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Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by RankingMember »

jackschultz wrote: post #81

Curious what people's thoughts here are on grounding as another benefit. Article talks about benefits of bacteria on the skin, but I'd say the other and maybe bigger benefit is discharge of electrical energy in our bodies to the ground. Which, can sounds weird depending. Some papers on the subject[0] talking about similar results as this article, almost implying that it's not the microbes, but grounding making the di…

This study had no control group and they didn't check for a placebo effect. Pretty big red flags.

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by criddell »

jacobrast wrote: post #95
CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #85

Not just your hands. Walking barefoot, over all manner of surfaces, feels good, increases your connection to your surroundings, and slows you down. I've done it lots, both in the countryside and in the city. You have to watch out for spiky plants and fox shit in the country, and in the city you soon learn which surface textures require more care :-) "Where would I find enough leather to cover the entire surface of th…

Did you know that walking barefoot in the Southern US was how most people contracted hookworm? At is height an estimated 40% of the population in certain regions had the parasite which was know to cause a "mental haze". Some historians attribute the disease (again, contracted by walking barefoot outdoors) to have caused the stereotype of the "lazy slow southerner" [1]. Do you feel walking barefoot is worth the risk o…

But also, hookworm infections are known to suppress allergies and asthma, help inflammatory bowl disease, and improve insulin resistance in people with type 2 diabetes.

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by JTbane »

stevekemp wrote: post #43
nxobject wrote: post #18

I look forward to seeing a lifehacking hyper-optimizer streamline this to a polished daily workflow... "I have a bucket of mud, in which I stick my hands for 15 minutes every morning. Every weekend, I inoculate at a 1:5:5 ratio with biologically active stream dirt (after petri-dishing to check for activity), and a mix of poor-quality soil cover, and some compost; I finish by adding a 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer. Rec…

I made the mistake of looking at /r/sauna on Reddit once or twice recently, and there was a lot of people doing very similar things. "I take my preworkout, do my exercise, then I sit for 12 minutes at 90 degrees in sauna, before three minutes in the cold plunge-pool at 8 degrees, before going to sauna again for 19 minutes and I finish with a seven minute warm shower". Just the thought of looking at a watch in a sauna…

I don't know about you guys but if I started timing my sauna visits, I would get MORE stressed out.

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

#104

Post by JTbane »

doubled112 wrote: post #65
mft_ wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s a startup opportunity: a body cream with concentrates of beneficial microorganisms. “Pair it with our full spectrum sun lamp and you can have all the benefits of playing outside from the comfort of your standing desk”.

I thought sun exposure was bad. Or is it good again? Was it good all along? Do I need to wear sunscreen in front of my desk too now? Will the body cream include it? Too many questions. I'm going outside.

I have some beef with the sunscreen people, mostly because of 3 things:

- Skin cancer is by far the least deadly type of cancer and nearly always just requires some low-risk skin removal.

- Getting a light tan feels amazing. Your whole body feels warmer.

- Vitamin D.

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by spike021 »

Markoff wrote: post #93
CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #85

Not just your hands. Walking barefoot, over all manner of surfaces, feels good, increases your connection to your surroundings, and slows you down. I've done it lots, both in the countryside and in the city. You have to watch out for spiky plants and fox shit in the country, and in the city you soon learn which surface textures require more care :-) "Where would I find enough leather to cover the entire surface of th…

I think I can live without my connection to asphalt, concrete, dirt, broken glass and literal shit while living in the city, which has nothing to do with nature.

Yeah, where I live there's constantly shattered glass, other people's dog's poo they don't pick up, etc.

Last week I was walking my dog and he stepped on glass or something that gashed open part of his paw pad.

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by bigfishrunning »

mft_ wrote: post #29
nxobject wrote: post #18

I look forward to seeing a lifehacking hyper-optimizer streamline this to a polished daily workflow... "I have a bucket of mud, in which I stick my hands for 15 minutes every morning. Every weekend, I inoculate at a 1:5:5 ratio with biologically active stream dirt (after petri-dishing to check for activity), and a mix of poor-quality soil cover, and some compost; I finish by adding a 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer. Rec…

There’s a startup opportunity: a body cream with concentrates of beneficial microorganisms. “Pair it with our full spectrum sun lamp and you can have all the benefits of playing outside from the comfort of your standing desk”.

and now i'm bummed out

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by PKop »

arjie wrote: post #73
iterateoften wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not dirt, it’s soil. Soil is a living ecosystem.

So is my gut but if I smeared my insides on my body I would likely fall ill. Even pathogens form a living ecosystem. Or, to put it a different way, > Cars have windows and can go. Houses have windows and can’t go. So it’s not the windows that make the car go

Your insides are different from your outsides. Your skin has a different microbiome than your gut. Hyper cleanliness on your skin kills beneficial microbes that maintain an equilibrium when they're alive.

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by cindyllm »

throwatdem12311 wrote: post #44

I heard the most ridiculous thing the other day: That GenZ and Gen Alpha have started doing this thing they call “private podcasting”. Where they invite a friend over and discuss topics like one of those podcasts where dudes just talk about stuff…but they don’t record it or post it anywhere. I was stunned. Is this generation really so socially starved by the attention parasites that human beings are starting to reinv…

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Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by scottLobster »

matroxmemories wrote: post #45
throwatdem12311 wrote: post #44

I heard the most ridiculous thing the other day: That GenZ and Gen Alpha have started doing this thing they call “private podcasting”. Where they invite a friend over and discuss topics like one of those podcasts where dudes just talk about stuff…but they don’t record it or post it anywhere. I was stunned. Is this generation really so socially starved by the attention parasites that human beings are starting to reinv…

There is a certain style of trolling that isn’t as obvious to older people.

Part of getting older is you leave the civilized bubble you were raised in and witness literal crazy.

I was walking down the bike path outside my apartment complex some years ago and a lady started a conversation, which started off normal but quickly turned to Reiki and after a few minutes she ignored every social hint to change the subject and just REALLY wanted to talk about energy pathways, life force and other woo-woo shit until I had to physically cut off the conversation by awkwardly walking away.

Also Steve Jobs died because he tried to cure his cancer with fucking fruit.

So yes, I have zero problem believing a minority of sheltered, internet-brained GenAlphas out there are doing "private podcasting". Statistically every adult has met at least one person who secretly enjoys eating literal shit.

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by nomadpenguin »

jacobrast wrote: post #95
CrzyLngPwd wrote: post #85

Not just your hands. Walking barefoot, over all manner of surfaces, feels good, increases your connection to your surroundings, and slows you down. I've done it lots, both in the countryside and in the city. You have to watch out for spiky plants and fox shit in the country, and in the city you soon learn which surface textures require more care :-) "Where would I find enough leather to cover the entire surface of th…

Did you know that walking barefoot in the Southern US was how most people contracted hookworm? At is height an estimated 40% of the population in certain regions had the parasite which was know to cause a "mental haze". Some historians attribute the disease (again, contracted by walking barefoot outdoors) to have caused the stereotype of the "lazy slow southerner" [1]. Do you feel walking barefoot is worth the risk o…

You can get most of the benefits of walking barefoot without the hookworm by wearing a good pair of barefoot shoes. I personally love my Xero Prios. If you want the full experience at the expense of looking like a freak, you can get those Vibram Five Fingers toe shoes.
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