Does Grounding Work? In-Depth Look at Research and Voltage Test
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- Earthing, grounding, whatever you want to call it I had to dive into the science to see if it was legit because the health claims are wild. I also whipped out my voltmeter to test by body voltage while using a grounding mat.
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I was grounded a few times as a child, don't remember any health benefits.
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That’s a real knee slapper right there!
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I have just read through the comments and have 2 cents to throw everybody's way. When I first heard about earthing I was skeptical but interested. I have a stem background and have been employed as a physics instructor, have spent the last 20 years working as a technical troubleshooter. My hat goes off to the electrical engineers that have commented. Exceptional mathematical skills. Not sure of their depth of knowledge in cell bio/bio chem. Over the past 3 years I became further interested in biological systems due to my wife having been diagnosed with a neurological disorder.
My thoughts on this topic, tissue is semi-conductive. Different tissues, more or less so. When earthing, your skin comes in contact with the relatively negative potential of the earth. The electrons will be drawn into the body due to the body's relatively positive charge. This is not quite the same thing as building up a high negative surface voltage such as from friction. Though I imagine over time this static charge could be drawn into the body. I have read in sci studies that electron tunneling into positive holes (atoms with missing electrons in the outer shell) across proteins can typically occur in 10 to 20 angstrom hops. These hops range in speed from milli to nano seconds. Performing a little simple math it can be calculated ( roughly) that it will take about 2 minutes for electrons to travels an inch or so through the tissue (of course once into the blood stream they can be transferred at a different rate at the same time recharging depleted water soluble anti-oxidants eg.. vitamin c and uric acid). There are approx 12,700,000 hops per inch. Therefore, the process is not instantaneous, which goes along with how people report benefits (people talk about 20 to 30 minutes grounded to really start feeling the beneficial effects. The fact that the multimeter shows a lower voltage is only reading the skin surface, thus a much faster reading on the meter. The positive effect is not from having some current passing through your body. A little more like the positive plate of a capacitor being discharged by the addition of the electrons. Never completely recharged as the body is alive. After a varying length of time (factors might include body size/composition, resistivity of the varying tissues, the degree of electron deficit )ROS and NOS etc.. within tissues etc..), the body will come to a rough equilibrium. Remember electrons, atoms, molecules are not like little collections of 3-d marbles. Quantum effects in the body are real. An entirely new field of advanced research is now diligently being studied. Our bodies are truly chemo\bio electric in every sense of the term. I purchased a couple inexpensive earthing products and have indeed found positive effects from using. I suffer anxiety and insomnia and was "truly" surprised that the first time I laid down to sleep, I actually fell asleep - and slept the entire night. I am usually bi-phasic in my sleep patterns. I have been sleeping earthed with my wife now for 18 months and the positive effects we receive are not placebo - placebo effects tend to wear off over time, as placebo requires conscious thought to remain effective. I have read and listened to virtually every article on earthing both pro and against. I have found a lot of speculation and completely unsubstantiated effects. A high signal to noise ratio to use a fitting analogy. Going outside in your bare feet on a nice sunny day has even more positive effects, sunshine - think photo- biomodulation, different positive effects which arise from being exposed to specific wavelengths of light. From far infrared - to ultraviolet b, the body requires electromagnetic radiation for optimal performance. Circadian rhythm, vitamin d production, nitric oxide production and release into the cardiovascular system. , The increased release of nitric oxide from the cytochrome c oxidase molecules of the electron transport chain, which can improve mitochondrial function. I think, if you are completely healthy you probably will not experience any noticeable effects. It won't turn you into superman. If you are growing older, have a chronic condition, this would be one more complementary tool that can be applied. Believe me when I say I understand the lack of any real clinical science on this subject, or anything else concerning nutritional health. I can only report an anecdotal n=1 experiment. In my case, I really feel there has been positive benefit. P.S. I know there are a lot of Bart Kay haters on this channel, he can be quite combative and obnoxious, but he is educated and has a good understanding of physiology, of course you don't need to eat his diet, but there is knowledge to be gained both from friend and foe. I wish everybody the best on their journey to good health.
Very impressive post, demonstrating a high level of intelligence.
Who are you? I'd like to read more...Do you have a YT channel, or website?
Thank you for your considered and dare I say it, grounded post - you have shifted my inclination towards using a grounding sheet from doubtful to a distinct possibility. For any benefits I subsequently recive please accept my thanks in advance.
Thankyou for who you are and what you said! God Bless you and your wife!
Bub Let me just say I'm even more intrigued about grounding after reading your comment than I was before reading it. I'm retired military and am generally a trust but verify kind of person (data wise). I have a non-physician medical background (radiology/ultrasonograhphy), which was not in line with any type of alternative medical treatment. Even though I don't have the same level of scientific intellect as you or as the video host, I absolutely can and do think for myself. I appreciate the depth of information you provided and do plan on ordering an earthing mat now. Might you recommend the one you and your wife have used and feel has helped you both? Also, we are living in our rv while building our home. Might you offer any thoughts on how to properly ground a mat while inside an rv, since the rv is elevated above ground except for the tires which are insulating of course. Thank you in advance. Prayers for the best health journey for you and your wife.
if grounding works then why are ancient people’s life expectancy so low lmao they got all the diseases like cancer too back then the only difference is back then you’ll definitely die from those diseases
but but whatever works for you and others i guess
I had a bad case of sciatica last year. I heard that sciatica is caused, among other things, by too much inflammation and that earthing reduces inflammation. I walked around on my grass every morning for about 30 minutes and the sciatica miraculously went away in just a couple days. I then stopped earthing for several months and the sciatica re-appeared. I then went back to earthing every morning and the pain went away once again. If this isn't proof that earthing works, then I don't know what is.
Could it have been the exercise itself though?
@@amberh642 no. He wasn't exercising he said he was walking around in his grass meaning in his yard. That's not much exercise honestly.
The mainstream medical industry is always going to work against anything natural. Everything so unnatural with these people no wonder why so many people die in the hands of medical Care each year. Almost one of the leading causes of death currently. But one thing that scientifically proven is Dr Joe dispenza's work. I would recommend looking into him because they're now scientifically able to prove that your mind connected to feelings with imagination create your reality. So that means if you believe something will make you sick, then you create that reality for yourself and that's something gets you sick. If you believe you'll never get sick from something and your body wires itself right into the nervous system that you won't get sick. Basically your beliefs shape what you experience. The medical industry is so out of day and so messed up with a bunch of lies that it's bound to fall apart really soon. They use toxins and poisons and all sorts of nasty chemicals to try to help take away people's symptoms but they never work on healing the body and watching how nature heals so we can learn the heal. Thankfully Dr Joe dispenza it's proven everything that he's doing and so nobody can argue against it.
It's not because of the earthing, pal, it's because you were barefoot walking on a soft surface.
Your everyday footwear (which probably has some high heel) + walking on hard surfaces is a perfect recipe for lower-back pain.
Sea Moss is the horn of plenty, you don't even have to consume it, making the gel and application to the entire body will cause major benefits. We think we are nourished but we are actually malnourished of micronutrients that's why when we catch viruses or flu, we all fare differently, the body needs micronutrients to do it's job and sea moss has all the nutrients the body needs, adding spirulina to seamoss turns it all into a true superfood powerhouse. I believe what's separated us from our ancestors is food. The ancient Mayans were cultivating spirulina which has everything from B12 to even protein
My daughter purchased a couple grounding mats and if it is plugged to ground her cat loves to lay on it, if it is unplugged the cat could care less about it. Not sure what it means but the cat sure seems to like it when grounded.
Awesome comment.
Keep in mind cats don't talk or necessarily operate at human level of reasoning. The cat could intuitively feel a difference and be attracted to the mat due to the grounding effect. And even with it unplugged, the cat may think the effect is intermittent and thus be happy to wait around for the effect to come back.
Likewise, the cat might just like the material of the mat or where it's located...
im sure there's certain sensations the cat feels. even we can feel sensations if the current is big enough
@@mattclark6482 if it only liked the material of the mat it would sleep on it the same amount plugged in or not.
What model was this?
I had severe insomnia along with many other ailments. I am 70 years old and decided to try a grounding mat. My life changed over night. Slept 7 hours straight, did not have to get up and urinate (usually 4 times a night) until I woke up, when I stood up I was shocked at how good my balance was, mental fog was 80 percent better, I had amazingly calm energy all day, and my joint pain was much less than it had been in years. As far as the main stream medical industry (doctors and pharm) I have been led astray for my whole life by them. I could write a book on the many stupid things they have said and done to me over the years.
Really sir you are giving me a hope. I am also suffering I totaly gave up
@@nizamansari569dont ever give up!
This guy would say it was due to placebo effect.
@@demej00Which it is, Placebo is a very powerful effect. If you believe it hard enough especially the "Technology Placebo", which is a phenomena where people are treated by impressive machines but the machine is actually just a decoration.
