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Lewis HowesTry This ANCIENT HEALING METHOD To Reduce Inflammation & LIVE LONGER! | Clint Ober
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Clint Ober Explains Grounding, Inflammation, and Reconnecting With the Earth for Health
- Clint Ober describes stumbling onto grounding after wiring his bed to a ground rod, sleeping without Advil, and then pursuing studies with sleep researchers, cortisol testing, and a rat study.
- He argues that bodies are electrical, that being at Earth potential supplies free electrons that neutralize reactive oxygen species, and that this stops chronic inflammation and the pain that comes with it.
- Ober says people lost their natural grounding around 1960 with rubber-soled shoes, carpets, and indoor living, and he links this to rising chronic disease, though he acknowledges grounding isn't a cure-all.
- He recommends going barefoot outdoors for about 30 minutes, especially after stressful days, and describes products such as sleep mats, desk mats, patches, and carbon-sole flip-flops as extension cords to the Earth.
- In closing, Ober shares his own daily routine and diet, his lessons from Native American friends, and his three truths: family and caring for each other, not living for money, and taking care of yourself.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasGrounding began as an accidental discovery from an electrical background.
Ober, who had installed many ground rods in the cable industry, wired his bed to a ground rod, slept without Advil, and then asked whether humans being ungrounded has consequences.
Ober claims grounding stops inflammation by supplying free electrons.
He explains that the immune system's reactive oxygen species need free electrons to be neutralized, and when you're grounded, electrons from the Earth do that and the burning pain stops.
Ober says modern life cut people off from the Earth around 1960.
He points to plastic-soled shoes, carpeting, and more time indoors, saying 95% of shoes sold today are synthetic-soled and chronic disease has risen since.
Pain is a gauge for inflammation, and grounding time is simple to try.
Ober says hot, burning pain signals inflammation while leave-me-alone pain is healing pain, and he suggests sitting barefoot on the Earth for about 30 minutes to gauge the effect.
Stress and cortisol are tied to the chronic inflammation he describes.
Using the jackrabbit-and-coyote story, Ober argues that constant daily stressors keep cortisol high, and that grounding in the evening helps drain it, as he said his cortisol study showed profiles synchronizing.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesIf it's hot, burning pain, it's inflammation.
— Clint Ober
We stepped out of nature. We need to put our toe back in nature.
— Clint Ober
It's if your life is about money, you do not have a life.
— Clint Ober
Health is your most natural state.
— Clint Ober
Greatness is being able to go on your way out and have a smile on your face.
— Clint Ober
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Clint Ober
guestFounder of the Earthing/grounding movement and author/producer of Earthing-related books and films, with a background in the cable/electrical industry.
Lewis Howes
hostPodcast host and interviewer (Lewis Howes) who runs the show’s segments and guides guest interviews.
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