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Blood Glucose Levels - A Study of Correlation Factors
Abstract
Is there a correlation between blood glucose levels and electrical power?
This study examines data collected from April 23 to May 29 for a 51-year old male resident of Blair, WI, Dave Stetzer. The study examines R2 factors derived from scatter plots of various combinations of two variables.
The premise of the investigation began when it was serendipitously observed that being in a location where relatively large peak values of high frequency transients that existed on 60 Hz electrical wiring was apparently raising blood glucose levels. Interestingly, when RMS values of dirty power were used, there was almost no effect on blood glucose levels.
We have come to call these high frequency transients, “dirty power”.
Introduction
This study examines data collected from April 23 to
May 29 for a 51-year old male resident of Blair, WI, Dave
Stetzer. The study examines R2 factors derived from scatter plots
of various combinations of two variables.
This study, while focused on one person, also includes the results from three other individuals.
The premise of the investigation began when it was serendipitously
observed that being in a location where relatively large peak values of
high frequency transients that existed on 60 Hz electrical wiring was
apparently raising blood glucose levels. Interestingly, when RMS
values of dirty power were used, there was almost no effect on blood
glucose levels.
We have come to call these high frequency transients, “dirty power”.
“Dirty power” is also referred to as “transients”, “noise” or “stray
voltage” and similar terms. Clean power is when the electricity
we use is solely in the form of a 60 Hz sinusoidal voltage and current
without high frequency components. Dirty power refers to high frequency
(>10 KHz) components riding on this sinusoidal wave. Dirty
power is a component of the 60 Hz power to which, in our modern
electrified world, we are all exposed, in varying degrees. For a
complexity of reasons, it is particularly pronounced in Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota.
The following graph is an illustration of both “typical “ power (the
blue line is the 60 Hz power, including dirty power components—notice
the jaggedly lines on the top and bottom, and a picture of the
extracted “dirty power” (the pink extremely variable line), which is
actually the jaggedly sections of the blue line magnified, and sans the
60 Hz power. The Appendix to this report shows: the filter used
to remove the 60 Hz. Basically it is a high pass filter that
attenuates frequencies below 10 KHz.
This picture of dirty power was taken from an oscilloscope in a
classroom at Brighten School, Brighten, WI. It is typical of what
is seen all over Wisconsin.
The cause of this dirty power comes from the myriad electrical gadgets
and equipment we use. Recent changes in the technology have
resulted in these gadgets and equipment not drawing their power needs
continuously, as they did previously, but intermittently at a high
frequency. Home light dimmer switches are but one example.
Such “non-linear” drawing of power is reflected back onto the
electrical power system. The gadgets our neighbors and we use
generate such electrical “dirt” as do certain types of variable speed
motors. The “dirt” is also generated by the electrical utilities
when they switch their distribution from one circuit to another.
Measurement of dirty power peak-peak values, used in the various
scatter plots can be seen in this graph as the highest levels of the
pink curves. For example, near the middle of the graphs is a set
of cursors (dotted lines, vertical and horizontal) where the measured
peak-to-peak value of the dirty power is 104.00 mV (dY in the box
labeled “Cursor Values”.
Blood Glucose and Dirty Power: A set of scatter plots and the R2 factor for each
The following scatter plots were produced:
1) Blood glucose Vs dirty power (full data set)
2) Blood glucose Vs dirty power (single outlier removed)
3) Blood glucose Vs time of day
4) Dirty power Vs time of day
Dave Stetzer was diagnosed as diabetic. Yet, removed from higher
levels of dirty power, he can eat a large bowl of ice cream and a piece
of pie without having any appreciable change in his blood glucose
levels. However, even without eating, when in higher levels of
dirty power, his blood sugar is sharply elevated.
Dave is taking no medicines at this time to control his diabetes
diagnoses nor is he otherwise controlling his diet or exercising
because of his diabetes diagnoses. On his doctor’s advice, he did take
glucophage XR tablets beginning April 24th through April 29th. He
discontinued taking them because they had no effect.
Below are a set of graphs that show the effect of dirty power on Dave Stetzer’s blood glucose levels.
While
we can see in this scatter plot that the R2 factor is large (0.82),
there is a single “outlier” data point. The “outlier” and a
companion data point are shown in pink. These are 2 measurements,
taken 2 hours and 45 minutes apart, in the same house. One hours
and 45 minutes prior to removing filters that substantially reduce the
dirty power levels, a bacon cheeseburger and a bowl of vegetable beef
soup was consumed. The lower left data point is where filters are
installed that removes most of the dirty power. The upper left is
where these same filters have been removed.
This “outlier” data point is real data, but it does raise the question,
what would be the correlation factor if the upper right outlier data
point were not there?
The next scatter plot is the exact same set of data, except that the “outlier” is removed.
