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Walk barefoot more. There was an article on here a while back that also claimed it helped. Because you get in contact with dirt/ground.

by tiku 4y ago

j-bos 4y ago
But do be careful of domedtic fecal matter.
- chihuahua 4y ago
  Domestic fecal matter? Someone shits on the floor in my house, and I step into it? Yes that could present some problems, such as slipping on the stairs.
ch4s3 4y ago
What’s the mechanism here? Doesn’t the thick skin on the bottoms of your feet prevent and microorganisms from entering your body? That’s what it’s for after all.
- RosanaAnaDana 4y ago
  In at least one case, worms. https://www.science.org/content/article/parasitic-worms-may-prevent-crohn-s-disease-altering-bacterial-balance https://www.science.org/content/article/parasitic-worms-may-...
  - ch4s3 4y ago
    Hemlinths enter the body through contaminated food and water, not through the feet. They’re also pretty bad for you, and can make you very sick for years.
- rekrsiv 4y ago
  Electrons: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/
  - ch4s3 4y ago
    That paper sounds like total techno-babble. Electrons, really?
  - tsol 4y ago
    This is right on the edge of what I'm willing to believe, even with a legitimate looking citation(that to be fair I only glanced at)
    - ch4s3 4y ago
      Seem like total nonsense to me.
- abledon 4y ago
  grounding your electrochemical system 'soup' of cells
  - ch4s3 4y ago
    That sounds like ridiculous pseudoscientific babel. The idea that electrons from the ground as opposed to electrons from anywhere else have a special effect is unbelievable.
    - abledon 4y ago
      you technically don't need to have your feet touching the earth, but you could have say, a patch strapped onto your chest that is plugged into a building's electrical sockets 'ground' channel (bottom hole in North America). If you really wanna dig deep, look up the latest research on electrophysiology and embryonic development. Heres an old example from 2011[0] Our neuralcrest cells are also influenced by electrical charge [1][2] [0] https://now.tufts.edu/2011/07/18/face-frog-time-lapse-video-reveals-never-seen-bioelectric-pattern https://now.tufts.edu/2011/07/18/face-frog-time-lapse-video-... [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160620303201 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001216062... [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6619192/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6619192/
      - ch4s3 4y ago
        That cells travel along electrical gradients is not news, or related to the claim that touching “ground” or “grounding” is beneficial for health. Your body has its own weak electromagnetic field. These grounding claims smell seriously like bullshit.
        abledon 4y ago
        yes, its farfetched so definitely hold it with scrutiny. the science is still new. I think what we should pay attention to is how electricity can affect our cell growth and regeneration. see this https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523124219.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523124219.h... "Recently scientists have been able to control and influence cell-differentiation via long-lifetime electric fields. (Although the electric potential was created chemically via ion pumps rather than externally).... this kind of electrical signaling is likely the primary mechanism by which your cells know what to become and in which direction to grow" via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31238490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31238490 I'm bringing up the science of bioelectricity to point to that fact that our cells (and the cells of all our much more delicate microbiome neighbours in our stomachs) are affected by the electricity in our body. Could it at all be possible that when exposed to changes in electrical environment a biological electrical system can vary its the cell-level chemical reactions inside it, affecting cellular repair and growth? These studies all say yes. ___They made a worm grow two heads for crying out loud!!!____ Now after making a worm grow two heads from messing with bioelectrical stuff, is it that far of a leap to wonder if grounding your bioelectrical system would have some tiny effect on its cellular chemical state? your body is dying every second and regenerating cells in a complex chemical reaction.

Walk barefoot more. There was an article on here a while back that also claimed it helped. Because you get in contact with dirt/ground.

by tiku 4y ago

Walk barefoot more. There was an article on here a while back that also claimed it helped. Because you get in contact with dirt/ground.

j-bos 4y ago

But do be careful of domedtic fecal matter.

chihuahua 4y ago
Domestic fecal matter? Someone shits on the floor in my house, and I step into it? Yes that could present some problems, such as slipping on the stairs.

ch4s3 4y ago

What’s the mechanism here? Doesn’t the thick skin on the bottoms of your feet prevent and microorganisms from entering your body? That’s what it’s for after all.

RosanaAnaDana 4y ago
In at least one case, worms. https://www.science.org/content/article/parasitic-worms-may-prevent-crohn-s-disease-altering-bacterial-balance https://www.science.org/content/article/parasitic-worms-may-...
- ch4s3 4y ago
  Hemlinths enter the body through contaminated food and water, not through the feet. They’re also pretty bad for you, and can make you very sick for years.
rekrsiv 4y ago
Electrons: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265077/
- ch4s3 4y ago
  That paper sounds like total techno-babble. Electrons, really?
- tsol 4y ago
  This is right on the edge of what I'm willing to believe, even with a legitimate looking citation(that to be fair I only glanced at)
  - ch4s3 4y ago
    Seem like total nonsense to me.
abledon 4y ago
grounding your electrochemical system 'soup' of cells
- ch4s3 4y ago
  That sounds like ridiculous pseudoscientific babel. The idea that electrons from the ground as opposed to electrons from anywhere else have a special effect is unbelievable.
  - abledon 4y ago
    you technically don't need to have your feet touching the earth, but you could have say, a patch strapped onto your chest that is plugged into a building's electrical sockets 'ground' channel (bottom hole in North America). If you really wanna dig deep, look up the latest research on electrophysiology and embryonic development. Heres an old example from 2011[0] Our neuralcrest cells are also influenced by electrical charge [1][2] [0] https://now.tufts.edu/2011/07/18/face-frog-time-lapse-video-reveals-never-seen-bioelectric-pattern https://now.tufts.edu/2011/07/18/face-frog-time-lapse-video-... [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160620303201 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001216062... [2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6619192/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6619192/
    - ch4s3 4y ago
      That cells travel along electrical gradients is not news, or related to the claim that touching “ground” or “grounding” is beneficial for health. Your body has its own weak electromagnetic field. These grounding claims smell seriously like bullshit.
      - abledon 4y ago
        yes, its farfetched so definitely hold it with scrutiny. the science is still new. I think what we should pay attention to is how electricity can affect our cell growth and regeneration. see this https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523124219.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523124219.h... "Recently scientists have been able to control and influence cell-differentiation via long-lifetime electric fields. (Although the electric potential was created chemically via ion pumps rather than externally).... this kind of electrical signaling is likely the primary mechanism by which your cells know what to become and in which direction to grow" via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31238490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31238490 I'm bringing up the science of bioelectricity to point to that fact that our cells (and the cells of all our much more delicate microbiome neighbours in our stomachs) are affected by the electricity in our body. Could it at all be possible that when exposed to changes in electrical environment a biological electrical system can vary its the cell-level chemical reactions inside it, affecting cellular repair and growth? These studies all say yes. ___They made a worm grow two heads for crying out loud!!!____ Now after making a worm grow two heads from messing with bioelectrical stuff, is it that far of a leap to wonder if grounding your bioelectrical system would have some tiny effect on its cellular chemical state? your body is dying every second and regenerating cells in a complex chemical reaction.