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Earthing (or grounding, both words will be used interchangeably) is a practice whereby individuals are put in direct contact with the surface of the Earth. It includes walking barefoot outdoors, swimming in oceans and lakes, or sleeping, working and relaxing indoors with bare skin in contact with conductive earthing mats, earthing bed sheets, earthing pillows, earthing body bands and patches in order to maintain the body at Earth’s electric potential.   Unlike past cultures, most people today, particularly in industrial societies, rarely are in contact with the surface of the Earth. They wear shoes with synthetic soles that insulate them...

Before we take a look at the reasons you should own earthing sheets, let’s first take a look at what earthing sheets are. Earthing sheets are the same as usual sheets for your bed, however, the major difference is that they have a conductive material woven throughout it. This material connects to a wire that you plug in an outlet. You might be wondering, how do they actually work? Well, every home has outlets that are connected to a ground wire. That ground wire connects the electricity to the ground in your yard. Without it being connected to the ground...

If you often hit that midafternoon slump and feel drowsy at your desk, you're not alone. The number of working Americans who get less than seven hours of sleep a night is on the rise. And the people hardest hit when it comes to sleep deprivation are those we depend on the most for our health and safety: police and health care workers, along with those in the transportation field, such as truck drivers. In a recent study, researchers from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., analyzed data from the National Health Interview Survey. They looked at self-reports of sleep...