TLDR - EMFs dehydrate the body and weaken your mitochondria. They reduce your “body battery” and disrupt the timing of your body's processes. They can also overload your body's antennas with information, triggering a danger response."
What Are EMFs?
Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) can be categorized into three main types: electric fields, magnetic fields, and radiofrequency (RF) fields.
Electric fields: Are generated by the presence of electric charges and are commonly found around electrical appliances and wiring. They exist even when the device is turned off, as long as it is plugged in. Think of anything plugged into your wall outlet, like a table lamp.
Magnetic fields: Are produced by the flow of electric current and are present only when an electrical device is operating. These fields are typically associated with appliances like refrigerators, washing machines, and power lines.
Note that many of your household appliances will have both a magnetic and electric field.
Radiofrequency (RF) fields: Are a type of electromagnetic radiation used for wireless communication. They are emitted by devices such as cell phones, WiFi routers, Bluetooth devices, and microwave ovens. While electric and magnetic fields are usually low frequency and found in household electrical systems, RF fields are higher frequency and are used for transmitting data wirelessly.
Millimeter Waves (mmWaves): These are a type of RF that falls within the higher frequency range of the spectrum, typically between 30 GHz and 300 GHz. They are used in adaptive cruise control in vehicles and are known to interact with human biology.
Native vs. Non Native EMFs
Native EMFs are naturally occurring and include the Earth's magnetic field and the electromagnetic fields generated by our bodies. These native EMFs are essential for various biological processes and overall well being. Non native EMFs, are man made and come from modern technologies.
Ionizing Radiation
Ionizing and non ionizing radiation are two categories of electromagnetic radiation distinguished by their energy levels and their effects on matter.
Ionizing radiation has enough energy to remove tightly bound electrons from atoms, creating ions. This process can cause significant damage to biological tissues and DNA, potentially leading to mutations and cancer. Examples of ionizing radiation include X rays, gamma rays, and UV light with wavelengths shorter than 100 nanometers.
Non ionizing radiation does not ionize atoms or molecules. Instead, it typically causes atoms to vibrate or move, which can lead to heating effects but not direct DNA damage. Examples of non ionizing radiation include visible light, infrared light, microwaves, and RF radiation. While non ionizing radiation is generally considered less harmful than ionizing radiation, exposure can still have biological effects, such as thermal damage or disruption of cellular processes.
The Impact on Biology
EMFs can disrupt and dehydrate biological water, which is crucial for cellular function. This disruption can lead to weakened mitochondria reducing their ability to produce energy efficiently. If your body is dehydrated from EMFs, you don’t have power needed for biological processes. Many different symptoms can then occur.
Non native EMFs can interfere with our circadian rhythms, which regulate sleep, mood, and overall health. Prolonged exposure to these EMFs can result in symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, disrupted sleep, and more.
The human body communicates internally through a complex network of biological EMFs generated by various physiological processes, such as the electrical activity of the heart, brain, and nervous system. For example, the heart produces a powerful electromagnetic field that can influence other cells and tissues, while brainwaves are a form of EMF that facilitate neural communication. These internal EMFs enable real time communication and coordination within the body, ensuring optimal function and response to environmental changes. Imagine trying to move a floaty across a body of water to your friend using waves generated by your hand. If there were boats or people splashing around, their waves would interfere with your waves. Similarly, a high EMF environment can disrupt the body's native EMF communications, leading to potential health issues. Obviously it is much more complicated than that, but it at least shows how there can be an impact.
Body Antenna
Our body has many ways that it acts as an antenna to receive information from the environment around us. When we are surrounded by a sea of EMFs, our body can become overburdened by the signals it receives. This can interfere with important biological signals or trigger a danger response due to the information overload.
The Importance of a Sleep Sanctuary
Eliminating all EMFs in our current world is impossible. This makes maintaining a sleep sanctuary with limited EMFs essential to support healing. During sleep, our bodies undergo critical repair and regeneration processes. Exposure to EMFs during this time can interfere with these processes, leading to poor sleep quality and impaired healing. Recommendations:
Turn off WiFi routers at night.
Keep electronic devices out of the bedroom.
Unplug any unnecessary electronic devices.
If you are very sick, you may even want to cut off power to your bedroom or disconnect specific outlets.
How Do I Know If I Have an EMF Problem?
To reduce EMF exposure, it's important to identify sources of EMFs in your environment. Tools like the Trifield Meter can help measure EMF levels and pinpoint areas of high exposure. Note that there are many types of EMFs that these devices aren’t able to measure, but this is still a good starting point to reduce exposure.
5G
The G in 4G and 5G stands for generation. The most recent generation, 5G, uses a more targeted approach known as beamforming, which allows for more direct and efficient transmission of signals to specific devices, unlike the broader reach of 4G. While there are concerns that the higher data speeds come with increased EMF exposure, the targeted beamforming potentially makes it easier to avoid if you aren’t using the technology. Additionally, the higher frequency millimeter waves used in 5G have shorter ranges, requiring the installation of many small cells, which raises further concerns about increased exposure to EMFs.
SAR Ratings
The Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is a measure of the rate at which the human body absorbs radiofrequency energy from devices like mobile phones. It is expressed in watts per kilogram (W/kg) and indicates how much energy is absorbed by a specified mass of tissue over a given time. The intent of these tests is to ensure that devices comply with safety standards set by regulatory bodies to limit potential health risks from electromagnetic field exposure.
SAR ratings have significant limitations. These ratings are determined under controlled, isolated conditions that do not reflect real world environments. Typically, SAR testing involves using a mannequin filled with liquid to simulate human tissue, and phones are tested at a slight distance from the body. In everyday use, people hold phones directly against their skin, often for extended periods, exposing them to a combination of EMFs from various devices simultaneously, which the SAR tests do not account for. Consequently, these ratings may not fully capture the cumulative exposure and potential health impacts.
The Unknown
There are many concerns about the unknown effects of the EMFs around us because there are so many different types and variables involved. Different EMFs can affect various cells in our bodies in complex ways, and they can also impact wildlife and plants, possibly disturbing their natural behaviors and growth. When multiple EMFs from different sources combine, their interactions become even more unpredictable. This makes it hard to pinpoint specific harmful effects and we are essentially living an ongoing experiment with unpredictable outcomes.
Recommendation
I would highly recommend the EMF 101 and 201 courses from Tristan Scott. He is an electrical engineer and goes into extreme detail on the different concerns along with mitigation recommendations.
Reflecting Thoughts
How do each of the different individual EMF waves impact each of the different cells in our body? How does that impact organs, neurotransmitters, circadian rhythm, etc?
How do EMFs impact plants and wildlife?
How does the impact of EMFs changed when they are compiled like the EMF soup were currently living in?