Grounding the Human Body Improves Facial Blood Flow Regulation: Results of a Randomized, Placebo Controlled Pilot Study
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51326#.VGRwpmfHRK0 Author(s) Gaétan Chevalier Affiliation(s) Developmental and Cell Biology Department, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA . ABSTRACT Earthing (grounding) refers to bringing the human body in direct contact with the negative electric charge of the earth’s surface by barefoot exposure outdoors or using special conductive indoor systems that are connected to the Earth. To determine if earthing improves facial blood circulation/flow, a double-blind study was designed with forty subjects either grounded or sham-grounded (27 grounded subjects and 13 sham-grounded subjects acting as controls) for at leas...