When was the last time you touched the Earth with an actual part of your body? If you answered honestly, it's probably been far too long. Touching your bare skin to the Earth is a process known as earthing, and it has undeniable physiological effects. .

Grounding, also known as earthing, is a therapeutic technique involving activities, such as walking that ground you to the Earth. In other words, it electronically reconnects you to the Earth and balances your body charge, which has positive effects on your overall health. It calms your body, lowers the viscosity of the blood, allows the body to heal and reduces inflammation.

Electrons move from the Earth to the body and vice-versa when the body is grounded. Why?

To understand the phenomena, you should consider three facts :

• The human body is a conductive bioelectric entity.
• The excess of free radicals, positively charged, can do a lot of damage to the body.
• Except in the deserts, the ground is negatively charged (21 mVols) acts as a natural, free antioxidant.

The "off-ground" civilization

In the distant past, long before urbanization, people were always touching the soil, the ground. But in today's urban world, we live most of our lives inside, and when we go outside, we usually wear shoes that insulate us from the ground. The modern lifestyle has increasingly separated humans from the primordial flow of Earth's electrons.

Are you electron-deficient?

Free radicals occur naturally when you breathe as the body converts air into chemical energy. They also come from external sources such as pollution, x-ray and cigarettes. Free radicals are atoms with unpaired electrons. But electrons like to be in pairs, so in free radical forms, they will steal electrons from other molecules to pair. This destabilizes the other molecules turning them into free radicals themselves, and creates a chain reaction. This domino effect can lead to cellular damage, including the breakage of the cell membrane, altering proteins, and destroying DNA code.  Cellular damage from free radicals is known as oxidative stress. It plays a role in developing cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and other diseases and ageing.There is a theory that states we age because of free radical damage over time.

To prevent or reserve the destructive process, the body constantly needs a reservoir of antioxidant molecules : Coenzyme Q10, selenium, other. The antioxidants molecule will supply the free radical with an electron to repair and stabilize the chemical bond. In supplying electrons, the antioxidants molecules do not become free radicals and stop the chain reaction. Our body produces some antioxidants on its own but sometimes not in a sufficient amount.

How to reconnect and be grounded in the urban world?

The easiest and cheapest way to ground is to go outside, sit in the grass, walk barefoot, or do gardening.

But this is not always possible when you live in an apartment in a city. Fortunately, indoor solutions are available. Simply plug in your grounding products, and you're ready to start grounding right inside your apartment building. This connection lets you safely and conveniently balance your body charge while sleeping, working, playing, reading, watching TV or more. Sleeping grounded gives deeper sleep, feels more refreshed in the morning.

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