This plot is to the same scale as Figure 1 and includes the exact same set of data except the “outlier” is removed. We see that the R2 factor has been reduced from 0.82 to a still respectable 0.74. The next figure is the same plot except that the Blood Glucose and Dirty Power scales have changed.
Figure 3: Blood glucose Vs dirty power (single outlier removed & scale change)
Are there some factors, other than dirty power, giving this apparent correlation? We will look at Blood Glucose levels Vs Time of Day.
Figure 4: Blood Glucose Levels Vs Time of Day
The R2
factor is small when blood glucose is compared to time of day
(0.24). Indeed it is difficult to explain why the correlation
factor can be so high when we look at blood glucose Vs dirty power and
so low when we look at blood glucose Vs time of day, without concluding
that dirty power has a profound effect on blood glucose levels.
When partial correlations are examined to remove any time of day
effect, the R2 value is 0.61. The statistical significance is
strong (p < 0.001).
Is the Blood Glucose Meter Affected by Dirty Power?
The glucose meter used to take these measurements is an ACCU-CHEK
Advantage. This meter, for calibration, requires a numeric number
found with each set of strips, to be entered into the meter. We
did the following test to determine if the glucose meter is itself
affected by dirty power.
Dave measured his blood glucose levels in a dirty power environment as
he would normally. The reading was 138 mg/dl on the blood glucose
meter. Then he put another strip in the meter, wrapped the meter in
aluminum foil (the foils isolates the meter from all electric and
electromagnetic fields), put blood on the strip, and set it on an AC
cord plugged in to the wall receptacle (in order to maximize the
electric field). The reading was 135 mg/dl. The levels on the
dirty power meter were 30 mV during this time. It would appear
that the high frequency transient electric fields have very little or
no effect on the glucose meter.
Three Other Individuals
All of the above data is for a single individual, Dave
Stetzer. The chart below shows the effect of dirty power levels
on three individuals. None of these people are diabetic.
There are 4 sets of measurements:
- Before eating in a low-level (4 mV) dirty power environment.
- Thirty minutes after eating in the same low-level dirty power environment.
- Next day, before eating in a higher-level (10 mV) dirty power environment.
- Next day, thirty minutes after eating the identical meal from the day before, in a higher-level dirty power environment.
We can see that blood glucose is consistently elevated
(reddish-brown bar) when the dirty power is elevated. This
elevation of blood glucose with dirty power elevation is far more
pronounced after eating (reddish-brown bar) than before eating.
The following table illustrates this numerically:
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Dirty Power mV pk-pk |
Blood Glucose Before Meal |
Blood Glucose 30 Minutes After Meal |
Carbs at both Meals |
% blood glucose change after eating |
% blood glucose change with higher dirty power |
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Pk-Pk 60 Hz Transients mV |
Blood Glucose |
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Before Meal |
After Meal |
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Renea |
4 |
71 |
99 |
40 |
39.4% |
7.0% |
10.1% |
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10 |
76 |
109 |
43.4% |
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Katie |
4 |
70 |
93 |
50 |
32.9% |
2.9% |
35.5% |
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10 |
72 |
126 |
75.0% |
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John |
4 |
78 |
93 |
53 |
19.2% |
-2.6% |
88.2% |
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10 |
76 |
175 |
130.3% |
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Average at low dirty power |
30.5% |
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Average at high dirty power |
82.9% |
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Average |
53.0% |
2.4% |
44.6% |
There are several results to note:
- Increases in blood sugar 30 minutes after eating the same food, on average more increases 2.7 fold (30.5% to 82.9%), when the peak values of dirty power changes from 4 mV to 10 mV.
- Though too small a sample to draw a general conclusion, one person, Renea’s, blood glucose is only slightly effected (10%) while the other two are strongly affected (36% and 88%).
- Prior to eating there is almost no effect on blood glucose levels when the dirty power level changes (average of 2.4%).
- After eating, when exposed to a 10 mV peak-peak dirty power electric field, John’s 175 mg/dl blood glucose level is sufficiently high to suggest he has diabetes.
It is our supposition that not everyone is sensitive to peak values
of dirty power. It is our hypothesis that there is an allergic
type of reaction that some people have and others do not.
Further, we have observed that those who become sensitive, over time
become hypersensitive, not unlike some known allergies (e.g., bee
stings).
Conclusion
The data presented strongly suggests that Dave Stetzer’s blood
glucose is changed by exposure to dirty power. Further, for 2 out
of 3 individuals blood glucose is also changed by dirty power.
We believe that this data is sufficient to warrant a formal study to
determine if exposure to dirty power electric fields does in fact raise
blood glucose levels in sensitive people. We do not believe that
all people are sensitive to dirty power anymore than all people are
sensitive to pollen, cat dander and other allergenic agents.
Author: Lloyd Morgan,
Phone: 510 841-4362
Revised 6/16/03