Yes, living beings do generate measurable energy fields, though the nature and significance of these fields is where things get interesting!

Documented bioelectric fields:

• The brain produces electromagnetic fields detectable by EEG machines from outside the skull
• The heart generates the strongest electrical field in the body - ECGs can measure it, and sensitive equipment can detect it several feet away
• Muscle contractions create electrical activity (measured by EMG)
• Even individual cells maintain electrical potentials across their membranes

Biophysical fields:

• Heat signatures - all warm-blooded animals emit infrared radiation
• Biomagnetism - the heart and brain produce weak magnetic fields (measured by magnetocardiography and magnetoencephalography)
• Biophotons - living tissues emit extremely faint light, though its biological significance is debated

More speculative territory: Some researchers have investigated whether consciousness itself might be associated with particular electromagnetic patterns or field effects. The "electromagnetic field theory of consciousness" suggests that conscious experience might emerge from specific electromagnetic field configurations in the brain.

Traditional perspectives: Many cultures have long described energy fields around living beings - the Chinese concept of "qi," the Indian "prana," or "auras" in various traditions. While these don't map directly onto measured electromagnetic fields, it's interesting that the intuition of "life energy" appears across many cultures.

The key question is whether these measurable fields have any functional role beyond basic physiology, or whether consciousness somehow organizes or is organized by electromagnetic patterns in ways we don't yet understand. It's an active area of research that bridges physics, neuroscience, and some pretty fundamental questions about what consciousness actually is.