The Promotion

The 5G media blitz is pervasive. Whether you are watching TV, surfing the web, or watching videos, there are ads for 5G everywhere! And, even though most of us don’t truly understand the technology, we are experiencing the hype. The tech industry and world governments believe 5G will be bring about a technological revolution that will transform society, allowing for the internet of things (IoT). This network will connect the internet with appliances, lights, and our “things.” Turn your dishwasher on with your smart phone! Autonomous self-driving vehicles will abound. 5G small cells posted at regular intervals will triangulate and precisely locate your phone and other devices whenever you are connected to the network. Vendors will know your name as you enter their stores and be able to market to you in real time as you move through aisles. Companies will know when you turn your lights on and off. Perhaps they may even recognize if you left your lights on after leaving the house. Your auto insurance company will know how fast you drive down the highway and may adjust your rates accordingly. Utility companies will know what temperature you turn your thermostat to and how often you do your laundry! 

Anyone could get caught up in the media hype. That is, anyone but those fearing the implications of wide scale surveillance and those aware of the negative health effects from intense electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure.

What exactly is 5G?

5G stands for 5th generation and represents the next technological leap for wireless communication beyond 4G LTE. 5G will provide access to a new bandwidth of higher frequency with increased energy, previously used only by military and radar applications. The 5G technology is much more complex than merely sending and receiving information over a higher frequency bandwidth. This is in part related to the anticipated increase in network traffic as well as technical requirements for working with shorter wavelengths.

5G will utilize frequencies from 6GHz up to and beyond 86GHz within the millimeter frequency bandwidth. These higher energetic frequencies are composed of shorter wavelengths allowing for much more information to be delivered over a shorter time frame. But higher frequencies with shorter wavelengths don’t penetrate structures as easily as longer wavelengths, so without any further modification, these high frequency signals would be blocked by trees, building materials, and even rain! As a remedy, scientists have figured out how to focus the millimeter waves into a narrow beam directed at its target device. The increased intensity of the beam enables penetration through building structures and the interior of homes and offices.

The details:

Because these waves travel a significantly shorter distance than low frequency waves, antennae must be located much closer to each other and to their target devices than the older 3G and 4G transponders. It is for this reason that smart cells are being installed every 2 – 19 house in urban environments. A pedestrian or car utilizing data moving down a street will be transferred from cell to cell, allowing uninterrupted service. For these reasons, this technology will become mainly an urban phenomenon.

For the foreseeable future, the 5G network will be a hybrid system utilizing both 4G LTE and 5G technology. Small cells strategically placed within residential neighborhoods and commercial districts will emit both frequency bands. The 4G LTE signal will beam 24/7/365. The beam focused 5G signal, on the other hand, will be “on demand” – only utilized when a user initiates the connection. The 5G network will not canvass the neighborhood for users. The 4G LTE/5G interface is expected to be fully operational in most locations around the globe by 2025. Eventually, scientists expect the 4G LTE network will be disbanded and 5G will function as a standalone system. 

Why the concern?

The scientific community does not yet understand the full health implications that will surface from the bombardment of high frequency EMF into our homes. But researchers and medical professionals understanding the stress that EMF places on living cells are extremely concerned about the 5G rollout. There has been worldwide opposition to the 5G deployment by activists and health care advocates. 

Two features of 5G are most alarming. First, the 4G LTE cells will be much too close to people living or walking in these neighborhoods incessantly beaming radiofrequency (RF). People in second floor bedrooms will potentially be at eye level to antennae on a utility pole outside their home. Second, focused 5G beams will consist of very strong pulses of EMF having the energy and capacity to cause significant biological damage to people and animals.

It is expected that 5G will exponentially increase indoor and outdoor RF levels, undoubtedly increasing the number of people who develop EMF related illnesses and electro-sensitivity. Millimeter waves in particular have been shown to accelerate bacterial, viral and cancer growth, negatively impact our body’s tumor suppression capability, and cause eye damage and cataracts. 

5G detection

Although RF meters currently in the marketplace can detect and quantify 4G LTE frequencies, at the present time, there are no reasonably priced detectors on the market to measure mm wave frequencies. Once the wireless industry determines the frequency band they plan to use, industry will follow suit and design appropriate detectors.

What can you do to limit your exposure to 5G?

1. Now is a good time to remove Wi-Fi from within your home. Since 5G will not be activated without your device asking for its service, cell antennae won’t beam focused EMF bands into your home if you have your devices hardwired. Here are a few suggestions:

• Hardwire your computers, smart TVs, and tablets with ethernet cables.
  • Use a corded landline for phone service when you are at home.
  • Have incoming calls forwarded from your cell phone to your landline when you enter your home.
  • Place your cell phone and tablets in airplane mode when you are at home.
  • Avoid unnecessary Wi-Fi based appliances and opt out of the smart home.