Did the effect last? Like how are you doing now?
I have a history of high blood pressure and I was on as much as 40 miligrams of enalapril maleate for 25 years. I started grounding last spring as soon as the snow got off the ground, just by walking around my house a few times in the morning before I put my shoes and socks on. I read the liturature that said grounding would lower my blood pressure. I actually wanted to proove this wrong as I am just as cynical as everyone else but to my surprise, over time, it gradually went down to the point where I only need 5 miligrams of medication per day. Another thing I noticed is that I have been gaining weight due to eating alot but to my surprise, have not added any weight at all since I started grounding. In fact, I lost a few pounds despite eating alot of fatty and sugary foods! Over all, I feel better, have less fatigue and I am convinced grounding works but perhaps due to reasons the science community has yet to discover. It can't be placebo in my case. I had no previous justification for believing grounding would help me at all. It has to be another reason why this has helped me.....Maybe someday they will figure it all out but in the meantime, I will keep doing what I have been doing!....~~~Peace~~~
This guy or people science minded and fans of randomized control trials.. will say your testimony of grounding helping...is. not randomized control trial. Hence benefits you are seeing could be simply due to placebo rather than grounding. Scientists hate placebo....as they cannot make money out of it. It's mind driven.
@@shrinik1969 Bullshit, science doesn't like placebo because it's a lie of the effect of the product. Dont be a gullible sheep, this world knows enough
@@paddenstoel95 science doesn't like placebo, also because people that fund science cannot make money if and when placebo works. Expectation if cure makes cure more likely than otherwise...it helps the expector...not science nor its funding company.
@@shrinik1969 You over generalize the placebo effect. It's not that any medicine can be swapt by placebo. I mean you are not going to cure cancer with glucose tablets. I do think that the general medical consensus is to try to prevent using hard medicine where alternatives are possible for the side effects they might have. If placebo can trigger the desirable physical respons without using chemicals than this for medicine is a good thing.
The way these things are funded is country specific. There might be a overabundance of power for parties that have, for example, interests to prescribe certain products and who use this power to alter treament. Don't neglect ideas just because they dont get the desirable outcome in your environment, for there might by variables that will cloud your vision.
@@paddenstoel95 Glucose can or even simple water can cure cancer if there is enough belief and trust in what is given as cure. You seem to be underrating power of human mind and belief of expectation. Only trick here is to trick the mind to belive glucose is some magic medicine that saved lives of several cancer patients. Placebo kicks in.
I haven't been using my grounding sheets in a while, but due to colder weather needed to put the electric blanket on my bed, and thus thought putting the grounding sheet on as well was a good idea.
The effect has been borderline amazing. I've been sleeping like a rock for 5 days now (not using the electric blanket), it's like I'm a completely different person. It may be 100% placebo effect, but if that's the case, pump me full of placebos because I don't want to go back.
Which brand did you purchase?
@@truehope287 id like to know too
That final statement is everything. I'm not afraid of placebo
@@94nolo Bingo. Placebo working is even better, IMO. If people can cure whatever they think ails them through prayer, grounding, or fake pills....it's better than popping tons of pills and other chemicals into your body. Unfortunately I'm a natural skeptic and placebo doesn't work on me (I wish it did)
@@94nolo Nobody should be. Placebo is just saying "mentally induced change" which we all know is 100% real. Your mindset can change your entire f**king life!! So if you get the positive change you want via your mind there's absolutely zero wrong with that.
Granted, in this case people really need to stop thinking this is placebo. Our bodies our electrical in every sense of the word. You can't just induce all these electrical changes via our modern world and expect zero ill effects. Peer-reviewed studies have already shown THAT they happen and WHY they happen. So this is simply established science.
As a long term electrical/electronic tech, I use grounding mats pretty much every day. They prevent high voltage static charge buildup on the human body from discharging into sensitive electronic devices which can cause either premature failure or even immediate failure of said device or components. Sure, I agree that nanoamps doesn't seem like much (some measuring equipment I work with measures 1000 times less than that, i.e. picoamps).
But I'm not actually sure that initial current flow matters that much. It's potential difference, the level of voltage above ground or earth and what is being measured, in this case a human being. If you remain at ground potential "grounded" then there will be no current flow. As you stated, there has to be some sort of movement and friction like clothes for example or even just a flow of electrically charged air to generate current flow. The other thing, as you rightly pointed out, is external electrical fields radiating from electrical AC within buildings as well as WiFi and radio communication devices like mobile phones, radio broadcast towers/masts etc will cause an electrical current to flow in anything that's connected to ground/earth. So really, nothing short of switching off all communication devices, electrical supplies and transmitters will stop said current flow.
Sorry to get in depth, but it is quite technical.
For reference (electrical engineers joke) I like to walk around the home and on soil #SaveSoil with bare feet. It has "potential" health benefits.
#savesoil 💚
This is one of the dumbest ideas I’ve ever heard. We are always grounded to some extent, otherwise we’d be getting static shocks all the time. If there are any benefits from “grounding”, they are likely from being outside more; getting more sunlight and breathing in bacteria which results in increased microbiome diversity. - guy with an EE degree
Grounded in sunlight in complete flow. Nature's natural rhythm. Mainstream can't make money of natural healing like they can with their synthetic medicines and artificial way of life.
Someone just said this to me in regards to a grounding mat and rod I just purchased and was wondering about how to test it out... how true is this?:
“Yes, this applies no matter which way you ground. Once you are grounded, the 60Hz electrical fields that are all over your house (plus any DE on your wires) will travel through you as they seek to return to ground. So you will want to mitigate those first before grounding”
@@maloneandsloan2137 how do you mitigate the problems
I’ve been using a grounding mat on my chair and on my bed for the past 3 weeks. Tailbone ( sacrum) pain that was severe has disappeared.I’m happily surprised.
If it works then it works. Awesome!
my hip pain is gone, have you noticed a difference in your dreams? Do you still have one on your bed? It seems to be helping and I am still skeptical, nothing can be that simple can it?
Which brand did you get for your bed? Please let me know.
10 months ago, I began going out to my yard each morning barefoot for about 15 minutes. For whatever reason, the experience makes me feel well and hasn't cost me a dime.
You touched grass🎉
@@Artholos Or it's just as likely it's getting away from staring at a brain numbing tv or computer.
Does sand on beach count as grounding
yep @@joescheller6680
@@joescheller6680 yes
Was unfortunate the way that I ran across grounding being beneficial, but it is the truth. I was in college and doing some substances that are not at all beneficial for human health. After hours of ingesting this substance through the nose, the time frame in which I was ingesting the next dose would shrink. Starting at 45 minutes'ish going down to around 10-15 minutes'ish by the end of the evening. The feeling towards the end of the night is absolutely horrific, and when I say nothing would have the slightest impact on it, besides waiting the effects out a.k.a. time, I mean NOTHING would help in that exact moment. One night I was feeling particularly awful by the end of the night and was pacing around the house, time would not pass quickly enough. In my desperation to pace with more space I walked out my front door and into the front yard and happened to be barefoot. Within seconds my brain felt relief, like a pressure valve was released and air was whistling out, within seconds my neck relaxed, my shoulders dropped down next to my torso instead of being closer to my ears, my breath slowed, my heart stopped pounding, and what seemed to be left was a dull headache, a very uncomfortably dry set of nostrils, and the ability to witness the anxiety my body was experiencing instead of it being all consuming. Nothing about this was planned, nothing occurred to me that it was my bare feet in the grass, the fresh air, BUT, I attempted to do the same thing the next time I made the choice to travel down this path again, and was wearing shoes. Not even close to the amount of calm rushed over my body but in that moment I yearned to feel the grass on my feet again and took my socks and shoes off and what do you know, INSTANT impactful change in state of being. Placebo? How? Maybe placebo in the direction of nothing helping? Sure. Mother Nature being vital to the health of a human being all the way down to the subtle electrical signals sent from the earth into our bodies? Does that really sound that crazy? Did we not just learn recently that sunrises and sunsets are the anchor to circadian rhythm due to the light quality during those times? And has it not always just felt incredible to watch those sunsets, we didn't need to see the specifics to know that sunrises and sunsets were healthy before scientific proof came out there were HUUUUGE health benefits to them. There's so much we don't know, but intrinsically, if you sit with that thought long enough, does science need to prove everything to you? Everything we are is earth, you eat and drink from it and repair from its nutrients every single day, you are the earth, go connect with your source, love you guys!
This is so true.
Yep we are the Earth. It's freaking amazing that were even questioning this. That says to me that we are indeed so out of touch with the thing that sustains us every single day..
