Diabetes incidence has soared in recent decades due to bad diets,
sedentary lifestyles, and numerous other factors, including, as evidence
suggests, sensitivity to the ever-growing electromagnetic pollution of
our modern age.
Although the emergence of countless electronic devices have transformed
our lives, we are now immersed within an electromagnetic cloud - one in
which our ancestors never had to weather and our bodies never had the
chance to evolutionarily adapt.
At
almost all biological levels, including the subtle electromagnetic bonds
that determine the structure and expression of our all-important DNA and
proteins, we are electromagnetic beings. We have evolved over the eons
to resonate with Mother Earth’s faint electromagnetic whisper.
Unfortunately, it’s hard for our bodies to tune into this
life-synchronizing whisper when surrounded by today’s electromagnetic
cacophony, a discordance biologically affecting us in many different
ways. So to speak, this cacophony tweaks the direction of our
physiological steering wheel, a change appearing trivial at the time but
miles down the road it results in our arrival at a destination more
inviting to various disorders, including diabetes.
Diabetes
In brief review, with
diabetes, the body has difficulty properly using glucose, our metabolic
fuel. Under healthy conditions, the hormone insulin controls
blood-glucose levels. Produced by the pancreas, insulin flows through
our blood to various tissues, binding to receptors on the surface of
cells, which, in turn, results in the uptake of glucose into these
cells, ultimately fueling metabolic processes.
In Type-1 diabetes,
the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin, while with Type-2 diabetes,
cells become less responsive to the insulin that is produced. Diabetics
often monitor their blood-glucose levels several times a day, experts
recommending a fasting level of less than 130 milligrams per deciliter
(mg/dL).
Due to
the physiological and metabolic shifts that occur after injury,
individuals with SCI are especially likely to develop diabetes. For
example, research
indicates that only
44% of veterans with SCI have normal glucose metabolism compared to 82%
without SCI.
Dirty
Electricity
Dirty
electricity represents electricity degraded through the use of
electronic devices, such as computers, TVs, appliances, etc.
Theoretically, electricity powering our homes and offices should have a
smooth sine-wave pattern that goes up and down 60 times/second. However
,
the sine-wave pattern of dirty electricity is contaminated by
micro-surge fluctuations called transients.
If you are electromagnetically sensitive to such transients, you don’t
have sell your house, quit your desk job and move off the grid to an
isolated mountain cabin to avoid the problem. You can minimize
difficulties by installing dirty-electricity filters, small devices,
which plug directly into an outlet, like a cell-phone charger, and
contain a capacitor that shorts out dirty-electricity transients. In my
case, I’ve installed these filters in outlets serving my computer,
television, and certain kitchen appliances, greatly reducing the
problem-causing transients.
Case
Studies
In a
2008 article published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine,
Professor Magda Havas (Ontario, Canada) summarized dirty electricity’s
influence on blood-sugar levels in several diabetically inclined
individuals:
Case 1
was a 51-year-old man with Type-2 diabetes. Generally, when working in a
dirty-electricity environment (e.g. at his computer), his blood sugar
increased, lessening again after getting away from the situation. In
one representative example, his blood sugar rose after entering a
medical clinic due to the clinic’s high density of electronic equipment.
Specifically, when his blood sugar was measured immediately after
entering the clinic, he was classified only as a pre-diabetic, but after
20 minutes of immersion in this dirty-electricity location, his blood
sugar rose to a level that now defined him as a Type-2 diabetic.
Hence,
to prevent misdiagnosis, double-check your blood-sugar levels in an
electromagnetically clean setting.
A
57-year-old woman with Type-2 diabetes, Case 2’s blood sugar
trended upwards in a dirty-electricity environment and decreased in a
clean setting. For example, when she went walking outside, her blood
sugar dropped from 212 to 130 mg/dl; however, when exercising on a
treadmill, her blood sugar increased from 180 to 211 mg/dl.
The
lesson here is that if you want to lower your blood sugar through
exercise, don’t do it in a dirty-electricity environment.
Case 3
was an 80-year-old Type-1 diabetic. After dirty-electricity filters were
installed in her house, her blood sugar decreased from an average of 171
to 119 mg/dL, allowing her to half her insulin dosage.
Case 4
was a 12-year-old boy with newly diagnosed Type-1 diabetes. After
filters were installed in his house, his blood sugar dropped, permitting
him to cut his insulin.
Although we shouldn’t over-extrapolate the results of these anecdotal
cases, given that many of us are, indeed, electromagnetically sensitive,
a considerable number of diabetically inclined individuals may be pushed
into an actual diabetic state through exposure to dirt electricity.
Biological Mechanisms
Research suggests that electromagnetic pollution may raise blood-sugar
levels by 1) reducing pancreatic insulin secretion, and 2) causing
conformational changes in the structure of insulin molecules so they can
no longer effectively bind to their receptors on cells – sort of like a
bent key unable to fit into a door lock.
What to
do?
If you
suspect that your blood-sugar levels are influenced by dirty
electricity, measure them in a variety of settings, e.g., working at the
computer versus being outside, etc. If the measurements suggest you are
sensitive, consider installing dirty-electricity filters. As Havas
concludes: “Reducing exposure to electromagnetic pollution by …filters
may enable some diabetics to better regulate their blood sugar with less
medication and borderline or pre-diabetics to remain non-diabetic
longer.”
Resources:
Dirty-electricity filters are readily available online; e.g. Google
“dirty electricity filters.”
Adapted from article
appearing in October 2013 Paraplegia News (For subscriptions, call
602-224-0500) or go to
www.pn-magazine.com.
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