2. Increase your efforts to shield your home from 4G LTE. These signals beamed from smart cells as close as 30 feet to some homes will be much more intense than those from remote cell towers.  Consider applying shielding paints, building grade foil and/or RF blocking window film to your home. The extent to which you need to shield will depend on your proximity to the cell and the strength of EMF entering your home. A building biologist will be a useful resource to assist you in remediation.

3. Consider purchasing a device to lessen the harmful biological effects of EMF when you are on the go. Aires Tech is a company that produces a series of 3 devices that convert incoherent forms of EMF into a less biologically harmful form. Although other vendors sell products with a similar claim, Aires Tech offers links on their website to numerous scientific research studies substantiating their claims. The quality of their research is impressive. The company is offering a special discount for my readers. Use the promotional code robbrown30 to receive a 30% price reduction off your order from now through August 31st.

What else can you do?

Become aware of this technology and learn as much as you can in preparation of its roll out in your neighborhood. Keep a journal and be observant of any changes in your health or your family’s health. Become politically active and check out organizations such as the  Environmental Health Trust  which utilize grassroots efforts to combat industry and governmental lobbyists.

This week, as I’ve listened to newscasters talk about how the flu epidemic is taking over America, it struck me that people are likely ill, in part, because they are experiencing a melatonin deficiency.

Vitamin D and melatonin have something in common. They both strengthen the body’s immune system. Their relative production should complement each other perfectly. But, in our world of technology, they have become out of sync. Cancer and other diseases can develop if an immune system doesn’t function properly. In this post, you are going to gain an appreciation for melatonin and learn what you can do to normalize your brain’s production of this important hormone.

Winter and melatonin deficiency

It is wintertime in the northern hemisphere and people all over are getting sick. The news is filled with reports of how bad the flu is this year. Unless you are supplementing yourself with Vitamin D, your Vitamin D levels have likely dropped because the sun is low in the sky and days are short. We know that low Vitamin D levels are associated with decreased immune function. But why would mother nature do this to us? Does it make sense that we should all be put at greater risk for illness during the winter?

Although days are short, nights are long and your body’s natural response during periods of prolonged darkness is to produce more melatonin. This hormone is produced by the brain’s pineal gland, often referred to as the third eye. This gland receives information directly from the eyes and can therefore in a way, sense whether or not it is dark or light out. In the absence of light, the pineal gland secretes melatonin which has crucial beneficial health effects on your body, one of which is to strengthen the immune system.

So in the summertime, your immune system is fortified by sunlight and Vitamin D, while in the wintertime, your immune system should be enhanced by darkness and melatonin.

If this is true, why are so many people getting sick in the darkness of winter?!

Maybe one reason has to do with a mass deficiency in production. There are several common habits we share which could explain why so many of us experience melatonin deficiency.

6 simple tips to avoid melatonin deficiency:

1. Melatonin production should be cyclical, off during the day and on at night. expose yourself to sunlight or at least full spectrum light during the day so your brain knows when it is daytime.
2. Pick a bedtime and stick with it. When the body gets into the habit of going to sleep at a certain time, it will naturally want to fall asleep when that time arrives each day or night. Let yourself drift off when that time comes.
3. Before going to bed, refrain from looking at all LED screens, including cell phones, laptops, tablets and TVs. Looking at an LED screen before going to sleep significantly reduces the amount of melatonin your brain produces at night. This light effect is even more potent for children than adults, so make sure your kids turn off their devices at least a half hour before bedtime.
4. Feng shui masters consider having electronics in the bedroom to be inauspicious. They are wise. When you turn out the lights to sleep, there should be NO ambient light. If you have electronics in your bedroom, unplug each device that has an indicator light. Alternatively, you can shield each light source with a piece of countertop decor. Understand that if you can see any light with your eyes open, your pineal gland will more than likely see the light even when your eyes are closed.
5. If you are used to falling asleep in front of the TV, try to change your habit. It is best to read before bed (not from a tablet). If you need some ambient sound to relax, play music or listen to something previously downloaded to your device. If you feel you absolutely must have the TV on to fall asleep,  put the TV on a timer so it will shut off after you typically fall asleep.
6. Electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) trick the pineal gland into thinking that there is ambient light. EMF exposure during sleep will therefore cause your brain to produce less melatonin. If you use your cell phone as an alarm, put it in airplane mode to ensure it doesn’t ping you with EMF periodically while you are sleeping. And importantly, please don’t place a cordless phone or a wifi router anywhere near your bedroom. If you must, because of the design of your living space, either unplug the units or place them on a timer so that they turn off when you go to sleep and click back on when you are scheduled to wake up.

Waking up!

Ideally, we would be able to wait for the sunrise to wake up. But, since many of us have to work in the early morning, some methods of waking up are less stressful than others — and can offer a subtle, enjoyable way to address a melatonin deficiency.

