Your hormones don´t like non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation

We live in a time of great environmental pollution of all kinds that affect us all but has a specific and special impact on the female body due to her natural biology and complexity of her hormones.

Non- ionizing electromagnetic radiation has biological effects

Hormones are very powerful and sensitive substances. So even very small changes in hormone production, or lack of it, can have major implications in our body and many different Ambiental stressors impact their fragile balance.

It has been the subject of scientific debate since the early '90s if nonionizing electromagnetic radiation has any biological impact. The scientific community has been divided since then but we could say now with confidence, due to thousands of peer view scientific studies that this debate had come to its end because the biological effects are no longer possible to deny.

Many of these studies have shown how is electromagnetic radiation affecting our hormones. Hormones like estrogen, testosterone, melatonin, insulin and cortisol.

For example, in the study published in PubMed in May 2016 has been concluded, that a year-long exposure to electromagnetic radiation exposure from mobile phones and Wi-Fi devices produce changes in the hormone, oxidative stress, and body temperature levels in the uterus of maternal rats. The exposure used in this study was 900 and 1800 MHz (mobile phone) and 2450 MHz (Wi-Fi).

The results of some studies indicate that EMR induces endometriosis and inflammation and decreases the number of follicles in the ovarium or uterus of rats. Decreases testosterone (low levels of testosterone have been linked to testicular and prostate cancers) and increases luteinizing hormone levels of male rats. Decreases values of antioxidants such as melatonin, vitamin E and glutathione peroxidase both in male and female rats.

In conclusion, the results of current studies indicate that oxidative stress from exposure to Wi-Fi and mobile phone-induced EMR is a significant mechanism affecting female and male reproductive systems (electromagnetic radiation from cell phones reduces sperm counts in males by as much as 30%).

The same conclusion has been published by Charles Graham, PhD, a physiologist at the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, who has conducted studies indicating that electromagnetic radiation, such as that found in wireless technology, does indeed disrupt and alter hormone levels. In the laboratory, when women were exposed to electromagnetic radiation overnight researchers found that their levels of estrogen increased. The problem with this is that increased estrogen levels have long been known to increase the risk of breast cancer.

Here's another interesting twist to the hormone story. For many years women have been prescribed the drug tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer. Breast cancer is directly connected to elevated levels of estrogens or an unbalanced ratio between progesterone and estrogen (estrogen dominance). Tamoxifen blocks the actions of estrogen so that´s the reason why it has been widely used as a treatment for breast cancer. Unfortunately, it has a very serious side effect which is the proliferation of other types of cancer like cancers of the uterine endometrium.

The WHO and the American Cancer Society has classified Tamoxifen as a carcinogen.

In a 1998 study published in Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine, Harlan Lee, Levine and Liburdy showed that the beneficial effect of tamoxifen is negated when exposed to electromagnetic radiation. In other words, tamoxifen doesn´t work anymore. The amount used to produce this effect was 60 Hz, which is the normal amount of electromagnetic radiation generated from common household appliances like hairdryers, vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, computer monitors, desk lamps and electric clocks.

It is a paradox that it has been used as a treatment for cancer when it produces cancer and the little positive effect that it had in the treatment of breast cancer is probably completely annulated in our modern society when women are exposed to much higher levels of radiation than the one that has been used in the studies of the early '90s.

So, in conclusion, if you want to keep your hormones in balance and protect yourself against cancer you need to reduce your exposure to electromagnetic radiation.

How do you do that in an ambient that is full of EMR? You might not be able to control what is outside but you can control what is inside of your home and how you use all the wireless devices and technology. Here you have just a few basic steps but I recommend you to download our E-book about how to use new technologies responsibly:

• Don't carry the cell phone near your body.

- belt clip or in a pocket

- bra

- use speakerphone or wired headphones

• Don't lay a computer on your lap.

• Keep electric devices away from your bed at night.

• Reduce the time on your wireless devices.

• If you must spend a lot of time on a computer or a cell phone or in an area where electromagnetic radiation is present (i.e. everywhere) use some type of protective devices that will help neutralize the radiation and switch to an Ethernet cable (don´t use Wi-Fi connections in your home).

• Learn how to use flight mode on your phone and computer.