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EMF Is A Risk Factor For Diabetes And Interferes With Diabetes Management

Screen Shot 2017-03-15 at 7.37.02 PMDiabetes is a common medical condition and is diagnosed by high levels of glycated hemoglobin, also known as hemoglobin A1c. Repeat hemoglobin A1c levels of 6.5% or more indicate diabetes. It may sound surprising but environmental factors such as exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) can affect hemoglobin A1c levels, blood glucose levels and insulin responses. Researchers have found that higher plasma glucose levels, decreased insulin secretion and a reduced binding capacity of insulin to its receptors occurred when subjects were exposed to EMFs (1, 2). In one study, non-diabetic students from two different schools exposed to radio-frequencies from mobile phone base stations (cell towers) were studied. The first school’s students were exposed to 9.601 nW/cm2 at a frequency of 925 MHz for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 years while the second school’s students were exposed to 1.909 nW/cm2 at a frequency of 925 MHz for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 years and the students from the first school who were exposed to the higher power density had significantly higher levels of hemoglobin A1c than the students from the second school (1). Although this study had no control (unexposed) group, it indicates that radio-frequency radiation has negative consequences on health. Other types of EMFs, such as dirty electricity, can also affect blood sugar levels and insulin responses. Several cases studies revealed that blood glucose levels increased when diabetics were exposed to high levels of dirty electricity and required less insulin in electromagnetically clean environments (2). This indicates that pre-diabetic individuals may be better able to regulate their blood glucose levels and diabetics may require less medication when they have reduced the level of EMFs in their environments. It also brings up the possibility that many may be misdiagnosed with diabetes due primarily to their EMF exposures. Clinicians need to be made aware of these findings. We need to make safer environments by reducing, eliminating and avoiding EMF exposures in our environments as much as possible. Man-made EMFs have never been proven to be safe and we will continue to see the deleterious effects of EMF on human health as technologies advance and proliferate.




1. Meo, S., Alsubaie, Y., Almubarak, Z., Almutawa, H., AlQasem, Y. & Hasanato, R. M. Association of Exposure to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Field Radiation (RF-EMFR) Generated by Mobile Phone Base Stations with Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (2015), 12,14519-14528. doi:10.3390/ijerph121114519

2. Havas, M. Diry Electricity Elevates Blood Sugar Among Electrically Sensitive Diabetics and May Explain Brittle Diabetes. Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine. (2008), 27(2):135-46. doi: 10.1080/15368370802072075.

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  1. Fantastic! I am exposed to a rather high emf frequency near a tower and that is exactly what happened. I used to just ” buzz” throughout my body; but the emf has increased and now blood tests indicate the change in me as you described. Numbers are raised.My son, absolutely no markers for it has been labeled as having the disease. Your article supports my intuition. Thank you.

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