Yeah science doesn’t need to prove this stuff to me. But when people use pseudoscience to sell matts it’s a bummer. The benefits of nature far transcend some simple explanation about electrons entering my body via my bare feet.
paragraphs are your friend
@@numbernine8571 Haha
It works. Period. My hands feel better minor aches and pains in my body are gone. I sleep better. I walk barefoot on the ground when I can and I have a mat I put under my bed at night and sleep on it. I don’t know about any control group, but it works for me. The best thing to do is to try it and see for yourself.
Would you mind sharing with me which mat you are using?
I'm wondering the same thing.
@@VeganKatieFaye it’s a foot mat I believe it’s earthling from guy who started it all Clint ober. I use it to sleep on under my shoulders, back and hips . I sleep like a rock. Sometimes I have carpal tunnel issues in the morning and I wrap the mat like a roll around my hand and it helps with the carpal tunnel pretty amazing. you plug it into the ground on an electrical outlet
@@bobo8741 awesome thank you!
Regardless of the limited studies, I've tried grounding for less than a week and already have had an improvement in sleep. I started having dreams again which may be due to an improvement in REM sleep.
Update?
I've been experimenting on myself with grounding for over 8 years now. I have a long history with chronic illness (over 30 years) and also a serious anxiety disorder. During a particularly awful bout with all of it I began going out onto the grass during these attacks. Immediately I noticed that, even at my very worst with regard to anxiety, severe pain, and debilitating fatigue, going outside and getting skin-to-earth contact melts my anxiety away, my blood pressure decreases, my heart rate slows, my whole body calms down. In fact, it's rather addictive, the calm I get from contact with the earth. As often as possible, and especially if I end up in a flare, I lay on a cotton sheet with minimal light cotton clothing on and my symptoms calm down within about 10-15 minutes. If I do this daily, or most days, they go away and don't come back. If I neglect doing my therapeutic grounding, my body goes into serious painful and debilitating flares again.
So I bought a grounding mat for use indoors. Once when I had tossed my old grounding mat and had forgotten to get a new one, all of my symptoms come roaring back, loudly and painfully. When resuming my grounding, both indoors and outdoors, my pain, chronic inflammation, and nervous system dysfunction melt away. Immediately.
And that's all I need to know. (BTW, you tested the mat with socks on and you tested your voltage while grounding outside with socks on, too. Unless they were 100% cotton, they'll interfere with the process. Bare skin or natural materials between you and the earth only.)
I'm 61 and grew up in the south dirt poor until I was 12. We spent most of our time barefoot either because it was natural or because we didn't have shoes. All I know is we all wanted to catch the measles or mumps because it meant a few days out of school. No one wanted chicken pox because it itches a little but wasn't anything like today. The idea that kids died from these childhood infections was unheard of. I saw a doctor once because I sprained my wrist falling off a tree branch. I never saw a dentist until I was 13 and had perfect teeth with no cavities. We also never ate fast food or sweets. I personally know there's health benefits to connecting to the earth. I've never owned a grounding pad so I can't say if it's legit or BS.
My parents and grandparents had a very hard time making me put shoes on when I was young. I was obsessed with walking barefoot. My friends are shocked when they see me running barefoot on a pebble beach. Yet I've got acute RA. so... a life of continuous grounding has not helped at all, it seems 😕
@@ramonapetri1718 Maybe because of the running on pebbles so much?
@@ramonapetri1718See if your arthritis gets worse when eating different foods.
For me, foods high in oxalates give me pain. Crazy.
@@ramonapetri1718 have you tried a grounding mat for your bed? I wonder if it would help! Being exposed to the grounding energy all night may help. It has helped others.
It's not about voltage , it's about continuity ! Physical contact with the planet. It can't be any simpler.
Hey there, I have just read some comments here and decided to share my experience with grounding with the earth not with grounding mats. Since I was a kid I loved to go to some clean place in the mountain and take off my shoes and just play around with my parents. After many years I went to a mountain and remembered those moments and the feeling that I had then, so I decided take off my shoes and play with my dog. I clearly felt a difference after 20-30 minutes of being barefooted in comparison doing kinda the same things in the mountain but with shoes. From then I decided to research a lil bit more about benefits of barefooted in general and found grounding. I decided to make an experiment with myself for about 2 months: almost every day I went out and just sit on a bench with my foots grounded for 30 minutes. I can clearly say that every time after these 30 minutes I just felt more balanced and relaxed, so for me this thing works in some kind of way. No need to think why I didn't did the same just sitting on the same bench but with shoes, I did for 2-3 times but there was no difference and it was just like if I was just sitting when going out. Have a good life yall
You had your sock on! It’s about being bare foot. Contact with the earth not your sock having contact w the earth 😂
What the heck? He was wearing SOCKS!!!
Even vegetable police included this in his grounding experiments
How can this guy do all this research and long video and then wear a sock?
Probably ugly feet's , he was just protecting himself from internet bullying
This guy is just a bubble bundle ...
Everything is fake for him 😅
I've been going out into nature wearing boots for years, and recently started going out barefoot instead. The difference is ENORMOUS. Not just in the general benefits of the barefoot lifestyle and the increased perception of walking around on some very sensitive hands, but long walks over hard rough ground carrying heavy weight is now EASIER, and if the ground is good I now want to RUN instead. I feel energised and recovery from pain and strain seems a lot quicker.
Yes there is a very noticeable difference.my feet feel cooler when grounded on grass..no need to buy expensive mats.aluminium foil works well with a grounding wire.
I wear barefoot shoes and that makes a huge difference too, though one's obviously not earthed when wearing those. It's just that the toes and foot are freed up massively and walking on uneven surfaces like gravel paths, you even get a kind of massage for your feet.
yes good
@@nerog3136 you will want a resistor somewhere on the line for safety yo prevent any electricity from coming back to you in large ammounts.
Good for you, it works for me
I am super bummed and hoping we just haven't found an accurate way to measure it. I don't know what it is, but there is something about gardening without gloves or shoes that makes me feel better. Gardening, as in, getting my hands in the earth, moving dirt with my hands, etc. I have always felt like wearing gloves made me feel disconnected while gardening, so I have always preferred bare hand gardening and I swear there is something to it.
Ignore your intuition, if the study says no, it must be true. 😂
Just enjoy your gardening your way, it makes me feel better too. I do not need a study to tell me I feel better. It could be a combination of a lot of things. Fresh air, dirt, Sunshine, and maybe a little grounding. Enjoy your garden.
gardening improves you microbiome big time
Grounding works and promotes longevity. The only study I need is all the old ladies I've known all my life, especially now that I'm one of them, that ground daily, naturally, and live a healthy, strong, and long life. I've never known stronger old people than gardeners who get their feet and hands right in the dirt.
There was actually a study done where people were sent outside for 20 minutes a day to put their hands in living soil and they showed a marked increase in the diversity of their gut microbiome, which plays a huge role in yourimmune system health and emotional and mental well being. SO, that being said, the ultimate tonic for health in this case would be gardening barefoot for 20-30 minutes a day.
I studied regenerative agriculture in college - I'm actually still finishing up my BA, but there was this lore floating around that when you touch plants in your garden somehow that communicates to them which nutrients you're deficient in and they accordingly grow an increased concentration of those nutrients and minerals. I can't remember if this was ever scientifically proven or not.
But if you've never heard of the Rhizophagy cycle in plant roots its essentially the same thing. A plant will sometimes eat soil microbes through openings in the ends of their roots. Most of the time these microorganisms are simply digested by the plant and their 'parts' are used to help build/maintain certain structures within the plant. Sometimes though a strange phenomenon occurs where the plant will digest the microbes shell, allow it to pass through the plant for some time, then spit it back out into the soil and THEN also spit out all the proteins and carbohydrates that microbe needs to reform it's protective shell into the soil next to it. That microbe, while in the plant, recognized which minerals the host plant was deficient in (magnesium, phosphorus, etc.) and then communicates that need to the rest of the soil microbial population somehow. In response the microbes then 'mine' for those nutrients and bring them to the plant. The plant in turn continues to convert solar energy into simple sugars and exude those simple sugars from its roots to maintain a healthy root microbial population.
The plant serves as a solar panel which produces the basis of all life in the soil underground - simple sugars. Due to the magical intelligent design of nature the microbes know they need the plant to stay alive to continue to survive and the plant knows it needs a happy root biome to continue to survive. They all help each other out. So it wouldn't surprise me if plants and humans had a similar kind of interaction like what I described above.
If anyone is interested in this whole Rhizophagy cycle John Kempf has a wonderful youtube video on the topic, info on rhizophagy cycle starts around the 9:40 mark - ua-cam.com/video/1puI1JwY22Y/v-deo.html.
Grounding does help my anxiety reduce. I believe it's just because of the peace of mind gained by being one with the earth. Similar to meditation.
I doubted I was the only person thinking grounding is not about electricity at all 🤦♂️
@@zit1999 indeed.
The placebo effect is a real thing.
Placeboooooo
@@sebastianedwards4668 Love the intensity "bro".
