This article comes from Dr. Mercola, and I will not publish (out front) the entire article. I am only visibly posting the section on "Earthing". The rest of the article discusses aspirin's unrecognized connection to serious medical problems. I've posted the raw text. Go to the article to find all the links, etc.

But I found it very serendipitous that Beverly sent this to me tonight, just after posting here all those articles about grounding more firmly with Gaia. So see what you all get from this. Again, thanks to Beverly for sending this.

Get out of those shoes, throw out those slippers, and let your bare feet do the contacting! And I'm sure our Scandinavian family can attest to doing this even at -20!

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How Earthing can Affect Your Blood

Earthing may actually be one of the best-kept secret strategies for preventing blood clots. In its simplest terms, Earthing (or grounding your body) is what occurs when you walk barefoot upon the Earth. There is a transfer of free electrons from the Earth to your body. And these free electrons are probably some of the most potent antioxidants known to man. These antioxidants are responsible for the clinical observations seen in Earthing experiments, such as:

Beneficial changes in heart rate
Decreased skin resistance
Decreased inflammation

Earthing has been shown to produce a number of health benefits, including decreasing pain and inflammation, improving sleep, and even slowing the aging process. One very important discovery, and one of the most recent, is that Earthing thins your blood, making it less viscous. This discovery could have profound implications for cardiovascular disease.

Virtually every aspect of cardiovascular disease has been correlated with elevated blood viscosity.

Earthing experts Dr. Stephen Sinatra and Dr. James Oschman measure blood viscosity using a method called zeta potential, which is a measure of how quickly your red blood cells migrate in an electrical field. When you ground to the earth, your zeta potential quickly rises, which means your red blood cells have more charge on their surface, forcing them away from each other.

Earthing causes your blood to flow more easily and your blood pressure to drop.

It follows then when your red blood cells become more electro native they are less inclined to stick together and form a clot. They actually repel each other similar to two magnets with the same pole.
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