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๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ.
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๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ
If someone tells you grounding is pseudoscience, itโs a sign that they have no idea what they are talking about.
This post is all about exploring the various health benefits that come with grounding, which is simply just touching your feet to the bare earthโก๏ธ
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
When we ground our bare feet to the Earth, free electrons flow into our body which have the potential to neutralized positively charged free radicals.
Oxidative stress goes down, and your quality of life goes up!
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐
Many of us live lifestyles full of chronic stress, in which our bodies are constantly on fight or flight mode (sympathetic)
Grounding helps enhance our rest and digest capabilities (parasympathetic)
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ
Cortisol (our stress hormone) is supposed to be higher in the morning and lower in the evening.
Grounding helps normalize our stress response back to what itโs supposed to be.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ
One study found that participants who were grounded experienced statistically significant improvements in pleasant and positive moods compared to those who were not grounded.
Take that depression!
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
We need to optimize our sleep if we want our body to heal to its full capacity.
Our current environment is full of electric and light pollution.
By sleeping grounded, we can mitigate some of the damage.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก
It has beneficial effects on:
โข Blood viscosity
โข Heart rate variability
Both of which are important for our CV health.
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก
Iโm just going to let these study results do the talking here.
The illness in question?
Hint: we had an entire pandemic for it
Thanks for reading.
I hope youโre now motivated to go touch grass an hour a dayโก๏ธ
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