I tested my grounding mat with my legs. I’d broken out in rashes, so I slept with one leg on the mat and the other off. After the 2nd night, the leg on the grounding mat almost looked normal again - the other leg hadn’t changed at all. 🤷🏽♀️ Worked for me.
🤣
no worries, your body is electrically connected. Therefore, even if you ground only one of your fingers, the effect should be all over yourself. Professionals in the electronics industry usually ground only one of their wrists and works perfect.
😂 My electrical system was messed up because of spine damage, so no, my whole body is not electrically connected.
@@tybrown7112 our species is in trouble, eh?
@@tybrown7112 one leg healing because electricity change doesn't make sense. The whole bodies electrical shit would change
So this is totally anidotal but i freaking love having my bare feet on the grass, soil, sand, mud ect. I just crave this experience, it makes me personally feel great. It's a physical reminder that the earth is alive and a privilege to live on, where as when I'm wearing shoes I'm much more in my head. Like a floating head on earth.. :') Being bare foot reminds me im apart of an ecosystem :)
So true. Just gotta be careful there's no rocks etc
I think you mean anecdotal. But yeah, I get your point.
The same way dogs, cats, cows, pigs, chickens, horses, etc LOVE being outside, rolling in the grass and/or dirt, humans are animals too. It makes perfect sense that being outside and touching grass will just improve mood. Improved mood can make you feel better or healthier!
I have chronic pain for 15 years and virtually every morning I wake up in pain at a level of 5-7 out of 10. I plugged in a grounding mat and had my feet touching it as I slept. When I woke up I was barely in any pain at all, maybe a 2 out of 10 plus instead of feeling tired and really wanting more sleep like I normally do I felt normal and not sluggish at all. I had even gotten less sleep than I normally do. Normally when I wake up I am yawning and tired for 30 minutes and wishing I could have slept more but after the first night of grounding while sleeping I woke up feeling refreshed and ready for the day. The difference was dramatic.
I'm 74 years old and grew up by the beach. Most of our day all year was spend barefoot at the sand since we are from a Caribean Island. Been sick as a child was not the norm. When in the 70's I moved to Florida, stared working and live in Apts. my health changed for the worst (my early 20's) Allergies, Arthritis, Skin rashes, migraines, you named, I got it. Now I am retired and live by a lake, so the opportunity to be barefoot came back to my life, Now, all the mentioned sickness are gone. No medicines, no pain, and compared to some of my friends same age, my health, skin and energy is a lot better than them. NEVER read or hear about "grounding." before a couple of week ago, and I have none of the gadgets for sale.
Not everybody reacts the same way to treatments. But I think that direct contact with nature do have some positive impact on humans. And we do not remember any more but part of the cure of "tuberculosis" was been outdoor under the sun for hours.
My young daughter has anxiety/autism. I take her outside and pop her feet on some grass and she's suddenly calmer and happier. It definitely seems to help her, wether it's electrical or just fulfilling a sensory need 💚🥰
Walking around on grass barefoot is like getting a gentle foot massage. Love it.
thats good
Awesome. :)
Not sure but in case of autism not only grounding but also switching to carnivore diet was helping a lot - connected strictly to histamine level .Maybe worth to try
So interesting, I'm glad you covered this! I am a happy beneficiary of the placebo effect in this case. I walk barefoot (which is also great for the body from a biomechanical perspective) and I go to the forest and river often. Love "grounding" or "negative in bodies" or whatever it is lol.
Look up forest bathing. Lots of research on the benefits of being outdoors.
*Hi Rebecca*
You know I haven't had dreams for many many years, and have just started using mats in my bed and at the computer.
I'm hoping I too may be able to dream once again in the near future...!
How long did it take you before you started dreaming again?
*Lee*
I started 4 months ago with a grounding mat on my bed. My hip pain is totally gone and the dreams are insane....the dreams alone make it worth it
What grounding mat did you get?
What do you mean ‘the dreams are insane’?
I'm a power plant operator of 36 years. I retired, 4 years ago, due to extreme metabolic fatigue. I've been interested in grounding for a few years now but have always been skeptical. After retirment, I started learning about many of the body's metabolic pathways and basically did what none of my specialist could do. I diagnosed my fatigue to a Methylation problem. This made me stronger and healthier than ever. Right before I embarked on building my own DIY grounding mat, my old work basically begged me to return. April of 2022 I returned to the Control Room. I worked long hours in and around very high EMF. I never got to making my grounding pad and my health started to decline again. Afther 10 months, I had to reretire. Here I am again, refreshing my grounding knowledge. I just ordered supplies to make my own pad. I never got to the point where I was fully convinced by any proof positive science but I developed one possible theory. It's a theory that I came up with based on my knowledge of metabolism. There are many metabolic enzymes that use electrical energy to operate. MTHFR, DHFR and MTRR to name a few, use a metabolite know as NADPH as an electron donor, to act as the energy required to facilitate the "Reduction" of the substrate. Perhaps being charged interupts this seemingly delicate process. I know that I feel very good during thunder storms, which, in theory, creates a stronger schumann resonance locally.
Hows it going? Did you have any positive effects?
What about vitamin C?
Just take your shoes off and step onto the earth..if you wait any longer to build ur project it may be too late :)
Even if this is a placebo I have to tell you grounding outside on the earth has worked for me and I’ll keep doing it. I have a spinal injury which causes a lot of pain and just discomfort sometimes. I also have arthritis in my hands and the thing that brings me the most relief is grounding for 15/20 minutes outside. I’ve also done this for headaches. I can’t speak to the mats and products sold with these claims but even if science can’t prove grounding with the earth I’ll keep using it to help my pain. If you’re skeptical folks just give it a try. It’s free 🥰
Not sure about the actual electric flow, but I just got done with a barefoot hike and it felt AMAZING!!!
Something about being in the dirt just feels so good, and your feet are a lot tougher than you think at first.... Go give it a try!
Just being out in nature is often enough too.... Doing just about anything outdoors is going to be much better than looking at the screen you're reading this on....
That's exactly what I was thinking!!!
Maybe the grounding helps a little or have some kind of positive effects but the time we spend around nature works even better!!! And there are already studies made about it!!!
It doesn't matter if it's for the grounding benefits but we have to spend more time in/with some type of nature. We really need to stop our hectic life to look around and enjoy that moment
The doc on MedCram channel did a coupla videos on light therapy... with most of it being about being outside in the green spaces... pretty interesting.
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I'd be worried about picking up hookworm :/
@@vaxx-1161 and cutting a gash on rocks
You make many small mistakes ("60Hz voltage" - not a voltage but frequency , "0.2 volt rate" - not a rate, etc. ) which are minor and I'm sure in good faith, but also revealing in how this topic is outside your expertise. Which you admit to so credit to you, but then I wonder why would you make a video on it
Right! Also human voltage must be taken in continuous current not alternate current.
The ground has more moisture in it than on the Mat inside- making you more conductive outside. Try testing the voltage again inside without your socks on !
That is what I was thinking. Why would he have left his socks on? Weird! The whole purpose of the test was to have skin on earth, not a man made fabric barrier. 🤦♀️
Absolutely agree! This video was total waste of time. Why in the heck would he wear socks the whole point is being Barefoot!!! 🦶 🦶🦶
So electrical engineer here (25m) with 4 years of education and 2 or so years of professional experience in distribution engineering (everything below a substation/transmission line).
The "AC negative" that you hooked up to around 9:47 is actually called the "neutral". The "AC positive" is either referred to as "phase" or "hot", mostly depending on if the discussion is between engineers or electricians, respectively.
The neutral that you connected your black probe to actually, meaning electrically, goes back to the transformer outside your house and probably up on a pole. It is required by US law to connect the neutral at the point of the transformer to a grounding device, such as a ground rod, straight down the pole right into the same ground you test around 11:17 .
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So, theoretically, the neutral will provide the same voltage difference between your body and itself as compared to the difference between your body and "earth".
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Practically speaking however:
1) the geological composition of the ground near the transformer ground rod might be different than the ground you tested in your front yard (e.g. there could be other bodies and different chemical compositions in the ground at different points: you might not be able to assume a uniform "resistivity" for your entire yard);
2) parasitic capacitances and inductances (grouped _reactances_ ) are present in normal conductors themselves, meaning that any charge clusters or Eddy currents induced by local electromagnetic fields may in turn produce voltage rises compared to actual earth; in this scenario, the neutral you tested in your house specifically at that outlet might register at a different "absolute" voltage compared to the absolute voltage of the earth; this means that potentially every neutral of every outlet in your house might be slightly different in terms of absolute voltage, but these are miniscule effects and probably won't make a meaningful difference given the precision of the multimeter you used; and
3) local weather patterns affecting the charge clusters/Eddy currents of the ground itself might also influence voltage difference readings, although I think the research in this area is either young in terms of development, or unbeknownst to me given I've only looked at a few IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) papers, not research papers, on the matter.
