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Context Modern biomedicine has discovered that many of the most debilitating diseases, as well as the aging process itself, are caused by or associated with chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. Emerging research has revealed that direct physical contact with the surface of the planet generates a kind of electric nutrition, with surprisingly potent and rapid anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
Objectives The objective of this study was to explain the potential of grounding to clinicians as a simple strategy for prevention, therapy, and improving patient outcomes. The research summarized here has pursued the goal of determining the physiological and clinical significance of biological grounding.
Design The research team has summarized more than 12 peer-reviewed reports. Where appropriate, blinded studies examined in this paper were conducted using a variety of statistical procedures.
Interventions In all cases, the intervention examined conductive contact between the surface of Earth and the study's participants, using conductive bed sheets, floor or desk pads, and electrode patches, such as those used in electrocardiography.
Results All studies discussed revealed significant physiological or clinical outcomes as a result of grounding.
Conclusion This body of research has demonstrated the potential of grounding to be a simple, natural, and accessible clinical strategy against the global epidemic of noncommunicable, degenerative, inflammatory-related diseases. (Altern Ther Health Med. 2017;23(5):8-16)
Health experts describe a sharp rise in noncommunicable diseases as a major challenge and barrier to global development in the 21st century. The diseases include cardiovascular, respiratory, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases; type 2 diabetes; chronic kidney disease; and some cancers.
These conditions affect all nationalities and classes and are reaching epidemic proportions worldwide, accounting for approximately 40 million deaths annually.1 The costs in terms of human suffering and the economics of health care are staggering. The former director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has described the situation as an impending disaster, commenting that the "root causes of these diseases are not being addressed."2
Modern biomedicine has discovered that many of the most debilitating diseases, as well as the aging process itself, are caused by or associated with chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, intimately related pathologies. Cells of the immune system release various reactive species, known as free radicals, at sites of inflammation, promoting escalating oxidative stress, intracellular...