Like many people, I’ve gone through an evolution of alarm clocks starting with a freestanding windup clock with bells on top. From there, I moved to a plug-in variety with hands and a buzzer and then, a digital clock radio, which had been my preferred method for awakening until recently. A few months ago, I purchased a daylighting alarm clock. I am in awe over this technology. 30 minutes prior to my scheduled wake up time, the clock begins to glow a reddish hue, which slowly brightens to a white light. It is relaxing, pleasing and so completely natural. At the designated wake up time, the clock will produce some type of sound, either an ambient noise such as crashing waves, or it will play radio.

The way this light works is very clever. Even though I sleep with my eyes close, light from the clock hits my eye lids and causes a faint illumination, telling my pineal gland that there is light in the room. In response, the pineal gland stops producing melatonin. Different wavelengths of light will have a stronger suppression on melatonin secretion than others. Interestingly, redder hues have less of an effect on melatonin suppression than blue frequencies. So, by simulating a sunrise, the clock is telling the pineal gland to SLOWLY stop producing melatonin. This gradual awakening feels so natural and is completely stress free! I highly recommend trying one.

Take care of yourself this winter and always!
Give some consideration to your sleep habits. Maybe you can do a little reorganization in the bedroom to enhance your melatonin production. Now, in the midst of winter, is a perfect time to start.

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Using magnets for pain relief and to speed up the body’s innate healing mechanism can sound a little “New Age” to some. But, regardless of one’s belief system, this powerful technology is worth consideration when faced with many health conditions, in particular injury. I hope you’ll listen to my story, which begins on an outdoor expedition years ago.
The instant I stepped down awkwardly on to the rock and felt my knee “squish”, I knew there was trouble.
Quickly, the knee swelled and stiffened. Thankfully, it was the last day of vacation.
After a week of self medication with Advil, I gave up and went to an orthopedic surgeon. He expressed concern about the meniscus and prescribed me a 6 week course of a potent anti-inflammatory. The pain improved and the swelling subsided. But, an unnerving twinge continued to plague me with certain movements. Stepping on the clutch in my standard transmission car continued to be particularly bothersome. A few days after finishing the treatment, the pain returned and then worsened.
At my follow up appointment, the surgeon offered me a choice of physical therapy, another round of anti-inflammatory medication, or arthroscopic surgery.
Back at my work desk, I hopelessly weighed my options. That’s when my colleague, a physician in the next work station, cautiously asked if I was “open minded” and if I would consider an “alternative treatment?”
Intriguing… I thought. “Tell me more.”
This rebel of the medical establishment handed me two metallic discs and explained that his wife was a distributor for a Japanese company called Nikken that manufactures magnets. It sounded like a “woowoo” treatment, along the same line as snake oil. But, I had nothing to lose, so I let him tape the two discs onto my hurt knee.
I kept those magnets on for the rest of the day. It wasn’t until I was halfway home that I realized I hadn’t felt any twinges of pain while shifting gears.
“Hmm,” I thought. “That’s interesting?!”
I continued to wear those magnets for two months.
No weakness. No pain. No medication. No surgery.
And, today, 25 years later, no arthritis.
A True Believer
Since that fateful day, I have used magnetic products over and over again on myself, family, and friends. In fact, a whole shelf in my medicine cabinet is dedicated to this technology. I have accumulated an assortment of sizes and strengths of round magnetic discs, wraps, insoles, jewelry, and even spinning varieties that penetrate deeper into the body. My first mode of first aid is usually to tape a magnet onto an injury. From experience, I have learned that this will almost always speed up the recovery time and often without the need for other medication.
The trick is to know when to use magnets for pain relief and when to go to the doctor for a more formal evaluation. That, unfortunately, cannot be taught on a blog post. If one hears a noise during an injury, the suspicion should be raised for the need of a professional medical assessment. Tendons snap, ligaments pop, bones crack.
Visible deformity, numbness, and severe weakness should also direct one to seek a medical professional at an emergency room or urgent care center. An inability to fully move a joint due to a sense of “locking” or a feeling of “instability”, will also more than likely require a doctor’s evaluation, but not typically as an emergency.
Most strains, sprains, bruises, and other localized injury, even lower back pain, can often benefit from the application of magnets. I have even observed fractures heal much more quickly than expected following the application of magnets to a cast.
How Do they Work?
Nikken’s magnetic products penetrate and infuse the body with a magnetic grid. Blood flow improves and… the rest is seemingly magic. I imagine that the magnetic framework helps the body to heal itself, similar to scaffolding workmen use to repair a damaged edifice. I have no experience with other brands of magnetic technology and therefore cannot comment on their effectiveness. It is important to understand though that magnets aren’t “medication”. In fact, the FDA forbids magnet manufacturers from claiming that these products heal or cure.
Despite not clearly understanding how they work I can tell you unequivocally, as an orthopedic radiologist, that these strange discs from Nikken help the body heal, and often without any additional medication or treatment.
Sustainable
Magnets for pain relief function as an anti-inflammatory with no side effects. No needed prescription and no concern for refills. In fact, unless you lose them, they seem to last forever.
Do you have an open mind?

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