Grounding is the single greatest “biohack” I’ve ever found
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@bengobeil Hi, could you indicate the exact product you purchased so I can look into this a bit more, thanks
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Grounding outside fixed an upside down circadian rhythm for me years ago. Rising at dawn to greet the sun, and then intermittently throughout the day.
I have not done inside grounding because of the problems you can run into if done improperly.
Danny just noted on his telegram that he also needed more info to do it properly:
"Ray Peat: If you can see a tower, then you should put some chicken wire between you and the tower, and any kind of a ground connection. Plumbing is a good ground. Put a little wire to your closest faucet.
Danny Roddy: Oh, okay. So I could attach a wire to the actual faucet?
Ray Peat: Yeah, that's deeply embedded in the ground.
Danny Roddy: Oh, wow. I would've never thought of that. You could just wrap a little copper wire and then attach it to that?
Ray Peat: Mm-hmm."
Danny Roddy
I was just notified that in some homes the plumbing is bonded to the electrical ground, so be careful.Danny Roddy
I tried this today and it worked.I wrapped a 12-gauge copper wire around the faucet pipes under the sink, then wound the same wire around my bed a few times before replacing the sheet.
Using a voltmeter, I made the 12-gauge bed wire contact the neutral lead while I held the hot lead. When I touched the 12-gauge bed wire, the voltmeter reading dropped to 0.002 mV, indicating effective grounding.
As mentioned previously, this method may not work for homes where the plumbing and electrical ground are bonded or if the pipes are PVC.
Next I'll be grounding the chicken roost using the same 12-gauge wire and a new 8-foot grounding rod
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@sunny I’ve been using my electrical ground but with further research, I’m grabbing a multimeter and testing different grounds.
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@bengobeil
This is a company I had bookmarked when I was looking into some grounding products.They have a FAQ section that is helpful and made me realize I could not just get some products and use them.
"You're changing your past every time you learn something because you become a different organism" Ray Peat
"Everything is changing thru time, whether it's a word, organism, thing. The world around it changes, and so its relationships change"Ray Peat
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You might be familiar with Nick Pineault and Bryan Hoyer - emf people.
These are their websites.
Selling products, but good info.
I have not bought anything.
I would like a bed canopy or enclosure, but don't have the time right now to research enough. -
I've been meaning to buy a faraday canopy which includes a mat that goes under your mattress. You plug it into the ground plug of an electrical outlet.
What's wrong with the "electrical ground"? Ground is ground, no?
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@Cicero dirty electricity
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So after the first 3 days, I felt like the benefits started falling off.
I was getting disappointed.
I decided to use a grounding rod instead of the outlet.
While testing with a multimeter, I discovered the the wire that came with the mat wasn't conducting anymore!
I was pissed but relieved that I caught the issue only a few days after it happened.
Will keep updating this thread here and there if anything comes up.
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@Sunniva In Nick Pineault’s book he mentions the concern of dirty electricity. This can be minimised/neutralised with a green wave device (as Danny has shared on his telegram).
Additionally, Nick says that if you are grounding inside you would need to have a break switch turned off as there are EMFs from the wiring in the wall which you will become an antenna for.
Anyone gone into further details on this? I’m keen to ground inside (as there’s snow everywhere currently where I live) but don’t want to do more harm.
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@Buckian
You can get some grounding shoes.
Sometimes I go outside in winter in wool socks or a simple leather bottom moccasin.
Also, if you have a bare concrete basement floor, you can use that- not as pleasant as outside though. -
@Sunniva what about concrete floor terrace
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@thyroidchor27
Yes, if unsealed or sealed with water based applications.https://earthing.helpdocs.io/article/yx1291gat5-what-surfaces-will-ground-me-which-surfaces-won-t
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@Sunniva mine is unsealed. how do Ik if its touching the earth or a conductive surface? I remember that although i walk in my terrace mostly for the Sun when I went down to switch on our apartment's electric motor and walked around for 10 minutes I felt very relaxed and slept great. I wonder if that was due to the grounding effect.
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@thyroidchor27
I think you need to find out if you have a vapor barrier or not.https://grounded.com/earthing-frequently-asked-questions-basics
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@bengobeil said in Grounding is the single greatest “biohack” I’ve ever found:
So after the first 3 days, I felt like the benefits started falling off.
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While testing with a multimeter, I discovered the the wire that came with the mat wasn't conducting anymore!i got a grounding pillowcase and the first day or two i had extremely vivid dreams. felt like my imagination started to come back online. it tapered off since, i wonder if my cable is also busted.
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@Cicero It needs to be earth ground. Ground is just a generic term for a "Reference Connection". Ground is definitely not "ground". It's an entirely abstract concept. What you want to be is electrically connected to the earth essentially.
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Grounding 100% of the time
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just grounding for a millisecond a few times a day (just touch the earth for a moment)Would these have pretty similar results? Like 90% as good as full time grounding?
I didn't get a huge impact from grounding, but I'm already pretty active outside and end up touching something that's grounded pretty often.
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Update on this. Effect did tamper off, but I still get great circulation benefits (I feel blood circulating in hands and feet much more).
Sleep is still great.
But I do feel less euphoric than when I wrote this.
I moved to a new appartment and for now am using the outlet ground, could be a factor.
I will look into changing this.
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@insufferable more is better if you are sick/very inflammed.
But 15-30mins a day should be good enough for most.
I like grounded sleep.
