Many scientists are noticing that energy is not just an ethereal concept that one must picture in one’s head in order to make real or to use in one�s life. Energies are tangible, like electricity and radio waves also have an impact on the body, can cause health effects that need to be considered.

It’s easy to understand how electricity can affect the body in a negative way when you consider the idea of lightning striking someone. The current runs through the body and into the ground in order to become a neutral charge. But since lightning strikes aren’t that common, they are often disregarded as a fluke of nature and ‘bad’ luck. In our everyday lives, however, we are constantly in contact with potentially dangerous electrical sources:

• Thunderstorms
• The earth’s natural magnetic forces
• X-rays
• Radio waves
• Cellular phones
• TV waves
• Computer and laptop energy waves

If you stop to think about how many hours you are in the presence of these kinds of EMF (electromagnetic field) sources, you can begin to see how potential health effects are a cause for concern.

Many of us live our lives in front of a computer or near a telephone pole or with a cell phone to our ear much of the day. To think that electricity and the EMF that it generates might be affecting us is something that we need to study further. Things like thunderstorms don’t happen all the time, but the electronic devices that you use every hour upon the hour do make a difference.

You will also want to realize that your body is also a series of electrical processes in your nervous system. When your nerves ‘fire’ to send messages to other parts of your body or to your brain, there is a small electrical charge emitted. Consequently, it is not unrealistic to think that electrical energy in our environment might be changing this process. If you are interrupting the signals to and from your brain, that can lead not only to ‘message errors,’ but also to long term effects.

Take, for example, the idea of a stroke in the brain. When the blood is cut off to the brain for a long period of time, this causes certain functions to be removed from the brain because those portions of the brain are dead from a lack of oxygen from the lack of blood flow. If EMF waves interrupt the flow of electrical signals, what this does is makes the brain find other ways of transmitting the signals, which can disrupt other functions and capabilities.

Current studies from the WHO (World Health Organization) have demonstrated that there are several potential side effects to constant EMF exposure:

• Possible association with increased risk of cancers � There have been some studies that have linked childhood leukemia and the increased presence of EMF in the environment.
• Increased incidence of headaches � The electrical waves from appliances and other devices can begin to change the processes in the brain, causing pain.
• Nausea � When the EMF waves alter the equilibrium in the brain, it can cause issues with nausea and feeling vertigo.
• Depression � Again, the disruption of nerve activity can cause feelings of depression and even suicide
• Anxiety � The altering of the nervous system can begin to show as changes in mood and anxiety levels.
• Fatigue � The in ability to carry messages to parts of the body can slow down the processing of necessary information for energy production.
• Loss of sexual libido

Even the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is concerned about the increase in EMF energy in the environment. While they are unwilling to admit that EMF can increase the risk of childhood leukemia and certain adult forms of lymphoma, in 1990, they proposed a measure that would allow EMF to be categorized as a carcinogen (cancer causing agent) along with chemicals like formaldehyde. However, the final draft excluded this recommendation.

The brain is the primary place where the EMF waves seem to do the most harm. Because the brain is a center filled with electrical activity, it seems that any interference from outside sources is going to cause troubles for the rest of the body. If messages from the brain can’t get to other parts of the body, certain necessary processes may not be able to occur � i.e. things like muscle movement. Without interruption, the brain signals can move from nerve to nerve easily, but with EMF, it seems that problems are bound to occur.

The main concern now is that there are so many sources of EMF in our daily lives that it is hard to control how high these levels are for our bodies. Not only are our computers and cell phones emitting these energy waves, but so are the computers and cell phones of our friends and neighbors. It’s this cumulative effect that seems to be indicating that further study is necessary.

Protecting one’s self from the possibility of EMF damage seems to be the most prudent advice at the time. By reducing your exposure to EMF sources and eliminating them from your home as much as possible, you can limit your risk factors. Replacing your digital alarm clock with an old fashioned turn crank clock is a good start � especially since this item sits so close to your head as you sleep. You might also want to make sure you are sitting as far back from your computer screen as you can to reduce the EMF waves that come in contact with your body.

Several products are on the market as well to help you reduce the EMF in your life. Energy efficient models and those with EMF reducing technology can help to create a healthier life for you and your family.

The negative effects of electrical energy on the body and the brain may need more study, but the idea of EMF waves that may be causing troubles for your brain and nerve activity makes sense. And it’s always better to play it safe than sorry. Check out How to Balance EMF�s