health briefs

This is smart health for real life. Short reads, clear science, practical moves. I show you where better energy, focus, and resilience come from. Follow along for data-driven insights, clinical strategies, and behind-the-scenes perspective on strategic health for individuals and companies.

The first sign of burnout isn’t fatigue. It’s accelerated aging in people who still outperform.

I’ve worked with executives in New York, LA and across Europe long enough to see the same pattern repeat: the highest-functioning people aren’t unbreakable. They’re just calibrated. They detect drift early - in mood, sleep, inflammation, cognitive sharpness - and course-correct before the cost shows up on the balance sheet.

Last week a 32-year-old founder told me his joint pain was “probably age”. It wasn’t. When someone in their early 30s is aging biologically like someone in their 50s, it’s never age. It’s accumulated load: stress, toxins, micronutrient deficits, circadian disruption. The silent wear that still passes as “normal” in most health checks.

What erodes people isn’t crisis. It’s the decade before crisis.

If HR wants to prevent burnout, absenteeism and churn, the window is not post-symptom. It’s pre-symptom. The phase where everything still looks fine on paper, but biology is already moving in the wrong direction.

If you want the biomarkers that predict burnout 6-18 months before it hits, reply with BURNOUT and I’ll email you the Stress Test guide.

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Why Detox Isn’t a Trend – It’s a Modern Necessity

In today’s world, detoxification isn’t about sipping celery juice or starving on lemon water for three days. It’s about helping your body actually process and eliminate the massive load of environmental toxins we’re exposed to daily.

From polluted air and pesticide-laced produce to heavy metals in seafood and endocrine disruptors in skincare – toxins are no longer the exception. They’re the baseline.

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WATCH MY TALK: Functional medicine strategies to protect ourselves from EMFs

This summer I was in Germany to give a lecture on how best to protect yourself - from a functional medical point of view - against the harmful effects of EMF radiation from our smartphones, wifi, baby monitors etc.

At present, it is common knowledge that men's sperm quality i.a. is significantly affected because we carry our mobile phones. close to the body.

More and more research is coming out about far more disturbing consequences of radiation damage - and no matter how inconvenient we may think it is to deal with, it affects our own and our children's health regardless of us closing our eyes to inconvenient facts.

Watch my talk on the health issues surrounding #EMF exposure and how to protect ourselves via functional medicine strategies.

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NEW TALK: 5 Keys To Thrive Effortlessly

Want to BOOST YOUR EMPLOYEES’ ENERGY, MOOD + BRAIN POWER?

Then you want to book this talk! Simple evidence-based steps to make big changes to how we thrive mentally and physically.

(I just did this talk for VEO technologies in Copenhagen)

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Best sleeping position to detox your brain

The majority of the clients I see, who suffer from headaches/ migraine attacks, describe that their pain tend to start at the left side of the brain. And there is a good reason for that: the lymphatic system of the brain, which is meant to clear waste away from the brain - so-called glymphatic transport system - is situated at the left side of the brain! Furthermore, sleeping on your left side has shown to increase circulation and is often recommended for those with heart disease or high blood pressure. This position allows for better oxygenation of the entire body.

Remember you are only as healthy as your symptoms and/or lab work!

  • You can be asymptomatic and have “hidden disease” bad biomarkers - why testing is imperative if we want to prevent disease.

  • You can have symptoms and your blood labs come back within range - why you want to work with a qualified health practitioner who understand different ways of testing and their relevance for your symptoms to get answers to your suffering. Remember: blood work is THE LAST place imbalances show up.

There is no such thing as a symptom “just being a symptom”.

A symptom is the body’s way of telling you something is wrong, why we should be on a investigative journey to find out why we are suffering with certains symptoms and what might be the cause of them.

When dealing with headaches and migraines, a key factor is to test for toxic waste that tends to accumulate over time in the brain.

Especially mycotoxins from mold exposure is known to be a major contributing factor. When our brain is full of toxic waste, the drainage pathways are often blocked and we become overly sensitive to “everyday” toxins like alcohol, histamines, sulfur etc.

Apart from treating the core reasons why we have pain in the brain, research suggests we will benefits from sleeping on our left side to help utilize gravity with clearing out toxic waste from our brain while we sleep:

“Gravity affects the movement of blood and CSF through the brain, and therefore sleep position will likely play a role in the clearance of waste products from the brain. Both intracranial pressure and cerebral hemodynamics are influenced by body posture, and patients with dementia were found to spend a much larger percentage of time in the supine position compared to controls, establishing an association between time in supine position and dementia. An important factor in this clearance pathway is the stretch of nerves and veins in each position. Glymphatic transport is most efficient in the right lateral sleeping position, with more CSF clearance occurring compared to supine and prone”

Read the full study on how to harness lifestyle choices to improve brain health: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/11/868 Feel free to share.

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Scientific American: "We have no reason to believe 5g is safe"

“Numerous recent scientific publications have shown that EMF affects living organisms at levels well below most international and national guidelines. Effects include increased cancer risk, cellular stress, increase in harmful free radicals, genetic damages, structural and functional changes of the reproductive system, learning and memory deficits, neurological disorders, and negative impacts on general well-being in humans. Damage goes well beyond the human race, as there is growing evidence of harmful effects to both plant and animal life.”

Read the rest of the article here: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/ Remember I am doing a live webinar on where the science stands on EMF (in Danish only) sign up here: https://christinasantini.com/events/2023/5/4/evidence-for-the-tinfoil-hat-why-we-have-to-deal-with-the-radiation-problem and feel free to share.

