Earthing (2nd Edition): The Most Important Health Discovery Ever!

When I heard about Earthing a year and a half ago, I read a lot of reviews of this book. A few reviews said the book was just a promotion of products the author's company had for sale. I didn't buy the book then because of those reviews. I did recently buy and read it and wish I had done it when I first heard of it early last year. I can't for the life of me understand why anyone who actually read the book could say that, because there is no pushing of products in this book. Yes, you do learn a company was formed to sell products to use to get grounded while indoors, but it is mentioned where appropriate, there is not even any encouragement to buy them, and the book is information, not a sales job. This book explains in easily understood terms the scientific principles that explain why Earthing does us good. I'm not going to state what I now understand - you can read the book yourself and understand far better. I am now a believer in the benefits of Earthing, and here's why: In less than two weeks of daily grounding myself with bare feet on damp grass (if the grass is dry, I use a spray bottle to moisten it before sitting down barefooted with a good book) for 20-45 minutes per day, I've cut my arthritis medication in half with no ill effect, my problem knee is strong and pain-free. I'm healing very quickly from a cut - and with no soreness whatsoever, no redness. My cognition is better - nice surprise there. I think I'm seeing some other improvements too, but will withhold judgment for a few weeks. It's all about the grounding/Earthing neutralizing those free radicals, which are positively charged particles that cause inflammation. I can't afford the Earthing sheets or pads and reviewers complain about them wearing out. From the early part of the book and from a couple of youtube videos, I've learned how to get grounded on the cheap while indoors. So I'm making my own 'mat' to use while sitting at the computer or watching TV. One way or other, I'm going to keep myself Earthed/grounded, because I can already see benefits.

This is an amazing book. The idea seemed so flaky to me that I would not have bought the book had I not been doing the sun gazing recommended at [...] recommends doing the practice barefoot so I bought "Earthing." I was surprised that it is backed by what appears to be good research. I made a foil tape covered bed sheet and tried it. My wife has trouble sleeping and it made a big difference for her. I think I sleep well but with the grounding I sleep even better. We bought the conducting half sheet and it is very nice. We also bought the wrist straps. They are elastic bands with metal tabs on them that connect to ground. They are nice but I think velcro straps with conducting tabs could be easily arranged if you want to save money. We live in an old house with out grounded electric sockets. We have a hot water heating system so I just put grounding connectors on the water pipes. I tested it and it makes a good ground. I mostly go bare footed but I made huaraches, simple sandals, as described at [...]. I made the back square and perpendicular to the outside edge. That way I can put the aluminum tape on the bottom and fold it over the back edge and under the bottom for grounding. I have not put on the foil yet. These are great. I wear them places where bare feet are not allowed. They fit in my back pocket so they are easy to carry if I want to have them handy. Not quit as nice as bare foot but much more comfortable than shoes. I do not know whether Grounding is the greatest health discovery or not but it must be near the top of the list. The research supported idea that electricity from the ground can even out stress hormones, neutralize free radicals and reduce chronic inflammation is amazing. We think it makes a big difference. I highly recommend this book. If you decide to make a foil sheet it is helpful that the sticky side of the foil is not conductive. I turned a piece of foil top down to connect the strips and then taped it down. There may be a better way but this worked and some solution is necessary.

This title is not an overstatement. But rather than write about the encouraging results our family has been enjoying simply from knowing the principles described and documented by the authors (we have not yet purchased even one earthing product and may not have to) I'm going to describe the book itself. First of all, the fact that we're benefiting tremendously from the book without buying any of the products speaks for itself. The observation that we human beings are hard-wired earthlings comes as no surprise, but the simplicity and brilliance of the conclusions these authors reach is stunning. The biographical events that led up to the discovery have been crafted into an engagingly well-told story. I couldn't put the book down because the research process was equally riveting. Most impressive is the generosity and clarity of the authors. I've recommended "Earthing" to many friends and it's getting well worn in the waiting room of the alternative health clinic I help administrate. It's organized methodically and welcomes the reader, step by step, to a world of possibilities already improving the health of many people (I'm definitely one). One of the principle explored immediately changed my life: the realization that inflammation is not simply a chemical imbalance, but a phenomenon that results from a lack of free electron exchange. This electron flow occurs when a person is electrically grounded. One of the first things I did after reading this book was search for shoes that do not have rubber soles. Try it! I finally dug out my old ballet slippers - the only pair of shoes I own made entirely of leather. I also located a company called "The Brown Bear" in Canada where they hand make leather-soled moccasins and ship them world wide. But again, this book gives you lots of information that will help you change your life for the better, without ever buying a single product. The authors empower you to figure out your own recovery tactics.