And for those dumbfounded by my use of the term "absolute" voltage, think back to high school math when you learned about integrals (I know, painful memories...).
In theory, an integral should be taken from negative infinity to positive infinity.
But "infinity" in the real world doesn't really mean much. Most of the time we'll take the integral to a pretty large number, say 1 million, and that'll be "good enough" for whatever you're calculating.
This is the same thing with voltage.
Absolute voltage is measured between here and infinity, wherever that is. Physicists define the voltage at infinity as "0", and everything not at infinity gets a voltage > 0.
However, absolute voltage is an ideal measurement because we don't really know _where_ infinity is. We don't know if the universe goes on infinitely or not, and so we can't find a place in the universe to call "true" 0. (Maybe we will someday, though, who knows!)
Contrast this with Absolute 0 Kelvin in terms of temperature, for example, where we can reason that absolute 0 exists, but we can't actually cool anything down to that point in reality. (Maybe we will someday though, who knows!)
So, given that absolute voltage and temperature are really just ideals, we can "ground" them in reality by defining "relative" voltage or temperature.
Sticking with voltage, relative voltage is a measurement where we just *define* one place on the planet, preferably near where we're working or living, as 0. It doesn't matter if a piece of land or a sidewalk is actually 0 absolute voltage because those objects are safe to us: we can walk on them, shoes or not, and not get electrocuted. The Earth is a good choice for this because it's a huge planet that we as humans can't really change all that much (excluding the small stuff we do on the crust). It has tons of metals, meaning tons of free floating electrons, and is generally "stable". That stability is traditionally why we've used the Earth as a relative 0 for voltage, although that's my thought and might not be born out in the literature.
So, getting back to my above comment, the definite "relative" 0 voltage for your house is the point in the ground where that ground rod goes in. Again, we could *define* some other place, but using that rod allows us to be consistent across every household.
And since all those stray things like parasitic reactance and weather patterns tend to be miniscule in effect, we can stretch our choice of relative 0 voltage out to the neutral in our outlets in our house.
The claim made by the grounding-gimmick industry that some AC parasitics are disturbing the neutral in your house isn't completely right.
So, first off, think of pressing a key on a piano. You hear the note, right? Actually, if you listen closely enough, you can hear other notes to, above the loud one. There can be one at an octave above the loud pitch you hear, or two octaves, etc. Not everybody can hear these, but they're there. Those are harmonics.
Harmonics also show up in electricity.
The electricity that comes to your house is called "single-phase" because there is 1 neutral/ground and 1 phase/hot.
The electricity that goes to, say, a steel plant is called "three-phase" because there is 1 neutral/ground and 3 phase/hots.
In 3-phase, industrial systems, depending on the loads, harmonics can show up in a pretty big way. Those harmonics flow through the neutral, and may compromise our definition of relative 0 using the neutral.
But back at home in a single-phase system, the things that produce those harmonics, like computers or adjustable lights, don't do so in large amounts that are noticeable. We have laws that regulate how much of those harmonics are generated, and so while they might be there, they're also quite small and may affect the neutral relative voltage minutely.
It's really another case of actors looking to profit by generalizing a truth only meaningful under certain conditions to all conditions.
@@SeeNickViewthanks for this! I'm trying to understand what you're saying - so is the comment (from others) that a person can be acting as an antenna for all the radiation frequencies that are attracted to a grounding source - lessened by the fact the homes have 1 phase coming in, unlike industrial plants?
Got to admit that you sleep loads better after a day in the garden or by the sea.
This dude testing being grounded with socks on lol😂
It’s strange to see only a few folks noticed that he was wearing socks. 😢
I made my own grounding mat for my bed. I bought some aluminum screen, and a spool of 16 gauge wire. I stripped one end of the wire and soldered it to multiple points on the screen, then I made some fabric borders for the edges for comfort, and sewed them to the screen.
I then fed the wire out of the window and down to the ground where I attached the other end to a long nail that I sunk into the ground. The first night that I used it, I slept so deeply that I slept past my normal weekend wakeup time. I also felt like I had just gotten over a cold.
The following nights, I haven't experienced the same things as the first night, but my knee pain has diminished a little bit, as well as the foot pain that I was having.
I have only used it for a week, and I don't have miraculous news for anybody, but my understanding is that the effects of earthing are very gradual, and your body heals over time.
That makes sense, though, because illness isn't something that just happens, it is a result of constant deficiencies, and other long term lifestyle decisions that build up those illnesses over time.
Just like losing weight, it takes a long time to put it on, and it takes a long time to take it off. Whatever illness that is a result of accumulative personal neglect, will need accumulated personal healing.
I have to say, if I didn't feel that big change on the first night, I probably would have been very skeptical, but now I have some optimism regarding this, so let's see how things are this time next year.
Clever idea using the mesh!
Are you suffering from insomnia
@@nizamansari569 No, I use my mind exercises to sleep. They work great.
It's a year later now - update please 😊
@@kevinsheldrick917 It got to the point to where I didn't see any changes over the course of a few months, so I set it aside.
I cant recommend enough the book "The Body Electric" by Robert O Becker M.D. - easily the most mind blowing book i have ever read. Electrictys'? roll in biology was denied for centruries because we lacked the instruments to measure such small currents. Im guessing that included nano amps. For example the wound healing claim: your body uses electromagnetism to properly orientate every cell in your body. Like when a salamander loses its right hand, what keeps it from growing back a left hand or a foot by mistake? Well one by one each cell is put into place according to basically an electromagnetic grid in relation to the rest of the body. Even what types of cells are formed from the embryonic cells during regeneration are influcened by this field. And yes they could indeed speed up regeneration (obviously humans can't regrow whole limbs) by incuding currents into the salamaders body. They were even able to get frogs and rats who don't normally regenerate whole limbs to at least regrow partial limbs.
Point being there is way more on this topic out than you'll probably find on any youtube video. Much of it "supressed" or at least ingored (because its cheap!!!). Get off youtube and go read a book.
Excellent advice “ read the book” UA-cam is full of dishonesty.
apparently humans can regenerate our finger tip. that's the only place we still have our regenerational capabilities
Thanks for the info. I also recommend "healing is voltage" by Jerry Tennant. Mind-blowing.
I was convinced grounding was scientifically proven to help with certain conditions, but you do bring up good points which can't be denied about lack of a control group and placebo effect. I was always convinced from first hand experience with bare feet in the summer Earthing had a profoundly positive impact on my mental state. I attributed this to being analogous to something like the Lenard effect in nature, lightning striking the ground or generating negative air ions which also seem to influence physiology
I probably would never buy earthing products that you plug into a wall (I've heard negative experiences of some people with them), but my bare feet experiences have me convinced there's something more to Earthing than it being "all in our heads". If it is a placebo effect I experienced, then it's an incredibly powerful one. Anyways, thanks for the video Mic. Good rundown
I think a lot of the negative experiences from what I've read are people not testing the outlet is fully grounded and then they end up just doing the opposite of what they intended and sending electricity through their body.
@@wildrice8199 Could be, ya
@@wildrice8199 Yeah a solution to that, save for double checking the electrical continuity of the grounding/bonding/neutral electrodes all the way back to the outdoor ground rod, would be to just install a separate ground system just for the stuff you intend to ground specifically.
Could be as simple as another ground rod, or a matrix of ground rods, or people could dig up their topsoil in the front/back yard and install a ground mesh/loop.
I'd be interested in the code implications of doing that however, as fault pathways are clearly defined according to the specific layouts given in the NFPA National Electrical Code. I'm not sure if that new ground system would need to be tied to the existing ground system, and at which points, etc.
I definitely feel slightly freaked out that the electrical devices around us are changing the voltage of our bodies. I think it's more rational to come at this from a standpoint of proving that that's safe, vs. proving that grounding is effective in treating medical conditions. I think it's probably safe to assume that our bodies should be regarded as sensitive electrical devices. Especially considering that our ancestors had zero exposure to strong electromagnetic fields from artificial sources up until very, very recently.
I think what you are saying this is a better take away.
As for going outside into nature, whether through walking, or sitting by a stream or gardening is health for a multitude of reasons that we don't need to quantify by a scientific study. All of the life on this planet lives in nature. The earth can support life. I can see this by looking outside.
People underestimate how little we know
WHY would you try to ground yourself through socks (typically an insulator of some measurable efficacy)?
maybe he has sweaty feet…that would make a difference. we need a control exoeriment LOL
Was about to write the same 👍
I was just outside in the front yard stretching in my bare feet and my wife asked me what I'm doing. I said I'm grounding.good timing on the video.
