Tip 185: Avoid “Dirty Electricity” to Improve Insulin Sensitivity and Prevent Diabetes
10/4/2011 8:22 AM
Create an electromagnetically clean environment and improve insulin health. There’s evidence that “dirty electricity” causes insulin resistance and high blood sugar, and has other serious health effects including insomnia, cancer, ADHD, low mood, and irritability. Dirty electricity is the term used to describe the electromagnetic frequency bands that are generated in connection with electrical power, and we are increasingly being exposed to it from computers, plasma televisions, appliances, cell and cordless phones, wireless routers, cell phone towers, and broadcast antennas among other sources.
We know that exercise on a treadmill, which produces dirty electricity, can increase plasma glucose. Surprisingly, there’s a lack of research on how dirty electricity affects the body, with only five published studies on the topic in the last eleven years, and the majority of the data is from case studies. Nonetheless, the evidence is convincing, and when you recall the importance of insulin health on body composition, brain function, and aging, you will make every effort to create a “clean” environment.
The more insulin you have the quicker you will age, and the fatter you will be. Remember, the role of insulin is to get glucose into the cell, but if you have insulin resistance, you will have excess insulin in your blood, leading to elevated cortisol and accelerated aging in the brain. In addition to getting older faster, you’ll gain fat, particularly belly fat. Not a good situation.
Research from 2008, “Dirty Electricity Elevates Blood Sugar among Electrically Sensitive Diabetics and May Explain Brittle Diabetes,” used a case study of four Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics. The study tested blood sugar levels at various times of the day when the subjects were exposed to normal electromagnetic fields and after installing filters that decrease electromagnetic levels to create a “clean environment.” In this “clean” environment, the Type 1 diabetics required less insulin and the Type 2 diabetics had lower levels of plasma glucose.
Researchers call diabetics whose blood sugar responds to electromagnetic pollution Type 3 diabetics. Not all diabetics are sensitive to dirty electricity—researchers suggest 3 to 35 percent of the population is, but the evidence still causes concern. Especially because one of the symptoms of dirty electricity is increased blood thickness, which is likely the reason for other health problems including headaches, chest pain, high blood pressure, blurred vision, insomnia, and mood disorders. Indeed, one study of people living near a short-wave transmitter in Switzerland had almost double the likelihood of having diabetes compared to a population that live further away. Other symptoms included weakness, insomnia, fatigue, and bodily pain. When the transmitter failed for three days, the population reported improvements in sleep and other symptoms, but blood glucose was not tested during this time.
To create a “clean environment” start by getting off the treadmill and other electrically powered exercise machines. Researchers are explicit about this solution, probably because many overweight and diabetic individuals try to lose weight by exercising on electrical cardio equipment. Stop now!
Also, turn off and unplug electrical appliances in your bedroom at night and throughout your house when you’re not using them. Turn off the wireless internet in your house and use an ethernet cord. Don’t carry your cell phone on your body and use an ear piece when you talk. Better yet, use a landline anytime you can, and consider exploring “dirty electricity” filters for your home and business. Check out the site
Dirty Electricity for a list of suppliers.
References:
Havas, Magda. Dirty Electricity Elevates Blood Sugar among Electrically Sensitive Diabetics and May Explain Brittle Diabetes. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine. 2008. 27, 135-146.
De Vocht, Frank. “Dirty Electricity”: What, Where, and Should We Care? Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2010. 20, 399-405.
Milham, Samuel. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Dirty Electricity. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. September 2011. Published Ahead of Print.
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2 comment(s) so far...
Re: Tip 185: Avoid “Dirty Electricity” to Improve Insulin Sensitivity and Prevent Diabetes
Good one "grande fromage" don't run yoursellf fatter on those damn machines! :-)
By james buckingham on
10/4/2011 10:36 AM
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Re: Tip 185: Avoid “Dirty Electricity” to Improve Insulin Sensitivity and Prevent Diabetes
With the ever increasing electromagnetically dirty househould/gym your article is perfectly timed.
Great article coach - Thank you
By Kash O'Brien on
10/5/2011 12:37 AM
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