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I’m entirely willing to believe that there’s reason to research electrical+chemical+biological effects coming from skin contact with the ground. That there migh
by colechristensen 4y ago
I’m entirely willing to believe that there’s reason to research electrical+chemical+biological effects coming from skin contact with the ground. That there might be measurable biological effects is plausible enough, although the much simpler explanation is that feeling nice walking around on bare feet has small positive effects on health.
Flowers, for example, specially use electric charge to attract and interact with bees.
The people writing this paper however, write like they don’t even have freshman physics levels of understanding of electricity.
- JohnBooty 4y agoThe people writing this paper however, write like they don’t even have freshman physics levels of understanding of electricity. Agreed. If you can get past the absolutely dreadful introduction, however, the remainder of the paper is a review of other studies. Some of which seem kind of decent, though I wouldn't get excited until they are replicated. although the much simpler explanation is that feeling nice walking around on bare feet has small positive effects on health. The "grounding" studies in the linked article (which are of varying quality) seem to try to separate the "being outdoors in nature" aspect from the "grounding" aspect by using grounding pads indoors. This seems wise, because the positive benefits of time spent outdoors in nature are pretty well documented.[1] --- [1] The positive effects of spending time in nature (not the grounding part) are pretty well documented: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/04/nurtured-nature https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/04/nurtured-nature