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Reduce EMF Stress
I was giving a free presentation on stress to the local Rotary club and I asked the audience members to name some of the common stressors each of us face on a daily basis. Many named job, marital or family stress. Interestingly, none named electromagnetic stress as a culprit in our ill health. Toxins in our environment such as those found in air, food, water, household cleaners, and skin care products were also not recognized as stressors. Most people thought stress meant mental and emotional stress. They had no idea that there were other stressors that can profoundly influence our health. Electromagnetic stress is a topic that I’m passionate about because this type of stress is more prevalent than ever and will only increase as new electronic products are produced and more powerful mobile phone towers are erected.
Electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the form of electropollution may be the number one cause of stress in all of us who live in the modern world. The reason it is so important is because few of us have the ability to avoid EMF radiation if we live with electricity, cell phones, wireless internet and computers. Even if you don’t own or use a cell phone or wireless internet, your neighbors or coworkers probably do and you’ll still be negatively affected. If you’ve read my chapter on balancing the brain, you already know that it is vital to maintain brain balance in order to get rid of chronic pain for good. What I’ve found in my practice is that almost every new patient I meet owns a cell phone or uses a cordless phone on a regular basis. Most have wireless internet in their homes.
In addition to brain imbalances, the constant stress from EMF exposure causes an energy drain on the body. When the body doesn’t have enough energy, it will be in survival mode, not healing mode. When you can generate and keep as much energy as you can, you will start filling up your energy battery, a necessary prerequisite to healing the body. Energy drains from any source including electropollution, need to be minimized, in order for you to heal.
In America, the importance of money and convenience far outweigh the importance of health, as witnessed by our lack of concern over the growing number of studies showing that wireless microwave radiation has significant detrimental health effects. In 2009 France issued a ban on advertising cellular phones to children due to the studies showing brain dysfunction in children even with minimal exposure to cell phone radiation. There was no such ban here in America and in fact, it is rare to see any news on cell phone radiation dangers at all. Why? Because corporate interests and the advertising dollars they represent are more important to the media than health interests here in America. A point of fact: the World Health Organization in 2011 announced that it now considers cell phone radiation a potential carcinogen (cancer causing); yet the majority of the public is ignorant of that announcement. Instead, people read about how taking vitamins may be harmful to one’s health. Dr. Mercola, arguably the most popular natural health advocate online, feels that the public can often be misinformed by the media.
Camilla Rees is a leading health educator who is well versed in health issues and in medicine. She is very adamant about our need to better protect ourselves from increasingly invasive electromagnetic fields. She is co-author, with Magda Havas, PhD, of Public Health SOS: The Shadow Side of the Wireless Revolution. Microwave radiation, especially the frequency used by cellular phones, has been proven to create DNA damage; yet regulatory agencies only consider the potential damage to humans via heat transfer. That’s bad news for us cell phone users because we can have a false sense of security about the safety of using these devices.
The public attitude has been: “If the government allows the sale of cell phones, it must mean they are safe”. Nothing could be further from the truth. When the cell phone industry was just blossoming, federal regulators did not require cell phone manufacturers to prove that these devices were safe, only that they did not heat the head too much. The incorrect assumption was that if the head is not heated, then there is no damage done to the body. We now know that this assumption is incorrect. Many studies by various scientists worldwide have come to the conclusion that there are non-thermal changes to those exposed to microwave radiation that may cause serious long-term health consequences. Go to the electromagnetic health website for more information.
In addition to cell phones, the following devices also radiate harmful microwave radiation: cordless phones, baby monitors, wireless (Wi-Fi) internet routers, wireless laptop computers, wireless-enabled book readers/tablets, and of course microwave ovens. Even if you don’t own any of these devices, I’m sure the people around you do. You can be negatively affected by someone’s cell phone even if you are standing a few feet away from him/her. And what about other types of electromagnetic radiation, like those from appliances, lighting, clocks, computers, cars, planes and electrical wiring in buildings? They all affect our body’s energy field whether we feel it or not. The electricity in our walls oscillates at a similar frequency as our nervous system and thus can create chronic stress in our bodies.
