Chronic Disease : Are We Missing Something?

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They concluded that interaction of the human body with the electrical charge of the earth is such a
factor, and they present evidence that a connection to the earth (sometimes referred to as Earthing or grounding) is
essential for normal physiology.

Our shoes, with their insulating soles made of plastic or rubber, and our contemporary homes and buildings have disconnected us from a vital
‘‘nutrient’’ in the form of electrons from the earth. The Sokals measured parameters that are used routinely to diagnose
many of the diseases listed above. Specifically, diabetes, osteoporosis, hyperthyroidism, and related metabolic, endocrine,
and regulatory disorders produce characteristic changes in blood chemistry.

The Sokals studied the effects of connecting the human body to the earth on various aspects of blood chemistry and urinary excretion,

using wellcontrolled double-blind study designs.

Earthing or grounding during sleep resulted in statistically significant changes in the concentrations of minerals
and electrolytes in the blood serum: iron, ionized calcium, inorganic phosphorus, sodium, potassium, and magnesium.
There was also a statistically significant reduction in renal excretion of both calcium and phosphorus during a single
7- or 8-hour night of sleeping grounded or Earthed. The observed reductions in blood and urinary calcium and
phosphorus directly relate to osteoporosis. Specifically, Earthing for a single night reduced the primary indicators of osteoporosis.