Fascinating information. I have been "sleeping grounded" for a few months and also try and get some outdoor barefoot time. I have noticed that my 17 year old dog will lay on the sheet on my bed (as opposed to sleeping higher up on the bed like she used to). I have also noticed that when we go outside, she now lays on the grass (before she would jump up on the couch with me or sit on the pavers. I think my dog likes earthing! :) For me, I feel much better now than I did before I started earthing; however I can't say it's all due to earthing since I have been implementing other lifestyle changes to improve my health at the same time. I did get my mom an earthing mat too and she has noticed a decrease in her headaches, which used to be daily and now happen less often. She was more skeptical than I was when I first heard of Earthing, but I can say that we have both become "believers." When we were reading the book, both of us remarked on how we wished we knew about this information years ago. Watching my father suffer for years with diabetic foot wounds that would never fully heal before one leg, then another was amputated, before he finally passed away from complications of diabetes, knowing that it had been years if not decades where he was confined to wheelchairs and his bed and disconnected from the earth, we couldn't help but wonder if things could have been different and if he didn't have to suffer so much. We will never know, but we have shared our experiences with earthing, and loaned out the book to anyone who is interested in learning more. If such a simple thing can help with quality of life, why wouldn't you give it a try???

This is a great book which makes a lot of sense. If anyone doubts the concept, it can be tested by taking a barefoot walk, or just standing barefoot on the ground. How hard is that? This idea of being grounded has indeed been my "missing link" in my health care and rehabilitation. As for the blowhard who said the authors are an infomercial for their own products, nothing could be further from the truth. Over and over they say GET OUTSIDE ON THE GROUND WHILE BAREFOOTED, as being the most effective way to get grounded. They also greatly encourage companies to manufacture products that will support those who, for whatever reason, cannot get outside barefooted enough. Repeatedly, they emphasize that one doesn't need any products. They briefly mention, in the appendix, that some of the products for this purpose can be obtained through their website, and speak of future plans to train technicians to set up grounding fields for those using the products. I never got the feeling while reading the book that I was supposed to jump online and buy anything. I could certainly feel the sincerity and enthusiasm of the authors, not to mention their determination to make life better for us all. Incidentally, not all of the grounding aids are expensive. For example, one can get one that fits on the wrist, or another that attaches to one's shoes, for very little money--these would protect someone inside and outside. These cost less than $15 each. For slightly more, one can obtain an auto seat pad. Even I could afford these, and where am I'm going to be other than inside, outside on the ground, or in my car? (Others may travel by other means, but surely these would be the three major considerations for us all as to how we spend the bulk of our time). But, as regards "over and over" and "repeatedly", my only criticism of the book is that so much of it was repetitious and tedious. I had a difficult time sticking with it. It still deserves five stars, though, because the information is so very vital to everyone. Other important/profound books about our connection with Gaia: *Last Child in the Woods: Nature Deficit Disorder* by Richard Louv *The Spell of the Sensuous* by David Abram *Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology* by David Abram *Earthdance: Living Systems in Evolution* by Elisabet Sahtouris (although I liked the first version better, titled *Gaia: The Human Journey from Chaos to Cosmos*)

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 by 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.

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. In scanning some of the negative reviews, I recall seeing one or more mention that the book is just used as a marketing vehicle to sell "Earthing" products; in all sincerity, when reading this book I never got the sense I was being aggressively marketed at all. On the contrary, the primary author, Clint Ober, simply refers to his company's products within the context of the overall narrative without overtly pushing them. 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.

Everyone should read this book because not only does it make total sense, but it is easy to apply it to a myriad of ailments. I have bought dozens of copies to give out to my friends. I am an extreme sports competitor and my body shows it. In fact, when I used to get up in the morning my wife told me that my knees sound like a popcorn machine. Within three days of using the information which Clint Ober sets forth in this book, I am 100% pain free! I feel 20 years younger and nothing hurts anymore. Simply remarkable. I also lost 10 pounds in two weeks and effectively reduced my cortisol level. Plus, my mind is clearer than it has been in many years. For everyone out there who has been searching for the "Magic Pill," I can tell you that there is no Magic Pill but there is something much better: It's called EARTHING, and it has changed my life. I truly thank you for all your hard work and research Mr. Ober.

