
Thank you Mr Ober, for getting us all back on our feet.
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