The Truth About EMFs

Are EMF’s harmful? An average 8-10 year old in the US spends 6 hours on screens, and an 11-14 year old spends 9 hours on screens per day according to the CDC. An average adult spends 6 hours and 59 minutes daily on electronic devices. Screen times are getting higher on mobile devices and lower on TV. Here is an EEG brain scan of using a VR headset for 10 minutes. Note that green is normal. 

EEG brain scan without any electronic devices nearby
EEG Brain scan using VR headset for 10 minutes

Do EMFs and 5G Radiation harm us?

The World Health Organization in 2011 classified frequencies between 30kHz and 300 GHz to be possible carcinogens. The range of 5G wavelengths cell phone companies used are generally between 600MHz to 39 GHz, depending on need for range and coverage.

Microwave frequency spans from 300MHz to 30GHz. So, in effect the 5G wavelengths overlap microwave wavelengths. It wouldn’t be great to microwave your brain or body would it? An article in the Oct 2020 issue of Oncology Letters, calls out problems with lack of unbiased studies and government responsibility in relation to studies on safety of 5G. Unfortunately many claims on the safety on 5G are made by those having financial profitability or political affiliations. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7405337/

A 2016 study, prior to 5G rollout demonstrated that use of cellphone over 50 minutes per day could have effects of early dementia, insomnia, headaches, thermal damage to the brain, and long term cancer risk. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930268/

Some other anecdotal symptoms reported related to EMF exposure include:

• numbness
• pain
• headaches
• insomnia
• brain fog
• fatigue
• mood issues: anxiety, depression, irritability
• difficulty concentrating, forgetfullness
• red blood cell decreased oxygen capacity
• increased cellular mutation, potential carcinogenicity
• inflammation

What’s the Solution:

There are so many anti-EMF devices on the market and it can be time consuming to research what a good product would be. I spent some time doing research and found this company Aires Tech, that had a lot of scientific backing to their products. 

This device does not block EMFs. Which actually may be good because if the waves are surrounding you, there is no way to shield your body entirely, short of a body suit! These devices from Aires Tech contain a computer chip, that actually utilizes EMF frequencies to power the chip, converting the harmful EMFs to a frequency that is healthy and compatible to our human body. Here are photos of EEG brain scans. The photo to the left is after using a cell phone for 10 minutes. The photo to the right is using a cell phone for 10 minutes with the Aires Tech Device. Green is healthy and Red is Inflammed (bad). 

Left Image: Brain EEG using phone for 10 minutes. Right Image: brain EEG with Aires device attached to cell phone

I personally can feel the heat, or a buzzing sensation if I put a cellphone into my pocket. But other than that, I did not think I had any effects from phones, routers, computers personally. But when I started wearing the Lifetune Go, I had more energy, felt calmer and more noticed that I am finishing projects faster when wearing the device. I didn’t even know some of these frequencies were affecting me until I used this device.

I would recommend attaching the Lifetune One to your cellphone, computer, tablet or VR headset. Then use the Lifetune Go to protect yourself, it covers a larger area of 32 feet diameter. The company recommends keeping it near you on a keychain but I have personally felt more effect wearing it as a necklace on me. Hope this info is helpful for you. We cannot eliminate electronic devices or 5G around us in our modern age, but we can utilize some of these thoughtful devices to help neutralize some of the potential negative effects. Here's the link to more studies about the Aires devices as well as to get one for yourself. 

For 25% off your first order: Use Code: First25off

The information above is intended for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure disease. 

What is True Freedom

Happy Memorial Day! As we remember those who have fought for our country’s freedom today, it can also be a time to reflect on the health of our personal freedom.

-Do you feel like you have freedom?

-Does your health keep you from being a part of what means the most to you?

-Do you feel trapped by your own thoughts in your head and desire emotional freedom?

-Is something in your life not OK, but you’ve allowed it to continue?

-Is there something you desire, but you feel it is impossible to have?

If you are doing fantastic, I am so happy for you. If you are struggling, know that this too will pass. The first step in change is realizing that you want something to be different. I’ve found 2 roadblocks to getting what you desire, and if these are overcome, it is so easy for good things, like health, weight loss, freedom from anxiety/depression, improved relationships, and financial abundance be possible. Let’s overcome the 2 roadblocks.

1.     Lack of follow through. What is true freedom? Is it to do whatever you want, whenever you want? Maybe not. If a kid wants to stick their fingers into the electric outlet, they will get hurt, you tell them no. As adults, true freedom is having the discipline to do what leads us to lasting happiness, satisfaction, and purpose. Having the ability to say no to food cravings will help you feel better and look better. Giving up the comfort of watching TV and going for a walk will give you more energy. Having the ability to stop negative spiraling thought patterns will allow you to get out suffering sooner. Having the ability to think thoughts that serve you will get you want you truly want so much faster.