This book has opened my eyes to a healing alternative that had never crossed my mind. An engaging account of the personal journey of healing and research that provides a scientific start to finding out more about energy medicine and bioelectric potential. The book offers enough references and bibliography for a neophyte like me to continue exploring and experimenting with the power the earth has to return the nervous system to homeostasis. Not only have I enjoyed reading this book but engaged in learning more about the scientific foundation behind this possibility of healing.

よく瘀血は万病の元と云いますが、瘀血の大きな原因である、赤血球が集まってクラスターを作る現象は、赤血球表面の負電位が低いために、赤血球相互間に十分な反発力が働かないためとのことです。その負電位は、大地から無尽蔵に供給される自由電子によって、マイナス側に高くなり、反発力が増し、一個一個の赤血球がほどけてバラバラになり、血流が改善されるとのことです。これによって、瘀血が解消され、万病が改善されるということでしょう。 さらに、商用電源によって人体内に誘起された電圧・電流によって、人体の電気的状態が乱れてしまったのを、アーシングによってリセットして、電気的状態を正しく戻すとのことです。 これらの結果、あらゆる炎症が軽快し、ぐっすりと眠れ、免疫機能が増し、血流や排泄が改善されるとのことです。糖尿病、リウマチ性関節炎、不眠症、高血圧、不整脈などの心臓病、脳卒中、アレルギー性の病、排尿排便などの排泄不全、などなど、あらゆる病気に効果あり、と云うと、現代人は途端に信じなくなるようですが、まさに万病一元説を科学的にも経験的にも裏書きする素晴らしい本でした。 歯科以外の医者知らずの私(78歳)は、西式健康法の平床と木枕を使っていますので、そのほぼ全体に0.1ｍｍ厚の銅板を張り、それを接地抵抗20オームぐらいのアース線に接続して、その上に寝ています。その結果、初日から本当に良い熟睡を与えられ、10日ほどたつと、排尿の流れと切れが大幅に改善され、時々痛んだ右下1番の前歯の痛みもほぼ無くなりました。また、右半身の微妙でごくかすかなしびれが顕在化し、特に右下半身にしびれや鈍痛が出て来ましたが、好転反応と思います。しびれも鈍痛は次第に軽快しつつあります。 このアーシングをみんなが実行するようになれば、医療費の激減につながるものと確信しています。しかし、このようなホリスティックな方法は、対症療法のみを知る多くの医者や人々に信じられないのが残念至極です。真の健康を得たい人は、ぜひ実行してみて下さい。 なお、裸足を大地に直接つけるだけのアーシング法もあり、これなら無料で実行可能です。人によっては、30－40分ぐらいで何らかの効果が得られるようです。 以上、ちょうど半分読んだ時点でのレビューでした。

I give 5 stars because the book is well written, interesting, and I think it's quite a breakthrough regarding health. I started practicing earthing with an earthing mat too while reading this book, and I can definitely feel a tingling in my feet after a work day, or after sport. My recovery after grueling days is significantly better, I can do more and still recover faster (instead of 3 days of muscle soreness, I have only 2). I usually often catch cold when people are ill around me, and since starting earthing, I seem to be much more resilient (might be a coincidence I do not know). I offered one to my mother, and placebo or not, she was able to stop her antiinflammatory drugs, but it was not enough to cease completely her antihypertensive ones (she reduced the dose). She liked the information given in this book, the testimonials, as well as the scientific facts. I think that health is based upon exercising, good diet, taking supplements, stress management, and earthing may be the missing foundation to all of that.

