{"content":[{"text":"ESD Journal - Grounding the Human Body \n An indication is; according to the American Institute of Stress, over 75% of all visits to primary \n care physicians are now for stress related health conditions. The description of stress is; a state of \n continuous anxiety and nervousness in which muscles become and remain tensed. Stress is now \n confirmed to be a primary contributor to cardiovascular disease, cancer, gastrointestinal, skin, \n neurological and emotional disorders, and a host of disorders linked to immune system disturbances \n ranging from the common cold and herpes, to arthritis and AIDS. [2]","bbox":{"left":0.00817,"top":0.004448,"width":0.9395269999999999,"height":0.147145}},{"text":"In the late 1960s, when humans were first widely diagnosed as being stressed, synthetic soled shoes, \n carpets and the like had just become popular and the use electricity and household electrical devices \n tripled from the previous generation.","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.1639,"width":0.897,"height":0.06252300000000002}},{"text":"Do these unnatural weak electric currents in the body also interfere with sleep?","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.238729,"width":0.707117,"height":0.02273899999999998}},{"text":"According to the National Sleep Foundation's Sleep-2000 report [3], nearly two thirds of American \n adults [62%] now suffer from sleep problems. Americans have the most comfortable beds and the \n most protected sleep environments in the world. Yet, in traditional societies where most humans \n sleep on animal skins, grass mats or directly on the ground, sleep problems do not exist. [4] As for \n Americans, most now sleep within 12 inches of electrical wires hidden in the wall at the head of \n their bed and with electric cords around or near the bed. All of which emanate e-fields throughout \n the night and create weak electric currents in the body [1].","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.273775,"width":0.8970440000000001,"height":0.14200600000000002}},{"text":"The fact that the majority of people, with the best health care in human history, now increasingly \n suffer from poor sleep and stress related health problems suggests that something, largely unknown \n to the health community and public, is wrong. The dramatic change from the body being naturally \n grounded to now conducting unnatural weak electric currents between cells is the most likely \n candidate. Circumstantial evidence is provided by the fact that humans in traditional societies that \n maintain contact with the earth do not experience the common sleep and stress related health \n problems of the modern world [4]. Nor do the animals that live in direct contact with the earth.","bbox":{"left":0.050656,"top":0.428087,"width":0.8970659999999999,"height":0.14209099999999997}},{"text":"Evidence that is more conclusive was reported by \n laboratory studies the biological effects of EMFs are:","bbox":{"left":0.050656,"top":0.582485,"width":0.47792700000000005,"height":0.042630999999999974}},{"text":"the","bbox":{"left":0.539612,"top":0.582485,"width":0.02695599999999998,"height":0.022738999999999954}},{"text":"NIEHS and the DOE [1] that","bbox":{"left":0.577597,"top":0.582485,"width":0.28305899999999995,"height":0.022738999999999954}},{"text":"in","bbox":{"left":0.871685,"top":0.582485,"width":0.01716200000000001,"height":0.022738999999999954}},{"text":"some","bbox":{"left":0.90109,"top":0.582485,"width":0.046565999999999996,"height":0.022738999999999954}},{"text":"-Changes in functions of cells and tissue -Accelerated tumor growth","bbox":{"left":0.050656,"top":0.637422,"width":0.609044,"height":0.022738999999999954}},{"text":"-Decrease in the hormone melatonin -Changes in biorhythms","bbox":{"left":0.050656,"top":0.672468,"width":0.545338,"height":0.022738999999999954}},{"text":"-Alterations of immune system -Changes in human brain activity and heart rate","bbox":{"left":0.050656,"top":0.707513,"width":0.708308,"height":0.022738999999999954}},{"text":"The question is; by restoring natural ground to the body and thereby neutralizing these weak electric \n currents in the body and static electricity on the body, do muscle relax and normal sleep return?","bbox":{"left":0.050656,"top":0.742559,"width":0.8970659999999999,"height":0.042630999999999974}},{"text":"In search of the answer the following test was performed.","bbox":{"left":0.050656,"top":0.797496,"width":0.512868,"height":0.022738999999999954}},{"text":"METHOD AND MATERIALS","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.866008,"width":0.28436,"height":0.022090999999999972}},{"text":"To effectively restore ground contact for an extended period, test subjects slept on dissipative \n carbon fiber mattress pads placed under their fitted sheets, connected via a ground wire [protected","bbox":{"left":0.050654,"top":0.899672,"width":0.8970440000000001,"height":0.042630999999999974}},{"text":"http://www.esdjournal.com/articles/cober/ground.htm[29/09/2010 17:11:37]","bbox":{"left":0.00817,"top":0.981721,"width":0.449279,"height":0.015159000000000034}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}