How Nervous System Stress Impacts 15 Major Health Issues

Did you know that these 15 health issues have a common denominator? I’m talking about anxiety, restless leg syndrome, fibromyalgia, migraines, Alzheimer’s & dementia, insomnia, ADD & ADHD, brain fog, Parkinson’s, seizure disorders, panic attacks, chronic pain, and MS. They are each different manifestations of irritation or even damage to your body’s nervous system. The nervous system is your brain, spinal cord, and the nerves that run all over your body.

The above conditions are symptoms that occur when your nerves have been compromised, and the stress to your nerves starts WAY before you would feel symptoms of any of the above conditions.

The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

What I’m about to show you are graphs that measure the branch of your nervous system called your Autonomic Nervous System, or ANS. This is the branch that runs all the functions you don’t have to consciously do, like beat your heart, digest your food, breathe, adjust your blood pressure, etc.

If your ANS is in distress, it can’t regulate those functions gracefully, which puts more general stress on your body. From a naturopath’s viewpoint, this poor regulation is the banana peel that leads to most chronic disease.

Check out these Changes

The following images are from a test I run on people that measures the rhythm of the heartbeat. It gives a really great picture of the condition of a person’s ANS. I started running these tests on people 25 years ago, and I want to show you what I’ve seen.

A Healthy Rhythm

This first image is what the test is supposed to look like. Blue lines measure the spaces between each heartbeat, and these spaces should get longer, longer, longer, then shorter, shorter, shorter which looks like a wave pattern on the test.

• On the left, the person is supine, or lying down and relaxing, so the wave pattern should have higher peaks because the nerves are more relaxed and flexible.
• In the center at 192 heartbeats, the person stands up and we should see a curve like you see on this image.
• That curve happens because when you stand, your heart should beat faster so you don’t get dizzy from your blood pressure being lower while you were lying down relaxing.
• Once the blood pressure adjusts, you should see the rhythm on the right – still a wave pattern but, because you’re standing and “active”, the waves don’t have the same high peaks.

An Irregular Rhythm

This second image shows a highly irregular heart rhythm.

Thirty years ago, this would only show in about 1 out of 100 people and would really alarm me when I saw it. Today, I’m sad to say, I see degrees of this irregularity in about 50% of the people I test, even kids! This is quite alarming and shows that some environmental changes over the last 30 years are really adversely affecting our nerves.

What Causes This Change?

There are always multiple causes, but there are 2 big ones that I believe have been the major factors:

1. The increase in pesticide use – both in our food supply and on our lawns and public parks & sports fields. Pesticides work by destroying the nervous system of the bug, and they create ongoing irritation to our nerves. One application of pesticide can linger in the environment for 3–6 months, so you are continually being exposed.
2. Our ever-increasing exposure to electromagnetic fields – 30 years ago, no one had a cell phone and there were no personal computers. I saw these heart rhythm tests start to change when cell phones & cell towers, plus more computer time at work and at home began. Then I saw them worsen again when wi-fi was introduced. These rhythm patterns steadily worsen as we’ve introduced more wi-fi and stronger 3G, 4G, and now 5G signals. Atlanta now has 5G in many areas, and this increase in signal is approximately a 10-fold increase in strength. Not good. And don’t get me started on the wearables, like Apple watches, Fitbits, etc.

What Can You Do To Help Yourself?

1. Go organic with all your foods. Non-GMO is a marketing buzzword; you want organic to be sure that you have the lowest exposure to pesticides and weed killers.
2. Stop treating your yards and homes with pesticides and weed killers.
• There are a few companies with safer products, and this is a great business opportunity for entrepreneurs.
• Beware the word “green”, as it is not a guarantee of safety.
• Always ask for an MSDS (material safety data sheet) to check toxicity.
3. Minimize wi-fi exposure where you can.
• Turn it off at night and avoid personal cell signal boosters.
• Limit devices like Alexa and similar smart assistants.
• Consider protective devices that shift frequencies to be more compatible with our bodies.

One of my Favorite Protections

I’ve talked about Earthing, or grounding, before. When you are in contact with the earth like walking barefoot or using a grounding device that plugs into the ground on an electrical socket, it allows your nervous system to dissipate its charge into the earth.

This is exactly the way a lightning rod works and it’s very effective!

A real-world example

Here’s the test of a person who we just never could get to a fully healthy rhythm. We tried multiple interventions and it got somewhat better, but never fully normal. This person works at CNN in downtown Atlanta, surrounded by multiple computers and lots of wi-fi and electromagnetic signals.

We talked about Earthing and she bought wrist straps to wear at work. Look what happened after just 2 months of wearing the Earthing wrist straps at work finally a healthy rhythm without irregularity!

Where Can You Get Them?

You can now do the same heart rate variability test yourself if you have an iPhone, because the company offers an app. On the app store it’s called Stress & Wellness. For Earthing products, see the link to the Earthing Store on the Shop page of our website to order. I’ve used the mat and a sheet at home for several years and can definitely feel the change.

The Bottom Line

Your nervous system runs SO many functions in your body that minimizing stresses to it will benefit you in profound ways.