Thanks for this, Que, as it serves an as introduction to a post I'm working on right now about the microbiome's significance in health ... a topic which has been discussed much more frequently over the past several years by leading functional health practitioners.
On the sleep issue, one influencing factor many seem to ignore is the exposure to electropollution from all our wireless phones, gadgets, WiFi ...etc that is right there in the bedroom as well as surrounding us... 24/7.
In May 2011, my report on
Electropollution and Cardiovascular Risk was published here and included several other reference links on the topic.
Here's a clip from that post - talking about Dr. Sinatra's son who has deathly ill from electropollution:
,,," He notes that his son got zero sleep in the hospital and after his son recovered and procured an "electro-smog detector," he revisited the hospital and he measured his bed and room. The bed was "on fire" from the conduction of waves via the metal in the bed, in the building, etc. plus there was all the EMF/RF pollution from the hospital equipment, computers, and nearby cell phone towers, and it was an electrically powered bed. (Something to think about when in the hospital - even as a visitor.)
In that regard, he says Insomnia is one of the biggest problems in America today from cell phones, cell phone towers, cordless phones, The RF waves intercept or interfere with melatonin production.
When asked why some people tend to be so vulnerable or hypersensitive, Dr. Sinatra said it often comes as a combination of systemic toxic overload. Children are much more toxic these days; children with high lead or mercury levels or pesticide exposure; or children whose pregnant mothers drank alcohol or were smokers or used the cell phone or wireless systems frequently. These people, including both children and adults, have compromised immune system function (remember the majority of the immune system is in the gut and these heavy metals and other toxins disable proper gut function). Then, overexposure to WiFi waves compounds the entire picture. These non-harmonious frequencies plus the toxic burden appear to be "the straw that broke the camel's back." Later, he said, this all contributes to a "perfect storm."
He says heart palpitations and arrhythmia are not uncommon.
He also says we should throw out cordless phones, get rid of WiFi routers in our homes and if we must use cell phones, then use it on speaker to put distance between the signal and critical tissues like brain and thyroid. He says text rather than use your cell phone. Turn your cell phone off and dont carry it around while activated as the signals will be out there trying to connect.
He observes the potential for thyroid damage and dysfunction as a result of having a cell phone or cordless phone so close to that gland that is vulnerable to chaotic vibrations from these devices. " end clip
Continue here: [
www.afibbers.org]
I'll try to finalize the microbiome report soon.
Jackie