The book "Earthing" is very well written and I found it so compelling that I could hardly put it down until I had finished it. The DVD documentary "The Grounded" that has recently appeared, and that I have also reviewed, is also very compelling in its own more visual way, helped by the obvious endorsements from scientific and environmental pioneers such as Dr. David Suzuki. The lack of some technical or scientific detail in the documentary, and even the book, complained about by some reviewers is very well compensated for by the much more detailed information continually accumulating on the website of the "Earthing Institute". The story of the originator, Clint Ober, is itself very compelling, and he is to be congratulated for his continued unflagging efforts to bring this major health discovery to the world. I learned about "earthing" initially from a woman with multiple sclerosis who had posted a link to the talk on it by co-author Dr. Stephen Sinatra, MD at David Wolfe's "Longevity Now Conference". Because of my background in electromagnetics, radio physics, and climatology, initially through a PhD in electrical engineering, and my more recent background doing full-time epidemiological research, the segment of Dr. Sinatra's talk about live blood before and after "earthing" made a particular impression. I read the book "Earthing" and couldn't wait to start trying the "earthing" sheet and other products, which I ordered immediately. (Note that the book is made available automatically with orders of some of the products.) Furthermore, I decided to try a small experiment on myself even before receiving the products. I hooked myself up to the ground on the electrical system by attaching a lamp cord to the grounded center screw on the faceplate of an electrical outlet, with the other bare ends in my sock. I noticed within five minutes that my body was relaxing, and that this did not "turn off" as to some extent meditation or Reiki do after completion. Of course the latter can't be continued indefinitely as can "earthing". I used the lamp-cord approach in bed the first night, and had the best sleep that I had probably had in 20 years. Besides feeling very rested on fully awakening, I noticed that I could dose, something that I had not been able to do except perhaps two or three times in that 20 years. I have found this technique so powerful for my own sleep that I typically fall asleep within a few minutes after "hitting the earthing sheet". I always notice the sense of my body relaxing immediately, and the sense of "tingling" in the feet and hands that I feel is stronger the more I have felt stressed beforehand or not grounded myself for a few hours. On the few occasions when my body is so "worked up" from stress of some kind or another that "earthing" is slow to work, I find that Reiki helps further, and therefore at such times also use it before sleep. Note that the earthing products have a 100 kilohm resistor in series for safety, unlike my lamp cord. Note also my review of the "earthing starter kit" where I comment on the design of the "earthing" sheet. Finally, note my review of the "earthing recovery bag" where I comment on the apparent enhanced benefit of its design innovation. What followed had even more powerful benefits for my health: (i) I have lost the apparent chronic adrenal fatigue that I had for 18 years, the worst of my symptoms since the 1990's. Of the 40+ symptoms I had in the late 1990's and had gradually been getting rid of since then through attention to nutrition and hydration, apparent detoxification (e.g., replacement of mercury-amalgam dental fillings, use of a near-infrared far-visible "electric-light" sauna, application of some apparent liver-detoxification techniques, and the use of "dry-skin brushing", the latter reputed to cleanse the lymphatic system), and sunlight sufficiency, this was one of the few holdout problems besides sleep, all difficult to bear, that didn't respond well to any of the other techniques that I tried. It disappeared within days of starting "earthing". (ii) I also lost my "cold extremities" (feet and hands) within days of starting "earthing". This was especially noticeable because I started "earthing" on 11 Nov 2010, and it was already getting quite cold at my home in Eastern Ontario by then. Pretty clearly, this seems because the circulation to my feet and hands improved. Apparently the extra electrons (beyond those from food) charge up the red blood cells more negatively so that they repel each other and flow more freely. This "freely flowing" action can be observed on the video of Dr. Stephen Sinatra noted above. My guess is that improvement in thyroid function may also have been a factor in losing the cold extremities. One other way in which I noticed the improvement in circulation was through my cross country skiing. I used to be able to easily ski to work at -27°C or so in the morning and keep my feet warm in the ski boots that I had. At a certain point, I couldn't do this beyond -10°C. I know that I can now do it again at least to -18°C, and haven't yet tried it at lower temperatures. (iii) Before "earthing", I had got to the point where I usually had some morning muscle stiffness on arising from sleep. This also disappeared within days. (iv) Over the three years time that I have been "earthing", I have generally become more relaxed overall. I was feeling so stressed by some aspects of my research by 2010 that I had the very real sense of my stress being a little out of control. I quickly lost this sense soon after I began "earthing", and the overall effect has gradually improved further with time. I had been diagnosed with a "sympathetic dominant" nervous system in 2005, and "earthing" has apparently rebalanced my autonomic nervous system as the research references copied onto the website of the "Earthing Institute" suggest. Note that the dozen or so research