Here in Minnesota, the "No shirt, no shoes, no dice!" rule is strictly enforced. Violators are subject to frostbite. :)
@@jasonhsu4711 lol
My fam and I have tried grounding and tree bathing and we love it. I'm sure the fresh air and vitamin d are also beneficial to how we feel, but I/we do personally believe that, for better mental and physical health, we should be connected to nature wayyy more than we are.
Tree bathing is definitly a thing and is scientifically more sound.
@Faroe Is this satirical or are you really just a pastiche of all the things right wingers associate with veganism?
@@plantatheist5883 lol dude go get some grounding looks like you've too much voltage
Oh my, I've never heard of tree bathing. Please point me in the right direction to learn about.
@@truehope287 do a search on forest bathing.
You must take your socks off. It’s bare skin that is conductive. The socks are insulating.
@@AH-xs3hg it’s well known that skin is conductive particularly the palm of the hands and the bottom of feet. Water is dominant in human biology. Sweat is conductive. The more moisture the more conductive.
@@paulbenavidez123 Not for this type of currents . . . [why am I responding to someone with sixth grade science fair understanding of electricity?]
@@tamcon72 you just mirrored who you really are.
@@AH-xs3hg make that skin slightly wet and then see...
I tried earthing myself with a homemade earth strap. I found immediate relaxation. (this may be placebo effect). I am also radio electronics trained. I would love a proper study That said, my theory on how this could work is as follows. A study found that the electrical propagation through nerves is about 35 m per second. 50 or 60 Hz would create a standing wave at this propagation rate at about 1.2 metres. The average length of the adult vagus nerve is about a standing wave. With 240 Volts AC generates a peak to peak voltage of 480 v. With an electrical field of several hundred volts building and collapsing 60 times a second in the average house it could generate within the body micro currents within the most electrically conductive parts (nerves). This could upset the vagus nerve and raise cortisol etc. More research needed.
Interesting. Are you saying the current in the body generated as a result of using a grounding matt plugged in via an electrical outlet would have a negative effect on the vagus nerve and raise cortisol?
I love that you covered this, but I gotta play devil's advocate here... why, when the placebo effect can literally "cure" people of their maladies, we don't celebrate it instead of denigrate it??? I've done earthing in the past after I broke my leg, and swear it helped a bunch with pain and sped healing, which of course is subjective, but my x-rays did impress my Dr. Whatever, the RESULT was I clearly felt better afterwards! Free, non invasive, no side effects! Whether it was the earthing, the sunshine, the communing with nature, or any/all of the above, I only see an upside! At this very second, my little brain is firing off a bevy of miniscule electro-chemical impulses that allow me to have these human thoughts, so why couldn't equally miniscule currents play a role in health and well being, ya know? Love. joy and lots of other things are certainly perceptible, but not quantifiable. That doesn't mean they don't exist.
Placebo effect is analogous to Dark Matter, we know it's a legit force, but we're ignorant to the processes. We should be trying to harness the effect because according to the literature it seems to have cured almost every major disease randomly.
I guess the danger is when people cross the line of not doing the necessary to be treated, because of the "miracle cure". And people making money that way.
because real medicine is always more powerful than placebo. going out into nature is generally good for mental health, earthing contributes nothing to it other than thinking that it does. if people decide to rely on placebo and avoid actual medicine, they can long term destroy their life.
I wonder why so many people have inflammatory related diseases. Something you don’t see in other animals. Could it just be diet, and lifestyle, or is there really something going on when we connect with the Earth ?
06:28 With a current of one nano Ampere, there is a flow of (1/1.6)*10^10 = 6.25*10^9 or 6.25 billion electrons per second. That's far from "very few"
Now that is perspective with REALITY ! THANK YOU
and maybe it works because there only needs to be a tiny nano in order to reset the balance. We often think more is better
I hate to say it but there is something with touching the ground. We moved to Hawaii and maybe it’s a combination of things like the sun and the beach barefoot and only wearing slippers but we do honestly feel better living here and honestly have some of the best sleep of our lives even though on the surface we should sleep worse because we don’t even have a proper bed. People almost always report feeling renewed after going to the beach on vacation…..
Yup, I went to the beach for a 3 day vacation and my sleep was amazing when I got back for a couple of days, then it went to crap. My mom said it was because I was grounding, I did not believe her and went barefoot for a couple of days and my sleep was amazing again.
I hate to say it but it's true, to many people want to believe in some sort of alternative spiritual magic. There is no reason to believe there is something to it. Your examples don't lead to your conclusion.
1) You moved to a new place in a new environment, and feel different than before.
2) Most people feel renewed after vacation.
No connection to the claim.
My toddler sleeps better since we've been going outside barefoot, but there are also a million confounding factors, so I have no reason it has anything to do with electricity. It's just as likely to be something to do with sensory simulation, exercise, or something unrelated.
@WhatxDxDxD "no reason" lol, you're not going to persuade anyone on these youtube comments. You're also talking to someone who has cured Colits and cancer without medication. I think I know what I am doing when it comes to the scientific method. I am fully educated.
I have questions about this voltmeter test....
Why did you put the voltmeter on AC? The ground in your wall-socket is at a constant zero DC voltage, only the voltage-pin has an AC sine-wave voltage on it.
And there is no AC voltage supplied to your body anywhere that you could be measuring when touching the red pin? The whole point that these "grounding mat" people make (I don't think they work btw.) is that they ground and neutralize an electroSTATIC charge buildup on the body - static implying DC/constant voltages involved only.
I’ll keep sticking my feet in some river mud, be one with the earth and what not.
Earthing doesn’t need to cost a penny just go outside barefoot but for myself I purchased a inexpensive mat and pillowcase it cost less that buying a few vitamins . As someone with cancer that has gone through horrible drug and radiation treatments I am willing to try this out ,if it doesn’t work oh well no harm done .
Best of luck! My husband and I have gotten "diagnoses" like that and we are doing the natural outdoor grounding most days of the week in our back yard! Benefits for me are more calmness, less over thinking, sleeping like a rock EVERY night etc. What's happening internally who knows, but I suspect it's something good. I do however want to get a "mat". Do you mind saying which one you purchased? Thank you! Again, best of luck!
i have tried grounding gives more energy perhaps its just being in nature of course i would never recommend buying any of those mats or whatever but walking barefoot in grass out in nature is great i even started barefoot hiking its hard but its good for ur feet and posture. so far longest have done is 7h barefoot in the west canadian rockies haha
The “current” state of science. Get it… sorry. I’m just adding to the dad jokes in the comment section. I had no idea that the grounding community ran this deep either. What a wonderfully weird world.
Excellent
I tried it and couldn't recognize any clear benefits. There IS something about lying outside on the grass that genuinely feels centering and relaxing, which for me was the real hook, but I think this may be a case of the presence of "something" which our science can't identify - or summon.
science is weak when it comes to nature and the balance god set up perfectly. For example. Our foods being agriculturally changed through out history. They make us sick now because we changed their natural structures. That goes for all food. same when grounded or not. Science just can't quite keep up now can it.
Take off your socks and touch your feet to soil directly. I've just tried for 4 days and the energy that I can feel and experience is so amazing. I usually get sleepy at 9:00 PM, but when I ground my feet for 30 minutes at around 7:30 PM ....there are rush of energy entering my body that made me wake up untill 10:30 PM to 11:00 PM.
If everything else that is electrical needs to be grounded to work properly, then why wouldn't that include our fundamental design with nature?
Earthing is AMAZING!! I have been struggling with De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis since the beginning of the year. I don’t take pain pills and the pain got really bad. I wear a brace that mobilizes my thumb, but have to take it off to wash dishes, shower, and do a couple other chores around the house. I just wasn’t healing. It is summer now, so I recently started going outside and spending time out there barefoot. Within a week, the pain almost disappeared and I have regained full use of my thumb. People probably find it to be really weird, but it works.
I been going bare foot the last year for about 5 minutes a day and you can tell the difference energy
Earthing absolutely does something. There was a huge difference in sleep quality and energy for me that is not some placebo. It is actually baffling how little research there is considering how immidiate and significant the benefits are for many.
I enjoyed your video. I don’t what it is, but my grounding sheet has made a huge difference in my sleep. My wife, DPT, is ticked at me cause she thought it was silly and now she admits it does seem to work
Can I ask what brand you have? There are so many to choose from.
@@theynot4u I recently upgraded to a grounding mat for our bed. It’s from Ultimate Longevity.
I was 57 and had so many medical problems including a worn out knee and 4 collapsed disc, high blood pressure, diabetes and slept with a CPAP for a sleep apnea that would not allow me to sleep more than 1.5 hours without being woke up for 8 years. It was all healed in two years and at the end of the two year mark I woke up 60 years old but felt like I was 30 again. That was nine years ago and I have not had any medical problems and take no medication. I have not even caught a cold.
What did you do?
@@alexandergornushenko3789 I use the ground circuit in my homes electrical only with an interface to a 4”X2” contact pad.
