Grounding (earthing) culture

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An extendable ESD band in a sock is a cheap grounding method

A zippable grounding (earthing) sheet laced with silver thread

Walking barefoot in the countryside

Grounding or earthing is a pseudoscientific practice that involves people grounding themselves using devices by touching the earth or removing shoes.

Background

People who ground themselves for health reasons, consider that due to modern electromagnetic transmissions and fields that they are exposed to unnaturally high levels of electromagnetic radiation which negatively interferes with their health. They consider that the body is a bioelectrical system (electricity is used in the nervous system and in cell activity for example) and that increasing the presence of electromagnetic radiation within it can disrupt its natural bioelectrical balance, put stress on the immune system and lead to poor health. Some people are especially sensitive to electromagnetic radiation and suffer significant symptoms based upon exposure, such as depression, anxiety, and fatigue.

Criticism

Critics argue that studies on the health effects of grounding have not been extensive enough to warrant a mainstream acceptance of it as an effective treatment, and it should continue to be considered as a form of alternative therapy on this basis.

Some critics have also argued that the positive effects of grounding on mood are in actual fact due to a placebo effect, especially when considered in regard to walking barefoot in countryisde locations. They consider that it is the environment overall which is responsible for the occurrence of more positive moods and it is not due to the body's bioelectrical system harmonising itself with the Earth's electrical system, and energies more generally considered. However, this argument requires a person not to have visited the countryside in footwear previously and therefore not be able to identify its absence as the factor of difference. In laboratory studies of the effects of grounding on brain function, the grounding was introduced without the participants knowing when. These studies showed positively influenced brain activity to occur concurrently with the introduction of the grounding for approximately half the participants, which at least partially refuted the idea of a placebo effect.

See also

• Bioelectricity
• Bioelectromagnetism
• Electromagnetic radiation and health
• Mobile phone radiation and health
• Wireless device radiation and health
• Ground (electricity)

References

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