My Burning Question

That’s what I called it last night.  I was so nervous.  Heart pounding.  What would they think?  I was attending a class where the week before I was sitting under Compact Fluorescent Lights for 3 hours.  My body burned the whole time and I wanted to crawl out of my skin.  I went home with a brutal headache, and my bones and flesh felt like they were on fire.  I had to complete this course, but I didn’t know how to remedy this situation.   I had to tell the instructor that I couldn’t do the class in that building with the Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFL’s).   My first thoughts were, "Oh God, what is she going to think?  What will the whole program think?"  So she asked me to tell the students my circumstance in the next class and ask if we could turn most of those lights off so we still had enough light. 

So, fastforward to last night.  Prior to class I was nauseated and I was scared.  What would they think?  What would I say?  So I told them.  “I have Electrical Sensitivity and I am very sensitive to the light from Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs.  It makes my body burn and gives me a brutal headache.”  The response? Looks of shock and amazement - wide eyed shock.  No looks of doubt, just incredible empathetic open hearts - and willingness to turn off the CFL’s.

I was touched with their sensitivity to my issue. This has often times not been my experience in the past, so I have learned (in a sad way) to be quiet about this condition.  Many people have judged me, calling me paranoid and psychosomatic.  That is not the case.  Silently, I have kept quiet about this issue as though I am the only one.  I know I am not the only one.   I know I am not.  I know you are out there…….those of you that  experience your body burning, headaches, fatigue, anxiety or joint and muscle soreness after being under CFL’s. Maybe at this point you have not connected the dots between source and symptoms when you are at work, school or home.  Or maybe you have, but still think, naaaah, that couldn’t be possible.  Well, it is possible.  The world’s premier researcher on this very issue, Magda Hava has identified and proven – YES proven  there is a scientifically validated link between CFL’s and adverse symptoms.

Yes, I know CFL’s  are touted as being the “ecological choice”.  However they come with a hefty backlash of an implication.  The visually obvious is they are filled with Mercury, that hello, if one breaks, that is a disaster in itself and they are difficult to recycle.   The not so obvious is that they produce a type of frequency, also known as “dirty electricity”.  These of dirty electricity frequencies are biologically active and produce symptoms of inflammation as well as blood sugar dysregulation.   Give Mada Havas and CFL’s a Google, and you’ll see what I mean.   In fact, check out this YouTube video for a quick over view…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3YrEMlmE9E.  It is well worth the 3 minutes.

To learn more about this issue and how I work with people through Holistic Nutrition to help them mediate the unpleasant symptoms’ of Electrical Sensitivity contact me at: www.getnourished.tv

Until next time, thrive and be well,

Sarah at Get Nourished.TV