{"id":256616,"date":"2018-02-06T13:44:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=256616"},"modified":"2020-08-12T13:47:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:47:02","slug":"earthing-the-silliest-health-scam-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/earthing-the-silliest-health-scam-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthing: The Silliest Health Scam Ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Do not waste money buying \u201cgrounded bedsheets\u201d \u2026 We are all naturally grounded!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Earthing is the theory that humans are lacking in an essential nutrient: electrons. But luckily the Earth has lots of extra electrons we can borrow (so nice of her). But shoes are insulating and prevent the free flow of electrons, so we have to stand or walk barefoot on the Earth to get them. Or we can buy special pads and sheets ranging from $60 \u2013 $210 \u2014 sold by the author of the theory \u2014 that plug into the neutral or ground plug in an electrical outlet, supposedly allowing for the free transfer of such electrons.<\/p>\n<p>This is silliness.<\/p>\n<p>First, let\u2019s talk about grounding. In electrical wiring, the ground or neutral plug just connects to the Earth. In case of unwanted extra electricity in an appliance, the current will flow back towards the electrical panel, tripping the circuit breaker and thus shutting off the flow of electricity. The appliance also must be connected to the ground to complete the electrical circuit. Alternatively, the current can flow in the opposite direction. Essentially the Earth functions as either an infinite source or a bottomless pit for extra electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The grounding plug was originally for safety so that you don\u2019t accidentally die when going to open your refrigerator, but also works now to regulate electrical \u201cnoise\u201d from our many electronic devices, helping to prevent frying their delicate circuits. In Europe, \u201cgrounding\u201d is called \u201cearthing\u201d \u2014 they are two words for the same thing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4hpW0SGJ7H\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/beyondgrowth.net\/technology-of-the-self\/earthing-silliest-health-scam-ever\/\">Earthing: The Silliest Health Scam Ever?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Earthing: The Silliest Health Scam Ever?&#8221; &#8212; Beyond Growth\" src=\"https:\/\/beyondgrowth.net\/technology-of-the-self\/earthing-silliest-health-scam-ever\/embed\/#?secret=4hpW0SGJ7H\" data-secret=\"4hpW0SGJ7H\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: Do not waste money buying \u201cgrounded bedsheets\u201d \u2026 We are all naturally grounded! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":256617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}