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NEW TALK (ZOOM WEBINAR DANISH ONLY) 7th of September: Health dangers of EMF and how to navigate

Did you know that the Health Authorities actually recommend reducing our use of mobile phones? Smartphones, wi-fi, etc. have become important components of daily life. Their harmful effects on the body, especially on the nervous system, have gradually become quite well studied. According to a lot of research, unnatural EMF can affect our body's nervous system and cause damage to cells. Cancer and unusual growths can be a symptom of very high EMF exposure. Several studies have reported that exposure to EMF results in oxidative stress in many tissues of the body. Exposure to EMF is known to increase concentrations of free radicals. This results in increased oxidative stress and chronic inflammation as the antioxidant defense system is unable to prevent the damaging effects of free radicals. The World Health Organization initially considered these sources of non-ionizing EMF radiation to be safe because they were only assessed based on their thermal effects - and that, quite correctly, is not harmful to health. However, it turns out that cell damage has not been taken into account in these conclusions. To participate go here: https://tidslerne.nemtilmeld.dk/296/ Please share

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Article feature: why we want to let go of the victim mindset

I am featured in an article in CanvasRebel on my thoughts on how our upbringing affects our ability to navigate in life.

When it comes to moving the needle to become healthier and happier beings, I believe one of the most important things we need to remember today is to avoid the trap of the victim mindset. Whatever has happened in our life, nothing good comes from ongoing victimization. There may be many reasons as to why we feel victimized - and indeed sometimes we simply are the victim. However, no empowerment comes if we choose to keep being a victim long-term. We all go through trauma - the key is to not to get stuck in poor-me or bitterness - but rather to develop character, compassion and resilience as we face obstacles in life.

Obviously this is much easier said than done, and there are certainly many cases where I cannot fathom how any human has endured such struggles we sometimes read about in the news or elsewhere. Yet the fact is that only misery and resentment comes from allowing ourselves to stay stuck in a victim mindset.

And for many of us, we have a choice to create the life we want rather than complain about the life we have and yet we take no action to change it.

Read the article here.

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Mold - when your home is making you sick! NEW TALK (Zoom webinar - Danish only) 13th of April

Christina Santini has been the first therapist in Europe to treat mold exposure since 2013. Did you know that 25% af astma is linked to mold exposure? How about we treated the cause instead of the symptom! It is important to get a handle on our basic needs for healthy air and clean water before we embark on more advanced dietary trends - especially since diet does not help much if our water and air are highly polluted. Gain insight into whether this is a problem for you and possibly related to your symptoms and get help to find out how it can be best managed.

To sign up for webinar click here: https://tidslerne.nemtilmeld.dk/295/

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ARTICLE feature in NATURHELSE (Danish only)

Did you know that EMF from wifi and our cell phones has been linked to everything from brain and heart tumours in rats to chronic fatigue, migraines, insomnia and stress in humans?

I’ve written an extensive article with 100+ scientific references on EMF and where the science stands regarding its health implications. This article is part of a series of 3 which will be released in upcoming issues. Read it by clicking here. Feel free to share.

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Article feature: We are living in a toxicological experiment

I’ve written an article (Danish only) in Natur Helse about the rise in chronic illness. Did you know that in many cases, there has been a >1000% increase in chronic illnesses since the 90ies? What do we know today is contributing to this development - read article here. And feel free to share.

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Living close to cell-tower increases cancer risk x 3

n a German study, doctors examined close to 1,000 patients to see if those who lived close to a cell-tower for 10 years had an increased risk of cancer. The social and age differences within the study group were insignificant. They found that the proportion of newly developed cancer cases was three times higher for those living within 400 meters (approx 1300feet) of a cell-tower compared to those living further away. In addition, they found that patients on average became ill with cancer 8 years earlier. To live more than 400 meters away from a cell-tower is particularly important. This is because computer simulation and measurements used in the study showed that the radiation at that distance or less (the "inner region") is 100 times greater than the emissions beyond this distance ("the outer region"). Another important observation from the research is that the first 5 years one lived near a cell-tower, the risk was no different than one living far away from one. However, after 6-10 years the cancer risk jumped threefold for those who lived less than 400 meters from a cell-tower. Even more worrying: the average age of diagnosis was much younger. The risk of breast, prostate, pancreatic, intestinal, melanoma, lung and blood cancer increases significantly.

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"Root cause in the dramatic rise of chronic disease"

EMF exposure increases levels of peroxynitrite. Peroxynitrite is a powerful oxidant exhibiting a wide array of tissue damaging effects, including lipid peroxidation, inactivation of enzymes and ion channels via protein oxidation and nitration, and inhibition of mitochondrial respiration (Virag et al., 2003). In a single generation, there has been a dramatic acceleration in the prevalence of diseases and disorders like autism (2094%), Alzheimer’s (299%), COPD (148%), diabetes (305%), sleep apnea (430%), celiac disease (1111%), ADHD (819%), asthma (142%), depression (280%), bipolar disease in youth (10833%), osteoarthritis (449%), lupus (787%), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD –120%), chronic fatigue syndrome (11027%), fibromyalgia (7727%), multiple sclerosis (117%) and hypothyroidism (702%). Click on to read the full study.

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New 2020 meta-study confirms link between heavy metals and autism

A September 2020 meta-analysis concludes there is a significant relationship between autism and concentrations of lead and mercury in the body - read it here:

https://www.dovepress.com/the-relationship-between-the-level-of-copper-lead-mercury-and-autism-d-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PHMT and book your appointment to get tested for heavy metals, minerals and vitamins here. This is especially important when deciding on vaccination programs etc.: to know your heavy metal load beforehand.

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