Bicep
#18
Yeah, I though of that when I was pounding the copper stake into the ground. If it was sticking up then the lightening might hit it and follow in to me. But it’s a pretty small wire. But I drove it below ground level and buried the wire to the house. Now I can mow and not worry about it.
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I think of new treatments on a 3d risk-reward basis:
One axis is the potential reward of the treatment.
One axis is the potential risk to me (cos is a gating factor but actual physical harm is worse)
The added axis is “foolishness risk”: when I’m wearing my tinfoil hat that may or may not block rf which may or may not have a meaningful impact will I be completely embarrassed for myself? Have I been a complete fool and am now wearing a dunce hat? As an example: I am becoming aware that regular mens deodorant may be semi-toxic. But have I transitioned to using a crystal like the hippies I knew in California did (all of whom had a massive body oder smell, and none who looked like they we’re healthy)? So I wait and look for other alternatives while i gather more info.
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Bicep
#20
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Rick
#21
What are you really doing when you ground yourself? In our modern world all power generators and RF transmission towers are grounded. The ground socket on your ac receptacle is connected to the neutral side in your electrical panel which is then grounded. So, in my view the body is a live antenna which is a conduit for all these currents to ground. Think of a static charge on your body. It does no harm until you touch a grounded or large metal object (which acts like a ground). When the current flows the damage is done. Personally I try to stay insulated from ground in our modern electrified world.
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Bicep
#22
In the “studies” above that I listed they come up with reasons and theories about why it works. I don’t think anybody knows actually. The only way I can think of that might prove anything would be if the ITP raised half in electrically insulated cages and grounded the other half out to the earth. If there was no difference then that would prove it to me.
If it’s true we have been on this planet for 300,000 years or more in approximately this form and for most of that walking around and laying around on the ground, then it makes sense that we may need that reservoir of electrons and depend on it. It’s always been there. To me it’s not settled.
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It would be interesting to test the actual effectiveness of this configuration for an active ground.
I’d set it up as the mfg indicates.
Lay a conductive metal plate or cylinder on the bed.
Use a VOM to verify if the plate or cylinder was actually grounded and to what level.
With “5%” silver thread, woven into a cotton sheet, it may or may not provide a ground.
Now I’m super curious LoL!
Bicep
#24
I worried quite a bit about that too. I used just my digital volt meter and checked whether touching the sheet anywhere would be connected to the plug. It was. Then I argued with my wife about the wires that ran from the plug to the ground (she’s a EE by the way). We’re both convinced that when laying in the bed, we are connected to the ground.
The studies are done by people that are biased. They look good, but skin temp will vary with room temp. Also just walking up some stairs before the picture would mess those up wouldn’t it? I’m going with it, but only because the cost is around nothing and the risk is nothing.
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Vlasko
#25
With regard to bedding I find Magnetico mattress pads to be more interesting than grounded sheets. Uniform downward SMF has been shown to extend median and maximum lifespan in rodents.
Rick
#26
I would agree that the SMF of the earth (and magnets that mimic it) are more valuable than an electrical connection to it which is now polluted with manmade frequencies.
I would follow @desertshores on this. He is an electrical engineer if i am not mistaken.
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Bicep
#28
Maybe somebody already mentioned this here, I don’t remember where I saw it first:
New Electric Bandages Speed Wound Healing by 30% (scitechdaily.com)
I don’t know what it is about the electric field that makes wounds heal better. In many of the cases above in the papers I cited they put grounded patches on each side of the wound and claimed faster healing. Would a grounded patch allow a small current flow, from earth to the body and back from the body to the earth? Any way, the new bandages are only a couple bucks.
Not sure they are grounded patches or patches that have a current/voltage source.
I was in the wound care industry for 13 years, saw a lot of what people call “bed sores”. Bedsores also are called pressure ulcers, pressure injuries and decubitus ulcer. Have been in over 200 hospitals and nursing homes related to that. It’s a horror show and a massive industry, in the billions. I know more than a few people who became millionaires working the HCPCS codes related to wound care 
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Whether it’s quackery or not, at least some these grounding sheets do provide a ground. My Daughter bought one and the pillow cases to go with it. I brought one of the pillow cases home and tested it, it does ground.
I made a video of my little test but it’s probably to large to upload here.
From @ConquerAging on X
I’m starting to wonder if there is something to this grounding / earthing business.
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EenDwaze
#32
@约瑟夫_拉维尔 I have purchased a large bed mat and pillow cases. From my subjective experience l have realized no noticeable benefits. I still have the pillow cases because they are fairly cheap and l see articles like the one you mentioned.
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@EenDwaze I’m thinking of walking barefoot outside more often. That won’t get me 4 hours of “grounding” as in the study but I think it will be pleasant to start the day with a first light barefoot walk.
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adssx
#34
If this n=32 study from 2015 has never been replicated to this day, I would discard it.
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Bicep
#35
Who’s going to pay for that? The guy selling sheets?
I think it should be done with a small number of mice to keep it cheap.
Insulate the cages of half, ground the other half. Try to keep everything else the same. This could have implications for all kinds of research having to do with experiments on mice.
adssx
#36
Every single day, studies are published on supplements, generic drugs, exercise, meditation, etc. There’s money. Not enough compared to big pharma, unfortunately, for sure, but there is. This team somehow managed to get funding for their small trial in 2015. If they were convinced about the positive effects, they could try to get financing for a larger study.
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This remided me of a craze from a time way back, when there was a fad of hanging strips of metal laced rubber from the back of your car that was supposed to discharge static. Originally a fad from the 50’s, and it was revived from time to time. Anyone remember that? Here’s a brief discussion of that:
https://www.coloradofans.com/threads/straps-seen-hanging-under-some-trucks-what-are-they.331209/
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