studies done on "earthing" and the associated increasingly-supported hypotheses for its basis that are included in these references should be fairly understandable by those without a scientific background because they are mostly based on experimental results. Since "earthing" had such a quick and significant benefit for me, I decided that I would not take the risk, given my past health issues, and only use the "earthing" sheet at night, even though this is the time when most bodily regeneration seems to be done. I have therefore also been using the "earthing" footpad while seated, and much of the time the torso band while working in the kitchen or elsewhere, the telescopic cord being hardly noticeable. (Unfortunately, I don't find much barefoot contact with the earth suitable for my lifestyle now, and am looking forward to the day when a range of well-designed shoes will have electrical grounding suitably built into "minimalist" soles.) After some experimentation, I quickly had the sense that the "earthing" half-sheet worked best for me when used full length and rapped around my pillow. My sister found the same thing when trying this some months later after initially using the sheet across the bottom of her bed. I have some small concern that using the sheet full length too soon might be problematic for those with environmental chemical poisoning issues if "earthing" increases levels of the energy coenzyme ATP as suggested by Dr. Sinatra and his colleagues and if the number and location of the grounding points while sleeping matters, too rapid an increase in cellular energy possibly allowing for greater detoxification too quickly. I think the increase in ATP levels may be evidenced by my rapid recovery from apparent chronic adrenal fatigue and the observations of others of increased energy. There are observations in the scientific literature that both sufficient electrons and sufficient energy in the red to near-infrared range may be necessary in generating adequate levels of ATP. In order to supply the extra electrons to help generate ATP, act as antioxidants within the body, and accomplish other "inflammation-reducing" tasks as suggested in the references copied onto the "Earthing Institute" website, it seems to me that a tiny flow of electrons through the body must be established. My guess is that the flow of electrons potentially needed throughout the body is accomplished by circuits established through a combination of (a) the electrical grounding of the person, and (b) the "plating" of air ions on the surface of the skin, both as suggested by John F. Wetling as part of his explanation for how acupuncture best works in his 2006 article, "About 'Acupuncture Qi', and what's it all about?", available on the internet. Do the location and number of grounding points on the surface of the skin make a difference to the directions of flow of such currents through the body? Is the apparently helpful use of "earthing" patches placed in different locations on the body noted in the book "Earthing" evidence for this? Obviously not everyone benefits as much, as the authors of the book "Earthing" make clear. It seems to depend on the degree of "electron deficiency" that the person has, and perhaps the extent of their fundamental health problems since it seems that the persons with the largest health problems sometimes benefit most. My mother didn't think she observed any effect from "earthing" initially, but I have noticed that she no longer takes any painkiller for her knee, which is something that she occasionally did before. My aunt didn't notice anything either, but I have observed that her doctor reduced her thyroid medication downwards after about a year. Since I indicate the lamp-cord approach in my observations above, I emphasize the cautionary admonitions on the "Earthing Institute" website that: (a) if the person being earthed/grounded is taking thyroid medication, it is important to have their doctor check if it needs to be reduced at some point, (b) if the person is on the drug Coumadin/warfarin or another "blood thinner", likewise more quickly, since "earthing" also apparently thins the blood as demonstrated in Dr. Stephen Sinatra's video. ANNEX (July 13, 2015): After reading Dr. Gerald Pollack's books, "Cells, Gells, and the Engines of Life" (2001), "The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor" (2013; see my separate reviews of both books), and seeing his illuminating interviews and lectures on the internet, I think that application of "earthing" must help provide adequate hydration of the cells with "structured water", help generate the associated exclusion of many solutes from such structured-water zones, help move unwanted solutes out through the lymphatic system, and help with other forms of specialized work such as activating the muscles (itself also helping to produce lymphatic flow). etc. My guess is that electrons from the earth work together with those from the metabolic breakdown of food to generate the negatively-charged ATP in the cell mitochondria, which appear to attach to already negatively-charged protein surfaces in the cell (perhaps already the sites of electrons from the earth as suggested by Pollack in an interview, the whole process referred to as "charge-induced protein extension"), allowing larger negatively-charged zones of structured water and perhaps therefore more discrimination against unwanted solutes than might otherwise be the case. According to Pollack (2001), there is apparently a translocation of ATP from the mitochondria to the cell protein surfaces during a period of partially de-structured water, then a structuring of the water in the vicinity because of the concentration of negative charge on the cell surfaces, then a hydrolization of ATP to ADP and Pi, a partial de-structuring of the water during recycling of ADP and Pi back to the mitochondria and new ATP in