The earth beneath your feet provides you with food and water. It also provides you with something very surprising - electrons. When you are in direct skin contact with the earth, the electrons flow into you. This is called being grounded.

The earth's surface has a virtually unlimited supply of mobile electrons that give the ground we walk on (as well as lakes, rivers and oceans) a natural negative electrical charge. When you touch the ground with your body, a potential equalization takes place between your body and the earth. This means that positive charge, a product of your metabolism, can always be discharged. Current research points to numerous effects of electrical grounding of the body. See also the compilation of research papers

For the longest time of our evolution, humans were always in direct skin contact with the earth. But since we have been wearing shoes with synthetic soles and moving around in cities mainly on asphalt or concrete surfaces, direct skin contact with the earth is more than rare. Our products allow you to get back in touch with the earth without quitting your job and only walking barefoot.

No, there is no current flowing. The pins of our plugs are made of non-conductive plastic. There is only contact to the earth clips of the socket .

There are several reasons for this. Firstly, people spend a good third of their lives sleeping. Grounding in bed is therefore easy to achieve. In addition, the body regenerates during sleep and grounding is particularly important during the regeneration phase.

Yes, because multi-socket outlets must also be grounded. The earthing is not interrupted when the socket outlet is switched off.

We recommend direct skin contact with our products. Natural fibers inhibit the grounding potential, but a weakened grounding effect also exists when there is no direct skin contact. Synthetic fabrics are good insulators and prevent any earthing effect. It is therefore best not to wear pyjamas made of synthetic fibers.

Our SleepingPad can be washed at 60°C and is iron-proof. The stainless steel fibers used are more resistant than conventional silver or carbon fibers. Our WorkingPads can be cleaned with a damp cloth.

As often and as long as possible. Being grounded was the natural state in human history. We want to achieve this natural state again with our products.

The electrical conductivity of the soil depends on the mineral content, the soil type, the temperature and, above all, the water content. The wetter the soil, the better it conducts electricity, and the same applies to plants. Their conductivity depends on their mineral content and essentially whether they hold water or not. Asphalt, dry wood, plastic and glass do not conduct electricity. Rocks such as granite or sandstone or even concrete are poor conductors, depending on their mineral and water content.

The earth's atmosphere is constantly ionized by cosmic and natural radioactive radiation and thus electrically charged. Thunderstorms and the lightning they produce conduct negative charges from the ionosphere to the ground. This gives the earth a slightly negative charge and the atmosphere a slightly positive charge. In good weather conditions, the air also conducts negative charge back into the atmosphere, but as there are around 2000 thunderstorms worldwide at any given time, the earth remains slightly negatively charged.

Yes, because resistors do not prevent current from flowing per se, they only slow it down. The built-in resistance of 100k does not reach typical insulation resistances of 5 million ohms and more.

Earthing", defined as "the practice of electrically grounding the body", is by no means esoteric. It simply deals with the natural electrical state of the body, which by evolution should be mainly neutral.

The effects of grounding the body have been researched by science for 20 years in over 30 papers.

If people attach a symbolic or energetic meaning to the practice of electrical grounding and its biophysical effects on the body, this is due to individual belief systems and should be considered separately.

According to studies that you can find here, grounding influences the metabolism, blood circulation and the parasympathetic nervous system. Grounding also has a positive effect on inflammation levels and many users report alleviated symptoms of stress and exhaustion.

A direct effect of earthing is the reduction of blood viscosity. This happens because the surfaces of red blood cells become negatively charged during earthing. This negative charge (the so-called zeta potential) ensures that red blood cells repel each other, thereby improving blood circulation. This can provide relief from hyperviscosity syndrome. Increased blood viscosity also plays a role in high blood pressure. Improved blood circulation was noted in three studies as a result of earthing.

Earthing can also lower blood pressure in people with high normal blood pressure (139 - 89) and reduces blood volume pulse.
Earthing also affects blood chemistry. In one study, the grounded control group had higher levels of platelets and neutrophil granulocytes in the blood. The former are important for blood clotting, the latter for immune defense.
Grounding also has a positive effect on creatine kinase levels after strength training. Elevated creatine kinase levels indicate damaged muscles. After training, this damage is usually perceived as muscle soreness. Reduced creatine kinase levels due to grounding indicate rapid muscle regeneration.

More generally, grounding has an effect on catabolism and the calcium-phosphate balance in the metabolism.

Reactive oxygen species, or more simply free radicals, are molecules in the body that have an unpaired electron, which makes them very reactive. Free radicals are products of normal metabolism, but are also absorbed through food or other environmental influences (cigarette smoke or particulate matter). They are also released by white blood cells during immune reactions (oxidative burst) and react with cell components of pathogens.
In small quantities, free radicals play an important role as messenger substances and in immune defense, but in high concentrations they lead to cell damage, i.e. oxidative stress.
This oxidative stress is associated with ageing processes, cardiovascular diseases, the development of cancer and chronic inflammation, among other things.
Antioxidants (e.g. vitamins C and E), on the other hand, are molecules that can give free radicals an electron and thus neutralize them. These can often be obtained from food. A large number of studies cite improved inflammation levels as an effect of grounding. It is assumed that the electrons of the earth act as antioxidants

Apart from the purely physical effects of grounding, many study participants reported that grounding had a positive effect on their mood, alleviated exhaustion and reduced their stress levels. Likewise, many study participants reported that their sleep improved and pain decreased after grounding.
Furthermore, grounding activates the parasympathetic nervous system and improves heart rate variability. Based on the effects mentioned, a study with premature babies showed that grounded premature babies exhibited improved activity of the vagus nerve, the largest nerve of the parasympathetic nervous system.

You can find an overview of the scientific findings on earthing here