2.     Lack of control over your feelings and thoughts. Many of you have tried therapy for years talking about the same sort of things but don’t feel it really works. While helpful for insight and understanding about the situation, often our nervous systems are locked into programs since childhood.  Or traumas or negative experiences program our brains into either fight and flight (always being on guard, anxiety, protecting ourselves), or into freeze mode where we are paralyzed to move forward. Techniques that help rewire the nervous system is so helpful to making it so much easier to finally have control over your thoughts and emotions. Helping your nervous system feel safe to make change is what makes you able to change. If your brain wants to change, but your nervous system tells you it is not safe to, then the survival response wins and you are fighting yourself. The good news is there is a way to re-wire your brain to your advantage.

I encourage you to take some time for reflection this Memorial Day. You are worth it, beautiful, valued, important and deserving. You can have good things and good health. Summer is coming and a new season. It’s a good time to make some positive changes. Let me know if I can be of help to you in any way.

Is Cold Therapy Good or Bad for the Immune System?

I remember when I was a kid, our family would go to Carmel Beach often to visit. If you haven’t been there, the water is always ice cold! One Christmas on college break, we decided to go back there and I wanted to challenge myself to immerse into the ice-cold ocean. Well most Asian parents don’t want their kids to get cold, because you could get sick. But my parents were pretty open minded. So my sister and I ran up and down the beach till we were warm, then polar plunged into the Dec 25^th cold ocean. It was cold. Photo Credit James Petts

To my surprise the shock of the cold made me laugh. When I got out of the water, the feeling of the blood rushing was invigorating. And then there was a sense of bliss, accomplishment, self-resolve and confidence that flooded over me. That was unexpected.

Cryotherapy, the “Ice Man”, and contrast hydrotherapy seem to be hot therapies lately. How does it work? A study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10444630) showed an increase in WBCs (white blood cells) and NK cells (a particular type of T cell, the fights viruses and cancer) when subjects were exposed to cold, after having been preheated with exercise.

But a different study published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17705968/) concluded that exposure to cold is associated with an increase in respiratory disease. And that the longer the duration of exposure to cold, the higher the risk of infection. This study seems to be in line with the Chinese old wives tales of “don’t get cold, or you’ll get sick.”

In-fact in Chinese medicine TCM certain conditions are associated with “cold” such as arthritis being worse in cold, or poor digestion with “cold” in the middle Jiao. Hives are often associated with “internal wind” imbalances. Sometimes “wind” imbalance in the head can cause brain fog, or dizziness. Usually patients with these conditions do not have enough qi (or prana) to expel these external influences trapped inside the body such as cold, damp, or wind and physical disease occurs. And here’s where herbs, and energy work come into play to help.

Back to cold exposure, there is a lot of evidence and people reporting improved immunity, improved circulation, decreased depression, improved mood, improved focus, decrease fatigue, decreased pain etc. that comes with practicing cold exposure. It looks like there is conflicting data. My personal opinion is that it depends on body type and also one’s current health in time. Someone who is constitutionally “depleted” may not do well with cold therapy. Cold therapy also should be done gradually and trained. It is also important that the body is warm (such as after exercise, a hot shower/bath, sauna etc) before exposing to cold. Do not let yourself feel internally chilled, because in my experience that can increase susceptibility to getting sick. But an invigorating shock of cool/cold to a warm body for a short period of time can sometimes be beneficial.

You can easily start by taking a hot shower, then doing a couple rounds of 2 min hot and (10-30 seconds of cold). Initially just turn the water cooler, so you feel a difference. This will alert the autonomic nervous system (often improving mood, decreasing anxiety, waking up the immune system etc). As you are more accustomed, you can slowly turn the water colder and increase the time for your cold blast.

“To expose to cold, or to not expose to cold…this is the question.” Let me know what you think and what your experiences are.

To Fast or Not to Fast?

There are so many diets out there and intermittent fasting is really popular now. On the contrary, for some people it’s best to consume protein within one hour of waking, otherwise your blood sugar will be a roller coaster the rest of the day.

If the blood is too low, then you may feel fatigued, lack of concentration, “hangry”, or even lightheaded. But if Photo Credit Marco Verch your blood sugar is too high, extra sugar gets turned into FAT by your liver. So having a properly managed blood sugar is important not only for your waistline but may be key if you are having problems losing weight.

What’s wrong with insulin resistance, or borderline hypoglycemia? When the blood sugar dips low, it triggers your body to secrete cortisol (a stress hormone). Low blood sugar is a stress to the body. But that does not mean to keep eating carbs or sugar to prevent the hypoglycemic dip because doing so will cause a rebound effect of triggering the low blood sugar dip. Generally eating proteins and healthy fats keep your blood sugar steady, which is good.

Cortisol imbalance can create feelings of anxiety, stress, lack of focus, increased inflammation, immune suppression, hormone imbalances, fatigue, and cause your body to gain more weight especially in your belly area. So eating in a way that works with your body’s physiology is very important when it comes to your health, living longer, mood and if you are wanting to lose weight. What about fasting?