@@DamanSound thanks. and what kind of interface is that? and how does your body contact to that pad
If you don't try grounding after watching this, Mic the Vegan has achieved his goal.
According to comments GROUNDING IN NATURE WORKS!
But does it works in our homes using specially-made devices?
Only one or two people exactly say YES.
Most of the other people mention placebo, belief, etc.
It means that no, those devices can't bring nature into our bedroom.
And there should be a reason for that.
Maybe this reason is an electricity network installed in our homes?
Has anyone tried to use those grounding devices in a home with an electricity network completely switched off?
It's a healthier option than spanking. Oh, not that kind of grounding.
That is amusing.
Im seeing so many people saying they are experiencing good results which contradicts it not working. I have also made great changes with herbs that studies say has no benefits. My faith in science drops more and more everyday.
I like walking around bear foot to make my feet stronger, when I go climbing in the mountains. I also just like it. I hear people talking about grounding but i never cared enough to read the research. I've wasted so much time researching people's claims to only find out we humans didn't do that well, and we just believe something because we want it to be true. As when the evidence doesn't match what we want to be true we brush it off. I try my hardest not to be that person, but I know I'm not that special as to not fall for the remark that fits the narrative i already have in my mind without questioning it.
I am 56 years old, with that have developed the fun aches and pain you expect with age...however, I discovered grounding and have been using a grounding mat in my home for over a year and I swear by it. I am like a new person! NO aches and pains anymore, anything that bothered me...like achy hips at night, terrible restless leg syndrome, painful wrists and shoulders, ALL went totally away! I have also noticed I don't experience anxiety and more, so I can handle things much better which in turn lowered my stress level. I am just a much happier me! If you' are a doubter...that is fine, I understand, but I think it should be tried before an opinion is developed or given.
This is good info and bad information. First, I've decided to try purchasing a mat as I didn't even know they existed. I started grounding barefoot outside. I purchased from supposedly the original creators of the product and the instructions stated that it's more effective to have skin contact. It went on to say you can have on one layer, but their studies show that the grounding isn't has effective. One a couple of instances in your example, you had on clothing and I"m thinking so did the others you had try it....and still noticed a decrease in voltage. What's the impact over time though, compared to minimal impacts in seconds, minutes, hours? There's a bigger picture here in my opinion. Much of your video is focusing on how did they reach the results and who participated being suspect, but that becomes an opinion similar to their claims as you presented them. We all know that foods, plants, etc that grow in nature on Earth has a tremendous amount of benefit to the human body, it seems "natural" if not common sense that humans having consistent contact with the Earth, would benefit us as well in some way. I also believe that now there are multiple variations of this product and growing interest, it causes sellers to make certain claims. Perhaps researching the origin of this realization and their data?
I totally agree with humans connecting to nature. 🌱🌱🌱
My uneducated grandma from the village made us do this daily. So wild how the western world is catching on now
Grounding gets a big Yes from me, the experience is enough research for me to know the truth that it heals, Thank You... ~~~Peace~~~
I sleep grounded every night and I can even feel the exchange of electrons in my body so much so that when I don’t feel it, I’ll look to see if I forgot to plug in the cord and 100% of the time I’ve forgotten except for the one time I was using copper fabric which I made a mat out of and the copper lost it’s conductivity due to too much moisture exposure from my body- my cord was plugged in but I wasn’t feeling it and tested the mat and it was not conductive
I would get 6hr migraines once a week after doing 3 hrs of lawn work in the Sun .. drinking plenty of water with electrolytes did not help keep them away.
Once I learnt about grounding i tried it when the headache came and within 5 minutes the headache went away. I stayed 20 minutes on the mat and got hungry so I went to make something to eat and within 5 min after being off the mat.. the headache came back. It took about 2.5 hrs on the mat before I could get off of it and my headache not return. There is definitely something legitimate with grounding and stopping pain. I made my dad and mom mats and the neuropathy in his legs from diabetes went away .. my mom has pain from varicose veins that disappears when she’s on her mat.
For me it 100% reduces any stress in my body as soon as I start grounding. I discovered it when looking for a possible solution to long COViD in 2020. I was skeptical at first but it worked within one day of grounding all night (ran copper wire to the ground outside to a conductive mat)… For whatever reason it caused me to sweat all night but I woke up the next day feeling better than I had ever felt in my life!
I have a washable conductive sheet that I bought online to use on top of my copper one now (using one grounding cords connecting to each sheet in the grounding outlet) - But the way the washable sheet was made with the snap for the cord it came with was manufactured in a way that the snap doesn’t touch the conductive sheet so I have to do some sewing around the snap with conductive thread before I can use the cord it came with. So, it’s true that some products you get out there may not work and it’s important to test them to know they are working when grounding the first time before you make any judgement about grounding .. it could just be the product you are using that doesn’t work.
What sheet do you use? There's so much junk out there, hard to tell what's good. I have a grounding mat on my bed, it's too cold on my feet, I end up kicking it away in my sleep. Need a sheet.
You can buy metal conductive thread off Amazon … sew it into any blanket you have .. I just sew it in a grid pattern and sleep on it .. I also bought a copper sheet to place under it and ground both !
It would be cool to see a video on the effects of artificial blue light on health (eye, brain, etc.). And or effects of EMF radiation from electronic devices or cell towers.
The excellent Medcram site has a fascinating UA-cam video called ‘Light as medicine’ which covers effects of blue light.
There’s plenty of videos debukinking this shit already let’s not tarnish mics name devolving to such levels.
"maybe we can bring the light into the body" 😂😂
The marketing of grounding reminds me of the "pet rock" fad.
You don't need to buy anything, literally walk around barefoot in the grass for a while.
Wouldn’t just be easier to go stand outside on the ground with bare feet,and see what happens. It might just be in your mind,but it feels better none the less. Touch a pet,or a tree. They ground you too. When you’re grounded,people feel better touching you,and not so much those who are not. Bad energy needs an outlet,and is to much for people that don’t have one.
I have used a earthing sheet for 5 nights now, must admit a great sleep has been had. Im not waking up for the toilet at 4am any more. I have a shoulder injury that has given me five years of high pain. The pain has reduced a bit but not completely gone. Ill keep going with it, something is happening.
You were wearing socks on the grounding pad. Wouldn’t those socks act as an insulator and mess up your reading?
Keep in mind that you are grounding everytime you have a shower everytime you touch a fridge everytime you touch a washing machine
Our bodies normally run on about 1.5 volts. My dad as an electrical engineer got 15 thousand + volts of electricity up his arm on three separate occasions (he was a safety third type person). What he always said to me was,"the voltage isn't as important as the amps. Amps are the driving force of the electrical current and it only takes half an amp to kill you."
Grounding can both save your life or take it. Now, these are extreme examples. Helicopter operated high tension wire repair men hook themselves up to the very wires they are repairing. They then have huge amounts of electrical voltage flowing freely through them and they're fine. (Like when birds sit on a power line) if they were to touch a grounded pole or get grounded in some other way things wouldn't be going well for them.
I used to live by a fireworks factory (hand packed) that was the safest in the USA till they had big accidents four years in a row. One of those was of a worker who didn't touch the grounding plate before entering the powder room.
The point I guess I'm making is. I can see how micro amounts can be both beneficial or harmful. As small amounts of many things can be the deference between medicine or poison.
Although, I've been struck by lightning twice and survived so I'm not sure if I'm the best example for all of this
Oh gracious! Twice?! Yikes! Glad you okay! Excellent point too!
First of all, you need to stop getting hit by lightning, that’s dangerous, so stop doing that, second please ignore what I wrote first, I’m kidding and happy you’re still here but my question would be what attracted the lighting?? Since your Dad was Guru, I have to ask, I believe he gave you the right answer, and I don’t want to ‘just look if up’, when I can go to the pro!! 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
I like how Mic gets up one morning and decides he's curious about a topic in an unrelated science so delves into it, understands it and then reports it back in a fair, unbiased way to let us mere mortals decide on it for ourselves. Kudos!
He did not really understand it, there is a difference in plugging yourself into the safety ground, that is directly connected to every electrical appliance you have. And connecting yourself to the ground. Safety ground wire has a current & voltage that can be measured.
Also, when you are connected to the ground you become an antenna for the electric field of every device you have. This also can be measured, when you are near your monitor for example, you now conduct the electric field it produces.
There is a definitive risk involved in plugging yourself into the safety ground, especially if you have heart conditions.
@@citizenjournalist2533 How is this, which I'm not corroborating, your business? Do you have Vegan Deteriorationitis, marked by having a feral five-year-old's understanding of boundaries?
No he doesn't understand it at all. And anyone who knows anything about the subject, laughs at all the idiotic statements he makes on this video.
@@hikari8858 Explain why. Be specific. We'll wait.
