Do you know how to protect yourself from EMFs? Do you even know what they are, and if there is any factual reason to protect yourself? You will after you listen to our guest, Nick Pineault. Today Nick shares his background in alternative health, as well as what he's discovered about EMFs through his own personal experimentation. You'll hear him explain exactly what EMFs are, and why we should pay attention to these silent, odorless electronic radiation waves. He'll clue us in on how to know if we are being impacting by EMFs and how to protect ourselves on episode 13 of Bioptimizers' Awesome Health. In this episode of Awesome Health, you'll also hear: Does the microwave signal exist in nature? What is the one-click fix to reduce your EMF emissions by 84%? How sleeping with your cell phone under your pillow harms your body. And much more! More About Awesome Health with Nick Pineault For the last five years Nick Pineault and his wife/business partner have been writing daily newsletters documenting their health experiments. He researches topics and reports his findings back to the people on his email list. Recently one of those topics was whether or not cell phones cause any physical harm, like brain cancer. He had heard from some experts that this was the case, but then he heard other experts say cell phones are fine. Based on his 10+ years as a health journalist he's found that when there are two strong opposing sides the truth is in the gray area in between them. And that's the case with cell phones and EMFs. Despite that gray area, many countries are taking action to reduce levels of EMFs. These countries (not the US and Canada) have decided that even though there isn't conclusive evidence cell phones are harmful they are taking precautionary steps in case it is proven otherwise. As of now there isn't a lot of testing for cell phone or other devices that emit EMFs, there's no FDA regulation or pre-market testing like there is with pharmaceuticals and supplements. What Are EMFs and What Are Some of Their Potential Side Effects? Before we jumped too far down the rabbit hole, I asked Nick to explain what EMF is exactly. EMF stands for electromagnetic fields, and these are the fields that are emitted when a signal is transmitted and received from one device (like a cell phone or laptop, etc.) to a cell phone tower. Nick goes to explain that EMFs do impact you, even though you don't necessarily feel them or hear them, and you don't see them. Because EMFs are silent and invisible many people think it's a non-issue, but that's not what Nick has discovered in his research. EMFs are becoming more and more of an issue as the list of our smart devices grows. The fact is any kind of smart device from a laptop to a cell phone to a Bluetooth transmitter (even your smart toaster!) all emit EMF signals and receive them. As these signals are sent and received it actually increases the levels of EMFs around us, something that has come to be called electrosmoke. As those levels increase more people are experiencing side effects from EMFs. Some of those symptoms include overall fatigue, headaches, tingling in fingers, and poor sleep. The last one impacts many people because they sleep with their phone next to their bed or even under their pillows. In fact, the teenagers who keep their phones under their pillows are experiencing severe insomnia at the right of 1 out of every 2 kids. Ways to Protect Ourselves From EMFs Which of course begs the question - what are ways to protect ourselves from EMFs? Now that we know what they are EMFs are and what their potential side effects are also, Nick gave us some practical advice on how to lessen our exposure. One simple thing you can do is to create distance between the source of the EMFs and yourself. One foot between you and your EMF-emitting device reduces EMFs by 80% and two feet or more reduces that number to nearly 95%. When you're sleeping if you want your phone nearby, just turn airplane mod