Think about the cumulative stress of all the EMF that surrounds us in our modern life. Isn’t it a wonder why so many people feel on edge much of the time? It can be especially frustrating for people who like to live more “green” to discover that energy-saving devices like compact fluorescent light bulbs emanate more EMF than regular incandescent bulbs.
Strategies to Minimize EMF Stress
There are practical and not-so-practical ways of minimizing your exposure to EMF stress and its negative effects on your nervous system. The not-so-practical ways include living in a cave away from city dwellers and not using any electronic devices. Just kidding. Seriously speaking, it is almost impossible for most of us to avoid EMF stress completely, so I’ll share some of the successful strategies I use and recommend to my patients.
Grounding/Earthing
When your body is literally grounded to Mother Earth, either by connecting your bare skin with the earth outside or by touching a grounding/Earthing Universal Mat, your body is more resilient to the negative effects of EMF. I notice that when I am working long hours on the computer, I never get tired anymore because my bare feet are touching a grounding mat the whole time. Of course, you can’t be physically grounded 100% of the time, so use other strategies as well. I highly recommend sleeping grounded on an Earthing bed sheet so that you are protected during the time when your body’s energy is most vulnerable.
Wireless EMF Protection
Since I’ve become hypersensitive to EMF over the years, I am very grateful to have some pretty nifty protection devices for my electronics. Before using these devices, I’d develop severe fatigue and migraines from prolonged cell phone exposure. If I slept in a hotel with wireless internet, I’d wake up achy and sore all over. Now, in addition to travelling with my grounding bed sheet, I use several other products to protect myself.
For cell phones I recommend the EarthCalm Quantum Cell or the LifeWave Matrix (currently available for certain smartphones). Although the Quantum Cell does not absorb or block the energy from the cell phone, but rather grounds it, its advantage is that you don’t need a separate protection device if you use a Bluetooth or headset. The Quantum Cell apparently creates a bubble of protection around the user so that no additional device is required. The LifeWave Matrix device uses a different technology to block and absorb harmful radiation. The studies validating this technology prove that the Matrix does this better than any other device of its kind on the market.
Please be aware that there are a plethora of cell phone protection devices on the market. Some are made of stones, holographic discs or plastic. Few, if any, have any decent scientific studies validating their effectiveness, so for safety reasons, I would recommend that you purchase the ones I recommend in this chapter.
For cordless phones, I recommend the EarthCalm Quantum Cell on the phone base. The EarthCalm Omega Wi-Fi fits in your wireless router to create a bubble of wireless protection throughout your entire house. The EarthCalm Torus is larger than the Quantum Cell and is appropriate for laptops and tablet devices such as the iPad. The EarthCalm products do not shield the EMF but rather “ground” the frequency to match that of the earth. Using them may feel different from grounding outside in your bare feet, but they work to calm your stress handling system as evidenced by the studies done on them.
Because of major wiring problems in my house, it was more practical for me to install wireless internet service. I can assure you that I didn’t let the technician turn it on until I had the EarthCalm Omega Wi-Fi securely in place! The next day when I woke up, I was pleased to discover that I didn’t have any EMF-related achiness or pain. Turning your wireless router off while you sleep may reduce your EMF exposure, but keep in mind that the electropollution that it creates lingers in your home even after turning off the device.
Home and Office EMF Protection
Many years ago, I bought some Graham-Stetzer Filters that filter the dirty electricity in my office. When I used an EMF meter on the outlets in one of my rooms, it was a whopping 1700 G (Gauss). I put one of the filters in that outlet and it brought the number down to under 100 G. The healthy ideal is 60 G or less. Although I felt really good about using these filters at work, the problem was that they would constantly emit a crackling and popping sound. In fact, it was so stressfully annoying, one patient asked me “Is the place gonna blow?” In addition, the filter would take up an outlet so I had to plug in my medical equipment elsewhere.