@@citizenjournalist2533 you are a cruel and insensitive butthead. Why on earth do you feel entitled to hear someone's very painful and personal tragedy. Maybe it's too painful for him to speak about. Not everyone feels the freaking need to post their personal life for all the world to see. I don't have a Facebook book page because my life, good, bad or anything in-between is my PRIVATE business not to be shared with those who don't matters to me and not a bunch of acquaintances I couldn't care less about, and couldn't care less about me, other than to pick apart my life and find flaws in everything I say and do.
I’ve always wondered whether it’s the earth supposedly pumping electrons into you, or maybe it’s actually just grounding the electricity within our bodies.
Judging by the overwhelming comments (unless they are bots) of ppl giving their grounding testimonials and the creator not even doing it correctly himself(supposed to be BAREFOOT), I'm going to assume that there ARE benefits to grounding. Its likely that the cause of the benefits is not what they claim it is. Certainly ALL if these people are not pcrazy placebos. Its doing SOMETHING
I absolutely agree with you there is truth to being barefoot outside. Mic, next time conduct your little experiment without SOCKS!! 😂😂
Socks block maybe 10% of the charge, so socks aren't preventing nearly as much as you might think.
Thanks Mic. Why oh why are there so many poor studies out there?! Something as simple as having a control group would give them more credibility. SMH.
I think 1) there's not a lot of money to fund high quality studies and interest from mainstream medicine is low 2) #1 may impact public interest in participating in higher quality studies 3) maybe people who hear about it from small circles are convinced and only want to be a part of the intervention group
because you can't earn money on it.
I thought you were supposed to have skin contact when measuring with a multimeter?
I saw a different video in which they proved that socks aren't conductive.
In other words they block some of the benefit.
Just a thought for those watching.
My same thoughts
Oops he forgot to take his socks off! 😂😂😂
You had your socks on for the outside test also. The moisture may have been beneficial for the outside test.
For the record, anecdotal evidence means people who didn’t get paid to do anything testifying about what happened to them. So, it’s basically like circumstantial evidence in court - like eyewitness testimony, for example, which is the vast majority of evidence in criminology. It’s more reliable than people realize.
And if the people who are doing studies are lying about fat, cholesterol, and more, their studies are probably even less reliable, because they have already established by their behavior that they will remove evidence (like 9 of 16 countries who are high fat consumers who had low instances of obesity and heart disease) that doesn’t fit their hypothesis…
All I know is after 3 days of setting in a chair outside with my barefoot on the ground for the first time in over 3 yrs I can wiggle my toes without cramping. I'm a believer in Grounding/Earthing.
Just did the test without socks on and my meter jump up pass 130. I'm about to ground like crazy. ❤😊
As an engineer I watched a couple of videos about this topic. They say the problem is the electrosmog from all the electric devices. Ok that is kinda realistic, but on the other hand they are saying the the earth has extra electrons, and that can heal you. So you should ground. Do you see the problem? So now do we need extra electrons or not? When you ground you lose some from your skin, so your potential lowered, you already prooved that with the multimeter. Btw I walk barefoot when I can, and in lot of cases my colleagues get shocks from static discharge when they touch some equipment, and I am not. But except that no shocking experience I do not really feel any difference.
Also I'm thinking all these mats and straps on beds wouldn't really ground a person unless they sleep naked and the strap was directly against their skin.
Love Mic, love science based nutrition, long time vegan. There is one major problem with this analysis that being we don't completely understand electricity. Measuring current and voltage is just scratching the surface of the weird world that is electricity.
I readily admit that it could all be a placebo effect, but I've used a grounding sheet for years (strangely the placebo hasn't warn off) and my sleep improved dramatically when I started using it. So apparently the placebo effect is so strong that my body knows not to wake up as often???? Whatever the case, if it's all placebo, I will happily live in my Pollyanna view of the world sleeping with a grounding sheet.
Read the book Body Electric. It’s awesome.
Would you mind sharing which sheet you’re using??
I think you have to be bare foot which would be a more accurate and fair test, just saying.
He used an AC meter? It's DC, not AC. And I'm glad he says, "my opinion". Sometimes we see what we want. In all my legitimate research about grounding, I've never heard anyone mention wound healing or covid
Hey Mic, powerlifter/actor Hafthor Bjornsson (from Game of Thrones) recently did an interview talking about how he changed his diet while training for the boxing match against Eddie Hall- the overrall trend was toward plant based as he reduced his egg intake by 2/3 and increased greens, berries, and grains.
I was thinking it could be cool if you did a series analyzing celebrities’ diet changes and maybe theorize how it’ll impact their health markers, scaled to how many animal products they cut out. Could bring in a new audience!
All the best💚
That’s a cool idea! I’m so tired of hearing people (celebrity or otherwise) talk about how keto is the best diet ever. It’s be nice to give greater exposure to the benefits of a whole food plant based diet.
@@user-no2mz9hl4f I feel exactly the same way, or when they just eat chicken and rice for every meal
Dude thor was eating 8-10 oz of meat with every meal the fk you talking about lolol the dude didn't go plant based. He just added green veggies in and took starches out
@@user-no2mz9hl4f what is your aversion to the keto diet based on?
@@joeyfoster5799 I don’t have an aversion, I just listen to scientific evidence. For healthy individuals, a ketogenic diet has no proven benefits and a long list of risks, including death. The only people who should consider this diet are those with epilepsy. That is not my opinion, but the opinion of experts, including dieticians whom I’ve spoken to personally who were not biased towards a plant based diet - if anything, were biased towards an omnivorous diet.
On your first multimeter test you had your socks on. You were insulated.
I’m 62 years old and I spent my whole childhood as a gymnast with my hands and feet on the grass and dirt and I’m the only one in my family that didn’t get any of the childhood diseases and I’ve been extremely healthy up until a year ago when my lifestyle change dramatically and I have been under powerlines and a 5G tower and every thing in my body aches. I’m now getting some of these grounding mats because it makes absolute pure sense to me. There are lots of products out there and you have to do your due diligence to figure out which ones are more legitimate and work better.
Can you say what you've found that works?
Maybe that's because you were a gymnast and probably in pretty good shape?
Same like you, I'm 65,and always been healthy , until i recolate near a wifi tower,and began experiencing depression and memory problems,and fatigue (i still practice fitness),but what a difference!... I'm convinced that the tower is the source of all my heath prbs, ? Does earthing sheet have any benefits in this case? thanks
the best an cheapest way is jus walk barefoot on grass
Im not sold either way, but why did you leave your socks on when your feet on the grounding pad?
The whole point is to get skin contact with the earth.
Seems like a pretty obvious thing to do, but you didn’t.
What really connected the dots with grounding for me was really learning about Gerald Pollack's research into a 4th phase of water. It's still considered "heretical" on wikipedia but honestly it's a paradigm shift that needs to be seriously considered. This idea that water can exist in a state between solid and liquid and has certain electro-magnetic properties, and the water in our cells, in our blood has this property.
A possible explanation for why grounding can help with blood pressure/viscosity is that the heart is actually less of a "pump" than we think, like the idea is that the force required to push blood cells one at a time through the capillaries is too great when you do the math considering the heart as just a mechanical force pushing the blood in one direction, and actually it's the electro-magnetic forces of this 4th phase water in your veins and arteries helping to push the blood cells through. Each blood cell has it's own little magnetic field (isn't it cool how they're shaped like a little torus???) that interacts with the charge of the 4th phase water along the walls of the veins and arteries and they can just slide through, even one at a time as they squeeze through the capillaries. Think of it like a maglev train, those things just float on a layer of electro-magnetism on rails, your blood cells slide through a tube surrounded by it. But hey guess what, that 4th phase water isn't free and you can improve the quality of it by eating healthy natural foods that contain it, and improving the charge of it by connecting yourself electrically to the giant electro-magnetic ball that we're all dependent on and descendent from.
I started using grounding mats in my home recently and heck just stopped wearing shoes anytime I'm outside and yeah it's another anecdote but I absolutely feel the difference. I'm lucky enough to have a creak on my property too and holy cow just spending time touching that water... ah sorry for rambling but it's just something you find out about and want to tell the world :)
Ya, I actually read a study on the newly discovered property of water. Apparently it can sometimes be a plasma! It was a study done on ocean water. Not sure how much electricity had to do with it, but considering how conductive it is it wouldn’t surprise me.
I love how water can arc between two jars if an electric current is tun through it too! Fun stuff.
I can tell you this I am a musician and occasionally I play solo acoustic shows for 2 to 3 hours. It’s very taxing on your hands and your voice. Sometimes when I start my hands are numb and stiff and by the time I’m done, my voice is very tiredtoday and yesterday I did for about a half hour each day. When I went to my gig, my hands felt like the hands of a 20 year-old and I could sing for two hours straight any issues whatsoever, I felt like I had a different body, so I personally will be continuing doing this. I don’t care what anyone says. The proof is in the pudding.