After 12 hours of Fasting the body secretes growth hormone. What does GH do?

• Stimulates fat loss in a process called lipolysis. “lysis” means bursting of cells. So essentially it explodes your fat cells and kills them.
• GH prevents aging and keeps you looking young. GH stimulates your body to secrete IGF-1 which stimulates new healthy cell growth. If you have more breakdown of cells and tissues (catabolism) you age. If you have more regeneration (anabolism) it is anti-aging and anti-inflammatory.
• GH involved in healing which fasting will trigger

You can simply achieve this by eating an earlier dinner, sleeping for 8 hrs and then having a breakfast after 12 hours of your last meal.

After 18 hours of fasting autophagy is induced.

 “Auto” means self and “Phagy” means eat. What does Autophagy do and what is good about it?

• Gets rid of Advanced Glycated End Products (AGE) which are bad. You get AGEs from burnt foods, charred foods, fried foods, smoking etc. AGEs are carcinogenic (cancer causing) but after 18 hours of fasting, Augophagy is triggered allowing your body to get rid of AGEs.
• Gets rid of Amyloids. Amyloids are bad molecules found in aging or chronically inflamed people’s brains. They are associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.
• Starts to eat away at abnormal cells or cancer cells.
• Augophagy of bad microbes such as molds, yeasts, bad bacteria, viruses etc.

You can simply achieve this by skipping 1 meal.

After 24 Hours of fasting

• Inflammation starts to decrease. Many autoimmune, allergic or other inflammatory conditions get a chance to heal.
• You may start to switch to Ketosis, a state the Ketogenic diet aims to induce. Ketosis allows you to burn fat as fuel rather than glucose (sugar). This helps with burning fat, weight loss.
• BDNF is stimulated to start repairing brain cells. Thinking may start becoming more clear. And this may have long term effects of preventing age related memory loss.

You can simply achieve this by skipping 2 meals.

Most people can easily prolong all the benefits listed above by extending the fast to 36 hours, which is basically skipping 3 meals plus the time of a night of sleep. Never fast without drinking water. Sometimes it is beneficial to supplements with certain nutrients or protein during a fast, sometimes not. If you suffer from medical conditions, are very depleted, fasting may not be the best for you initially without supervision. But fasting may be one of the keys to support healing. Some people do well on a weekly fast, intermittent fasting, ketogenic diet, FODMAPS diet, anti-inflammatory diet, blood type diet and many other methods. If you are confused as to what is best for you and your health goals, please contact me and we can discuss how I can help you.

Hack Your Circadian Rhythm

Get the Right Kind of Light 

I don’t really like the winter time change when it gets so dark so fast in the afternoon. I’m sure many of you feel the effects of this like feeling more tired, increased tendency to depression, feeling more sluggish or craving more junk foods. Good news there may be some tools you can use to “hack” the time change problems. Photo credit Mark Morgan

One of the ways to “hack” the winter blues is with light. Our brains more specifically the pineal gland have sensors to light which affect melatonin secretion and other hormones. Light is not all the same. When light hits water in a certain way, the water creates a prism, which separates the wavelengths of light creating a rainbow. Different colors of light have different effects on our bodies.

For example blue light is stimulating, can give more energy, helps with a positive mood, suppresses melatonin production. Sounds great right? But if you use a lot of blue light at night, it’s not healthy because melatonin production is reduced. This may cause you to not sleep as deeply or restfully at night. Melatonin is also linked to cancer prevention, so low levels of melatonin may be associated with an increased risk of cancer. This is one of the reasons why there is research showing higher level of cancer in people who work night shift.

When to use blue light? There is more blue spectrum light from the sun in the morning compared to the afternoon. This is nature’s way to protect your circadian rhythm. Exposure to sun in the morning is the best way to get blue light. Get more natural sunlight during the day to prevent the winter blues and stay energized.

At night, you want to reduce blue light. There is a lot of blue spectrum light emitted from cell phones screens, TVs, certain LED lights, and fluorescent lights. Blue light is bad at night because it kills melatonin production and throws off other hormone balance. Red color is the opposite of blue. If you put a red filter on your electronic devices, it reduces some of the damage. There is a free software called:

f.lux

https://justgetflux.com/

You can install this on your computer, put down what time you’d like to go to bed and it will automatically adjust your screen color.

If you have an iPhone you can go to settings: display and brightness: night shift. Put down when you’d like your screen display to be warmer (more red colors) at night. Of course it is always best to stay away from electronic screens if you can 30-60 minutes before bed. You can create a low light setting with more warm colors (red spectrum) before bed such as with candles, or Himalayan salt lamps.

Being smart with your “lights” is one way to help with winter blues, body clock, and hormone balance. If you need more help beyond this, please feel free to reach out to me and we can go over a personalized assessment of your situation and give you specific therapies to help you overcome your health concerns. I’m so happy to get to share with you. Thank you for honoring yourself and investing in your health and future.