Then I got a call from Greenwave Filters who offered me a 30-day trial use of their newly designed EMF filters. They were four for $99. I agreed and much to my surprise, they worked just as well, if not better (since I used two per room) and they were completely silent. In addition, I didn’t lose an outlet because their filters allow you to plug any device into it. I can honestly say that the office feels calmer energetically since I began using the Greenwave filters.
In addition to Greenwave filters for the office, I use a product made by Energy Tools International called Clean Sweep. It is an energized water product that you can spray to neutralize negative energy frequencies. I spray each of my treatment rooms after every patient because people often detoxify their negative energies during treatment and I don’t want the next patient to be exposed to them. Clean Sweep also neutralizes electropollution as well, at least for a while, until it builds up again.
A study done by Energy Tools International demonstrated that irradiated cells in a Petri dish healed much better in a room that was energetically “clean” as compared to a room that was not. In this study, over 80% of these cells survived in the “clean” room and only about 10% survived in the “dirty” room. Given the results of this study, we can deduce that people probably don’t heal well when they are living/working in energetically dirty environments.
Not only does electropollution create “dirty” energy, so do negative human emotions and stress. Thus hospitals are one of the worst places to truly heal because they are filled with electro-polluting devices as well as the energetic remnants of thousands of sick people. I would highly recommend that you consider “clearing” the energetic pollution from your bedroom and home on a regular basis using Clean Sweep. You may have heard of the herb sage being used by Native Americans. It is used traditionally to cleanse the mind of negative spirits and impurities. Burning sage is still a common practice with people wishing to clear their homes of negative energy. I use Clean Sweep in my office because it is a faster and there is no smell.
I had a new patient once who was referred to me because she was at the end stages of her pregnancy and her blood pressure was high. Her obstetrician was trying to convince her to induce labor early. After interviewing her, and before I did any acupuncture, I measured her blood pressure. To her amazement, it was normal. She told me that her blood pressure had been consistently high for over two weeks. I can’t prove it, but I’m guessing that it was the combination of Greenwave Filters and Clean Sweep in my treatment room that calmed the body’s stress response down so much so that the blood pressure normalized. I couldn’t convince her to measure or reduce her EMF exposure and thus her blood pressure remained elevated at home.
One of the products I’ve invested in is a whole house EMF protection product called the EarthCalm Scalar Home Protection unit. It has three pieces that plug into one of the outlets of your house. As long as the wiring in your house connects to only one electrical box, this unit will protect the entire house. Unlike individual Stetzer filters, however, the Scalar Home Protection unit does not filter dirty electricity. Instead, it grounds the frequency from a harmful one to frequency beneficial one. What I have found personally is that my entire house seems “calmer” ever since I began using this product.
I purchased this product before I heard about Greenwave filters, the latter of which you have to purchase for every room in your house. The main advantage of the Scalar Home Protection unit is that you protect the entire house with one unit. The main disadvantage is that chronically ill or sensitive folks will tend to go through detoxification symptoms and may need to acclimatize to the unit by using it for shorter periods of time and building up to full time use as tolerated. In my household it took about two and a half months before we installed the final piece of the unit. The advantage of the Greenwave filters is that there is no such detoxification response that I’ve noticed.
Personal EMF Protection
I decided to purchase a personal protector that would protect me from low frequency (such as electronics) as well as high frequency radiation (such as cell phone radiation) while I was away from home. There are many personal protectors on the market but alas few have been clinically tested in rigorous scientific studies. Since I had such great personal results with the EarthCalm products, I decided to get their Nova Resonator Pendant after trying some other products that didn’t seem to be strong enough for me. I believe this pendant has helped me “survive” high EMF environments such as movie theatres and airports.
