Health & Wellness in a Digital World
Written & Edited by: Dr. Andersen
Introduction
Electro-Magnetic Fields, or EMFs, are an issue of great concern in medical communities that are conscious of the ubiquitous, unequivocal, & universally detrimental effects they exert on all biological life of Earth. In this installment we’ll explore the bodily systems affected by EMFs & their accompanying symptoms, as well as ways you can identify, avoid, & mitigate their harmful consequences. To understand how and why these effects are so profound, we’ll first need to provide a bit of background.
A Background on EMFs
Humans evolved on Earth under the presence of EMFs emitted by our solar system’s Sun. The various waves of solar & particle radiation that travel from our Sun to the Earth’s surface are regulated & shielded by the Magnetosphere, a vast, comet-shaped bubble that preserves & protects Earth’s habitable atmosphere from erosion by the Sun’s electro-magnetic solar winds. These winds are composed of all the various waves that affect & influence life on Earth. Historically, the most prevalent EMFs to penetrate our Magnetosphere were within the wavelength parameters of the visible light spectrum (400-700nm). So, other waves like gamma-rays, microwaves, radio waves, & X-rays were present, but in very limited amounts. This is simply to say that the reason we see visible light is in large part due to its penetration & prevalence during our evolution as a species. It should not, however, negate the fact that biological life responds to the entire spectrum of waves emanating from both the solar source of energy, responsible for animating life on Earth, & those produced by humans in their endeavor to connect the world through electricity, the internet, radio, & cellular phones. In fact, all life on earth essentially exists as a series of semiconducting receivers that react to infinitesimal amounts of EMFs permeating our environment.
The Body’s Electro-magnetic System
“Semiconductors you say, what exactly does that mean?” Well, it turns out that humans, & all other forms of life on Earth, are electro-chemical beings. That is to say that electro-magnetic forces compete with chemical forces in all reactions in the body. The electro-magnetic system in our body is primarily reliant on complex molecules called porphyrins, responsible for our ability to breathe, derive energy from the food we eat, & ultimately live. They alone are responsible for the creation, maintenance, & recycling of our atmosphere’s oxygen, allowing plants to release oxygen from carbon dioxide & the use of that oxygen to burn carbohydrates, fats, & proteins for energy in every living being. Porphyrins are able to do this due to their affinity to bond with heavy metals & the electrical conductivity acquired through that association. They are semiconductors because of their inherent ability to regulate the actual flow of electron-transfer or electric current between energy molecules from food & oxygen due to the micro-crystalline structure they form around the central metal atom they encompass that determines the concomitant rate at which energy is produced in the body. Due to their dark pigmentation (color) porphyrins are excellent conductors of EMFs, which control the ability of porphyrins to regulate electron & energetic flow from the food we eat & oxygen we breathe, making them the pivotal molecules that interface between food, life, & oxygen. In other words, the rate of electron transfer is highly sensitive to the electro-magnetic environment our body is exposed to, or rather being influenced by. The efficiency with which our cells transport oxygen, produce energy from the food we eat, and ultimately function as a collective whole is centrally dependent on our capacity to regulate electro-magnetic balance in the body, which is directly affected by & dependent on EMF signals from our body & our environment, & the directive effects they impart on our porphyrin’s ability to function intelligently.
The Body Systems Most Impacted by EMFs
Naturally, the next question you ask is, “What effect does electro-magnetic imbalance exert on our body and its various systems?” Great question! First, we’d have to identify the systems where porphyrins are most prevalent… and it turns out they are found in every cell in our body, but especially in our blood, bone, heart, liver, muscle, & nervous system tissues. More specifically they are the hemoglobin & myoglobin that carry oxygen to our body & muscles, the cytochromes that metabolize & detoxify hormones, nutrients, & toxins in our liver, the mitochondria (ie. our cell's “powerhouses”) in our heart & muscle, & our myelin sheath (glial cells), that act as the mitochondria for our brain & nervous system. Porphyrins form the oxygen carrying capacity of our blood, the detoxification capacity of our liver, the energetic stamina of our physical body, & the effective function of our brain & nervous system. Again, porphyrins affect the ability of these systems to process adequate energy for their efficient & intelligent operation. If we don’t produce enough energy the integrity & vitality of these systems is compromised & we begin to experience symptoms as the body’s various systems are unable to adequately perform their proper function, & we fall into a state of imbalance & impending dis-ease.
