Ground yourself to slash belly fat and zap hot flashes, sleeplessness, and stress.
Which of these scenarios would you prefer? Trouble falling asleep only to awaken several times each night, muscle pain and leg cramps, plus hot flashes. Or this? Falling sound asleep with reduced back, leg, and neck pain, plus fewer hot flashes?
That's a no brainer! Anyone would take the second option over the first. But wait, what if that meant taking drugs with dubious or even dangerous side effects? In that case, many of us might try to live with… Continue reading Categories
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October 29th, 2010Ground yourself to slash belly fat and zap hot flashes, sleeplessness, and stress.
Which of these scenarios would you prefer? Trouble falling asleep only to awaken several times each night, muscle pain and leg cramps, plus hot flashes. Or this? Falling sound asleep with reduced back, leg, and neck pain, plus fewer hot flashes?
That's a no brainer! Anyone would take the second option over the first. But wait, what if that meant taking drugs with dubious or even dangerous side effects? In that case, many of us might try to live with… Continue reading Cordless Phones Can Harm Your Heart, New Study Shows
October 27th, 2010
Exposure to radio frequency radiation from cordless phones raised heart rate in almost half the subjects in a new study.
These digital phones emit extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs)—even when they're not in use. Much like antennas, cell phones, tube fluorescent lights, and WiFi, cordless phones contribute to electrosmog that's linked to arrhythmia, heart palpitations, and rapid heartbeat.
This new double-blind study just published in the European Journal of Oncology also reports other autonomic nervous system problems including anxiety, blood pressure changes, dizziness, fatigue, fainting spells, nausea, panic attacks, profuse sweating, and sleep… Continue reading Getting Enough Vitamin G?
October 25th, 2010
"Vitamin G" is a natural solution to aches, chronic fatigue, and insomnia.
Does pain keep you from sleeping well—even with medicine and/or sleep aids? It did to one 49-year-old woman with chronic back and neck pain. No matter what meds she took the night before, she awakened stiff and sore—and had trouble getting through the day because she was so tired.
Then she tried a special sleep system that literally grounded her to the Earth. And after four nights, she reported substantially less pain, better quality sleep, and very little stiffness on waking… Continue reading Is Your Cordless Phone Zapping You?
October 22nd, 2010
New research links these and other wireless signals to heart irregularities.
A double-blind peer-reviewed study published today in the European Journal of Oncology links cordless phones—which transmit pulsed signals similar to WiFi networks—to heart palpitations and other autonomic nervous system problems.
"People don't just feel ill, their heart begins to race," says lead author Magda Havas, PhD. This is first study to document immediate, dramatic change in both heart rate and its variability from microwave (MW) exposure well below the federal standards in this country and Canada.
In this investigation, Colorado residents between 37… Continue reading Are Medical Tests Making You Sick?
October 20th, 2010
Concerns are growing about high-tech scans, even mammograms.
In the last decade, medical personnel have upped their use of CT scans and MRIs significantly—without a corresponding rise in life-threatening conditions, a new study in JAMA shows. Earlier this year over 250 patients at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center got far more radiation than they bargained for—burning their skin and causing some to lose their hair—from CT scans.
The federal Food and Drug Administration that regulates radiation machines has limited oversight of this equipment, so responsibility rests with the states. The New York Times reports that… Continue reading Trying to Flatten Your Tummy?
October 18th, 2010
Check your thyroid—this tiny gland plays a critical role in metabolism and weight.
Growing rates of abdominal obesity (better known as belly fat)—largely in younger women between the ages of 20 and 39—is fueling an increase in metabolic syndrome, a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. New research in Diabetes Care reports that 35% of American adults have metabolic syndrome—up from 29% in earlier surveys.
While last week's issue of JAMA finds that a healthy diet and increased physical activity are as effective as bariatric surgery in significantly reducing belly… Continue reading Reset Your Metabolism for the Weight You Want
October 15th, 2010
Stress—even when you don't recognize it—can pack on the pounds.
Cortisol, the stress hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, can make you fat. If you're under any kind of stress, this hormone triggers fat storage—to protect against perceived "dangers ahead" and to provide instant energy that may be needed for "fight or flight."
When stress—including the stealth stress of being bathed 24/7 in electropollution from antennae, cell and cordless phones, electrical appliances and wiring, microwaves, PDAs, power lines, and WiFi—builds up over time, high levels of cortisol prevent sound sleep and stimulate hunger… Continue reading Are You Stumped by Strange Symptoms?
October 13th, 2010
You may be electrosensitive, and zap-proof supplements can help.
Agitation, brain fog, dizziness, headaches, inability to concentrate, nervousness, a racing pulse, ringing in your ears, sensitivity to light, skin problems, tingling in your limbs, trouble getting your work done, unrelenting fatigue, waking up repeatedly during the night—do you experience any of these seemingly unrelated symptoms?
One normally healthy New York suburbanite began noticing odd symptoms several months after her power company installed new digital electric and gas meters at her home. "I felt as if I were becoming unhinged," she says, describing her… Continue reading Is Your Laptop Toasting You?
October 11th, 2010
Avoiding "toasted skin" is just the beginning – protect yourself from infertility and worse.
Have you ever noticed a sponge-patterned skin discoloration on your thighs? If so—and you use a laptop computer—you may be literally "roasting" your skin.
Last week, the journal Pediatrics reported on a 12-year-old boy with this condition. "He recognized that the laptop got hot on the left side," researchers say, "however, regardless of that, he did not change its position."
A Virginia law school student suffered a similar ugly rash, resembling skin damage from long-term sun exposure, after using her laptop… Continue reading The Breast Cancer Risk That Nobody Talks About
October 8th, 2010
Radiation from electrical and wireless gadgets can damage DNA and activate tumor growth.
Israeli scientists have found that low-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs)—produced by cell and cordless phones, hair dryers, electronics, faulty wiring, microwave ovens, PDAs, power lines, TVs, and WiFi—have "a statistically significant influence on the formation" of the commonest form of breast cancer.
Following close to 1,300 clinical case records of older women—those with the highest incidence of mammary tumors—for over 26 years, researchers report that these women used personal computers at least three hours a day, as well as mobile phones… Continue reading 
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