If you think you have as much EMF sensitivity as I do, I would highly recommend that you consider wearing a Nova Resonator Pendant as well as using the LifeWave Y-Age Aeon patches for stress relief and LifeWave Energy Enhancer patches for energy support. The combination has made life outside my home not only tolerable, but enjoyable.
Just a quick note about children. More schools in America are adopting computers in the classroom and wireless internet. EarthCalm also makes a Nova Resonator personal protection device for children, so remember to protect your children as well as yourself. When children are stressed, they misbehave, become moody or lose focus.
EMF Protection for your Car
EarthCalm now makes a device called the Voyager to help reduce EMF stress when you’re driving in your car. This is particularly important if you own a hybrid car because of the high EMFs created by the battery and computer. The Earthing company also makes an Earthing mat for your car, but I found the EarthCalm Voyager more effective. Before using the Voyager, no matter what I did or how many EMF protection devices I had on, I would always get sleepy during long car rides. Since applying the Voyager to the car, I haven’t felt that way, so I’m sold on its effectiveness.
Other EMF Reduction Options
If you’re not willing to invest in so many EMF protection devices, then you can make some other choices. For example, instead of having cordless phones in your home, you can switch them to landline phones. Remove any electronic devices from your bedroom so that you’re not bombarded with extra EMF while you are sleeping, the time when your energy field is most vulnerable. Never sleep next to a clock radio. Battery operated clocks are preferred. Also never use your cell phone as an alarm clock unless you’ve configured it to airplane mode or have one of the protection devices I’ve mentioned above.
If you read in bed, swap the energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulb for an incandescent one or get one of the more expensive compact LED bulbs that are both green and healthier for you. Instead of having wireless internet, you can choose to use a hard-wired connection. If you insist on having a television in your bedroom, which I strongly discourage, unplug it and any other attached device from its power source before retiring to bed.
You really shouldn’t use a cell phone if you’re not willing to get a protection device for it. Like I said before, it messes up people’s brain balance more than anything else I’ve seen with the exception of closed head injuries. If there is one message I’ll repeat over and over again it is this: brain balance is vital to the body’s self healing mechanisms.
A Bluetooth or headset does not offer adequate protection because the cell phone is still close to your body and the radiation is still entering your brain. An air-tube headset prevents the EMF from directly transmitting into your brain, so it has advantages over Bluetooth and regular wired headsets, but an unprotected cell phone is still radiating other parts of your body. That being said, you can minimize your EMF exposure even if you don’t use a protection device, by following these recommendations:
Avoid talking on your cell phone in the car because the EMF bounces off the metal and amplifies it
Avoid charging your cell phone in the car
Turn off your cell phone when you’re in the car or when you’re not using it
Use a landline phone and turn off your cell phone when you’re at home.
Do not carry your cell phone on your person, such as in a pocket but instead carry it as far away from your body as possible
Do not allow children to use an unprotected cell phone
Talk for short periods of time only and hold the phone as far away from your head as practical during the call or use the speakerphone feature
Avoid using the phone in an area with poor cell phone coverage because the radiation is higher
Use text messaging more often than calling if safe to do so
Do not talk on the cell phone when around children and pets, both of whom are extra sensitive to radiation due to their smaller body mass
Chapter Summary
Electromagnetic stress (EMF), electropollution are significant sources of stress and can cause chronic pain
There are many ways you can avoid or diminish the negative consequences of EMF exposure
For protection from cell phone radiation, use either the EarthCalm Quantum Cell or the LifeWave Matrix
For Cordless phone protection, use the EarthCalm Quantum Cell
For protection from wireless internet (Wi-Fi) use a EarthCalm Omega Wi-Fi device in your router
For laptop protection, use the EarthCalm Torus
For driving protection use the EarthCalm Voyager device
For whole house protection from low frequency radiation use the EarthCalm Scalar Home Protection unit, or for sensitive folks, get Stetzer-type (e.g. Greenwave) filters for each room
Clean Sweep is an energy tool in the form of a water-based spray you can use to clean the energy in any space