Symptoms & Effects of Radio-wave Sickness
When we can’t effectively pass electrons from the food we eat along their energy pathway, our cells no longer take up nutrients circulating in our blood, & the blood becomes saturated with the forerunners of energy, the fats, sugars, proteins, & oxygen, as our cells are starved of those very same nutrients. Then, we experience fatigue due to the disruption in our mitochondrial electron transport chain & resultant inability to produce energy from the foods we eat as well as cellular oxygen deprivation. This leads to our hearts beating faster, thinking we are oxygen deprived, while the excess fats accumulate in our arteries. Our pancreas works harder to process the increased glucose (ie. sugar) in our blood, contributing to insulin resistance & eventual diabetes. Our bodies are epidemically overweight or obese due to the increased sugars in our blood, that are eventually converted & stored as fats if not able to be utilized by our porphyrin containing cells. All the systems in our body & mind, starving of the essential energy & oxygen they need, are impaired in their ability to think clearly & guide our body intelligently toward a state of health. Heart disease due to oxygen deprivation & fat deposition in the arteries, diabetes as a consequence of increased blood sugar, & even cancer, due to cancerous cell’s perpetual ability to take up glucose & produce energy even in the absence of adequate cellular oxygen (ie. anaerobic respiration), are the body’s inevitable response to our cell’s dysregulated capability to metabolize energy efficiently. So it’s no surprise that these are the leading causes of dis-ease, compromised quality of life, & death in a western culture consumed by an electronic lifestyle, from internet & cellular phones to entertainment & video games. Unfortunately, this is only the beginning of a much more extensive index of effects, describing the devastating response Earth’s vulnerable populations endure as a result of our EMF-generating existence.
How to Protect Yourself from EMF Exposure
“What can I do to protect myself from this endless list of harmful consequences that accompany EMF exposures?”, you ask. Fortunately, there are many simple measures one can take to alleviate & avoid many of the adverse outcomes transmitted to living beings from the omnipresent, electronic pollution surrounding us. Simply turning off your cell phone or putting it in “Airplane” mode when not in use & while sleeping is one of the most direct, practical, & potent ways to avoid the incessant microwaving of your body & brain. Shutting off computers, pads, & our internet’s modem/router every night, & when not in use, can be equally as powerful & protective. Getting out into nature for a minimum of 2-3 hours every week & connecting barefoot with the Earth naturally discharges any electro-magnetic imbalance in the body, mind, & spirit, grounding us with the Earth’s natural rhythm & resetting our vibratory equilibrium to its innate frequency. Sleeping on a “grounding” mat naturally dissipates EMFs in your body & environment, allowing you to sleep more soundly, repair internally, & regenerate from a day full of various exposures. Hydrotherapy & Electrotherapy act to gently detoxify, as well as guide & stimulate the body back to its normal, inherent state of balance & optimal function. Finally, in addition to a whole foods diet, based primarily on fruits & vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, & seeds, there are a number of solutions & supplements that act in the same antioxidant capacity as whole foods to reduce byproducts of oxidation, resulting from inefficient energy metabolism & the compensatory anaerobic respiration (ie. cellular energy production in an oxygen-deprived environment) that ensues.
In Conclusion
As you can see, Naturopaths utilize common sense techniques & straightforward tools rooted in the timeless philosophy of Natural Law & its principle tenet of Vitalism, or Nature’s intrinsic capacity to heal itself, to mitigate & even reverse the myriad repercussions of the modern world and its convenience driven culture. Your body is wise & it will heal you… Naturopathy guides the way!