the opposite direction, and return to the next cycle. It seems plausible that the "earthing" source of electrons is an older evolutionary source than that of food, one that is available continuously. As described in the more recent book, Pollack and his colleagues have demonstrated experimentally that electromagnetic wave energy, mainly in the near infrared and visible-red range of the spectrum in that order of importance, helps generate and maintain such negatively-charged zones and adjacent positively-charged zones of hydronium ions (H3O)+ in bulk liquid water in non-cellular containers, a seemingly general result that should apply to cellular and extracellular regions of the body with hydrophilic/"water-loving" surfaces also. (The highest energy outputs of an "electric light" sauna occur in the same order, just as in natural sunlight. Is it significant that I couldn't get rid of my major symptoms without "earthing", despite the fact that I was frequently exposed to sunlight from 2005, and usually in the "electric-light" sauna twice a day for 40 minutes for over two years from 2005? Those techniques helped but they didn't eliminate my major symptoms, which I take as evidence for the high importance of "earthing".) This seems most likely to be the oldest evolutionary source of energy. A continuous supply of electrons from the earth, and from metabolism, could work together with the continuous supply of largely near-infrared light energy to maintain the apparently structured-water molecules of H3O2 within and possibly exterior to the cells, along with adjacent zones of positively-charged bulk water and hydronium ions, such zone pairs essentially constituting a series of "batteries" as noted by Pollack. Pollack and his colleagues have also demonstrated that the creation of such structured-water zones in narrow tubes can cause the water to flow continuously in one direction through such tubes with exposure to infrared light. This three-energy-source process, or an even more general four-energy source process (including a pulsed magnetic energy source noted below), including that from "earthing", and the resulting phase transitions in water may also at least partially help explain the process of blood movement through the smallest capillaries and the connected parallel lymph flow partially upwards in the body against gravity, both important for good circulation. It has been noted by Pollack, for example, that there is some blood flow for up to an hour after the heart stops beating. Moreover, I have noticed that my dry-skin brushing is always followed by a need to urinate, and Pollack notes that the volume of water held by diapers is many more times that of urine, a demonstration of the larger molecules contained in urine. I know that practitioners of "lymphatic drainage massage" also find that urination follows from this, and the scientific literature apparently confirms the elimination of some unwanted waste products from such application. It is known that lymphatic pumping is increased by ATP among other things, and that it is decreased by unwanted reactive oxygen metabolites. I have so far only alluded to possible constant direct currents (DC) flowing through the body to meet positive air ions of mostly nitrogen on the surface of the skin. There is some evidence that the zones of structured water facilitate electrical conduction in the body. The "earthing" documentary "The Grounded" alludes to a potential role for Schumann resonance fields in "earthing", which are solar- and lightning-generated ELF waves in the atmospheric "waveguide" between the earth and the ionosphere. Because of the known similarity in the frequencies of brain waves to those of Schumann resonance, it does not seem unlikely that electromagnetic induction from these waves, or simply a modulation of the positive ion charge and associated electric field on the skin at a point distant from the grounding point, or both, could provide the equivalent of a "pulsed" DC signal on top of an average DC component. Besides potentially helping to explain why "earthing" might reduce "jetlag" by at least helping to control a kind of "body clock" based on the known different day-night character of the phenomenon, and that of brain waves (suggested by some as associated with the variations of melatonin), this may constitute a natural form of pulsed EMF corresponding to the artificial PEMF accepted by the US FDA as suitable treatment for certain heath conditions. Indeed, both electric field and magnetic field variations of Schumann resonance waves have been measured, and there is other evidence that Schumann resonance fields may affect health. Since the body is known to contain some magnetite, energy medicine techniques such as Reiki may be another natural application of PEMF, and indeed, magnetometer measurements during Reiki seem to have confirmed this. The documentary "The Grounded" also appeared to attach some scientific significance to ancient humans dancing around such sites as Stonehenge on Salisbury plane in southern England, and our ancestors may have felt wonder for at least one reason. Just as "earthing" appears to enhance ATP production in animals and plants, both enhanced magnetic fields at the earth's surface that are associated with natural magnetic anomalies, telluric currents near some such sites, or flowing water near the same or other sites, and enhanced electric fields associated with the same sites or others (e.g., at the top of stone pyramids or earthen mounds), could also help to increase total negative charge, and therefore ATP levels, in seeds deposited there. The building of such structures because of their effect on seeds deposited there is the fundamental hypothesis of Burke and Halberg in their book "Seed of Knowledge Stone of Plenty" (see my separate review), although they seem to associate the effect with a kind of "stress hardening" on