Gwyneth Paltrow offers up bizarre advice for depression sufferers

Gwyneth Paltrow. Photo / AP

Gwyneth Paltrow's infamous new-age lifestyle site GOOP has delivered the goods once more, offering subscribers some rather unusual advice on how to combat depression.

A new post on the Paltrow-helmed website introduces readers to the concept of "earthing" - that's going barefoot, in layman's terms.

Walking around barefoot outside isn't a sure-fire way to step on something sharp - it's actually an incredibly powerful healer for mental and physical woes including depression.

"Earthing therapy rests on the intuitive assumption that connecting to the energy of the planet is healthy for our souls and bodies," says the post, which insists there is a "scientific angle" to the theory, and that 'GP' (Gwyneth Paltrow herself) swears by the practice.

"Several people in our community (including GP) swear by earthing - also called grounding - for everything from inflammation and arthritis to insomnia and depression."

There is one caveat: You must do your 'earthing' outside. Walking around barefoot in your own home just won't cut it.

"Walking barefoot in your home, where minimally conductive or nonconductive materials like concrete foundations and hardwood floors insulate us from the earth's electric potential, will not have the same effect," GOOP quotes an earthing expert as saying.

Is this GOOP's weirdest advice to date? Honestly, how do you even quantify that anymore? This is a website that, this year alone, has advised women to stick jade eggs into their vaginas to balance their menstrual cycles, and told anyone dealing with a breakup to immediately burn all their underpants in a bonfire.

In the past, Paltrow's blog has even claimed underwire bras could cause breast cancer. The American Cancer Society disproved that myth.

Don't throw out your shoes just yet, folks.