I ate a poisonous Blackberry...

Oh no I didn't, I bought one.

On Sunday, February 7, 2010 after 10 months without my "beloved" Blackberrry and a few outside influences (namely this crazy successful millionaire I heard speak at a conference who told us to get plugged in, buy a Smartphone...yadda yadda), I bought the updated Blackberry Curve at my local Verizon store (no track ball this time, it's touch!)

So, I brought it home and started using it. 48 hours later, I had the same alternating numbing/shooting pain in my right shoulder blade, the right side of my head (the side that I talk most on) was tingly and my eye was drooping.  DROOPING! Okay, so I can handle self induced things like hair that isn't perfect or gorgeous skin from eating raw food (love it...) but droopy eyes and shooting pain? Uh, no.

But maybe it was something else. Okay, so I kept the berry and continued on.  A few days into the work week, surrounded by florescent lights, my computer and now...my berry, I felt like I was held in a lock of constant adrenaline. I couldn't come down off the high but I knew that if I didn't do it myself, I would crash... bad.

So, I went over to:

Chakra 4 (AWESOME restaurant in Phoenix, 20th Street and Camelback)

and had some calming tea and warm soup. It helped a lot.

THEN. On to the beginning of this week. Feeling rather high strung and a bit jittery (which had not yet happened on raw food), I felt like I had to eat cooked food. I felt like I didn't have a choice. Come Valentine's Day, I ate some other than the best ever refined sugar and BAM. 

Stress + Refined Sugar + Lack of Sleep - Probiotics + Overloaded with EMF's= SICK.

So, I don't get sick, really ever. My immune system typically kicks butt, however, it was so overloaded it had to UNLOAD which is what happens when we get sick (like colds and flus). These are actually a good thing if they happen naturally (not because you got a flu shot). So, this week I have been major detoxing with this cold and I decided that I'd had enough Blackberry.

So, two weeks and 151 unread Blackberry e-mails later, I drove myself back to the Verizon store, receipt in hand and waited for them to call my name. A really sweet lady called me over and asked me what I needed.

"I need to return this phone."

"Okay, it didn't work out for you?"
"No."
"How come?"
"Well, it lowered my immune system, made me jittery and gave me pains in my body from the EMF's. I'm really senstive to energy."
"Oh, wow, I'm sorry. Yeah, I've heard of quite a few people having those issues."
"Yeah."

WAIT. WHAT?! She JUST TOLD ME... huh?!

So, this lady who works Customer Service at Verizon KNOWS that people have these problems? Knows that my phone ties for 3rd highest radiation of all phones on the market today. Knows that this is happening to other people. AND THERE AREN'T ANY WARNING LABELS? Okay, even if you're not going to warn me, can you PLEASE at least put a "disclaimer"?

To be fair, I didn't read the entire manual, so there might be a disclaimer...but I'd guess not. And I think that HUMAN HEALTH is kind of a HUGE deal when selling a product that has serious potential to alter that. They should tell you upon purchase. They wont' lose very many sales as the "inconclusive" research is coming out in droves that cell phones are causing brain tumors...and no one cares. However, for the occastional customer such as myself, they should tell you.

Anyway, I hooked back up my 2001 phone, compliments of Jim last May, and am happy as a clam. Just think though, the effects that has on me could happen to anyone. It happens to me around computers, TVs, Microwaves, etc.

Just pay attention to your environment and the effects it's having on you. What is altering your mood? Your thoughts? Your actions? Your relationships?

Anyway, I think that if I would have kept up on taking my probiotics (as I mentioned above), I may have avoided getting sick...which may not have been a great thing unless the pro's could have killed the other than best ever bacteria and not supressed it. Ever met an unhealthy person (bad habits, overweight, etc.) that "never gets sick?" Well, they have serious disease growing in their body from surpressing emotions, food additives, refinded sugar...da da da da...You can count on it.

Here's a few tips about probiotics I learned today:

Probiotics= Kimchi, Saurkraut, Coconut Kefir or High Quality Probiotic.

What is high quality?

Make sure that the supplement does not have magnesium sterate or titanium dioxide. MS is huge disadvantage. Creates a biofilm in the intestine and limits absorption!

Make sure you have a high potency Probiotic. More than 5 million per strain.

Make sure the company is doing objective testing, certifying the amount of organism and that the ones listed on the bottle are actually in the product.

No perfect strain for everyone. If one isn't working, try another product.

AVOID Yogurt: Because it is made with pasteurized milk & refined sugar. It did have live bacteria but it no longer does...making it of very questionable value.

(I got this information from one of Dr. Mercola's videos)

Anyway, I hope you had the best week ever.

LOVE. Love. love. LOVE.