the seeds, rather than to the effect noted above. "Stress hardening", or its sub-technique of "cold hardening", could be separate effects allowing increased net energy generation through overall reduction of free radicals, possible examples being that of exercise noted by the authors, and the effect of an alternating hot and cold shower on the feeling of increased energy and well being in human subjects. In any case, it does not seem far fetched to imagine a similar effect on the plants subsequently grown from such seeds (demonstrated by Burke and Halberg) and possibly also on their human planters dancing there. Increased ATP production in seeds could be explained through the application of either or both enhanced electric and magnetic fields. With the latter, it could arise through a speeding up of the orbital velocity of valence electrons around their nuclei, a principle discussed by Dr. Dean Bonlie in application to magnetic mattress pads used to enhance the earth's magnetic field below humans lying there. As evidenced through the work of Bonlie and others, the presence of the earth's magnetic field may itself be an essential requirement, along with "earthing", for the generation of sufficient ATP in seeds, plants, and animals. This could occur through an increase in total negative charge applied to the phase-transition processes in cellular water discussed by Dr. Pollack. Indeed, there is other evidence for such an additional magnetic mechanism referred to as "magneto-protonics", explained as the "cyclotron resonance application of proton transport in water under the action of the earth's magnetic field". Is this effect associated with a potential role for magnetic field variations from Schumann resonance also? Because of the apparent importance of water structuring in the body and "earthing" as a partial driver of this, I think that there should be an altitude factor associated with "earthing", the benefit increasing with increasing altitude. As noted, I believe that "earthing" functions in part because of a difference of electric potential across essentially two points on the body. One is the point(s) at ground potential touching the earth. The other is the point, or more strictly the points, where the positive air ions are "plating" on the skin elsewhere. Since the number of positive air ions plating on the skin should increase with increasing altitude, following the normal increase of positive air ion density with increasing altitude, the magnitude of the electric field across the body should also increase. Through a simple application of Ohm's law, this should increase the magnitude of the tiny current flowing through the body, and therefore the amount of negative charge available for the structuring of water in the cellular and extracellular body matrix. I think this may be one reason for the apparent increase of life expectancy at higher altitudes. I discuss this issue in a little more depth in my review of "Seed of Knowledge Stone of Plenty", since this should also affect seeds and plants. Moreover, I think that evidence for this effect may already be provided through the known tendency of the builders of some of the ancient mounds and pyramids to erect as high structures as within their means. It seems clear to me now that since the resistance of human skin is known to be high, at least at those points other than the acupuncture points, only those points on the skin touching the earth (or the "earthing" product) are at ground potential. Other points are at the potential associated with the positive air ions plating on the skin. I believe this is the reason why "earthing" patches placed near pain points, or "zones of inflammation", have been found to be effective. This would help direct current flow through such zones, increasing the number of electrons available for the structuring of water in them, and for the consequent elimination of unwanted solutes. I think that this may be also the reason why the larger the area of skin contact with the "earthing" sheet, apparently the better. Acupuncture should also function in much the same way, but with the needle directing the current through the "zone of inflammation", rather than the "earthing" patch doing this. The difference is that since the needle increases the positive air ion density on it and in its vicinity, the effect should be amplified. My guess is that if the body is not grounded during acupuncture, its operation may depend on both negative and positive air ions plating on the skin in different locations, the location of the negative ions functioning as a very inefficient ground point in effect. The possible geophysical sources of energy input to the body discussed here, including that of Schumann resonance, were addressed (along with magnetic pulse energy from Reiki and other energy medicine techniques) by one of the current "earthing" pioneers, Dr. James Oschmann, in his books, "Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis" (2000) and/or "Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance" (2003). He recognized even in the earlier book the potentially important role of water in the cellular and extracellular matrix, and discussed in his second book the initial important work of Pollack (2001) and his predecessors on phase-transition processes. In view of the apparent importance of "earthing" as a simple and inexpensive fundamental preventative and curative health modality, and the apparent fundamental role of cellular and extracellular water therein, I find the historical article of physiologist Dr. Ray Peat, "Pathological Science and General Electric: Threatening the Paradigm", rather telling. What a fitting finale to the beautiful and important documentary "The Grounded" to have the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra performing the score to it grounded!

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