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What are Negative Ions? A negative ion or "anion" is a molecule with a negative charge assigned to it. Negative ions occur commonly throughout nature and can create an overall sense of well-being and are sometimes referred to as "The vitamin of the air". Remember that feeling youve experienced near a waterfall, the beach or high in the mountains? Those are places where thousands of negative ions occur. They are created in nature by molecules breaking apart due to sunlight radiation, and moving air and water.
Negative ions are found after a rainstorm (falling water creates negative ions) or after a lightning strike. Every home has its own built in negative ionizer- your shower. The smell in the air generated after a rainfall is actually the odor of negatively charged ions in the air. Have you ever noticed how good it feels to breathe fresh country air? Your mother always said fresh air would do you good, but is it really something in the air that makes you feel so alive? Well, Yes! Negative ions to be precise...
Concentration of Negative Ions in Different Environments
Waterfalls 95,000 - 450,000
Mountains, Seashores 50,000 100,000
Breezy country Meadow 5,000 50,000
Cities 100 2000
Rooms and offices 40 100
Rooms with Air Conditioner 0 20
Benefits of Negative Ions to our Health
Negative Ions attach themselves to airborne particles such as dust, pollen, smoke and dander, causing them to drop from the air. Because the air is free of these allergens, many people notice that it is easier to breathe.
As reported in The Effect of Air Ionization, Electric Fields, Atmospherics and other Electrical Phenomena on Man and Animal by Felix Gad Sulman, MD:
Decreased respiratory rate ( indicating a relaxed state)
Decreased blood pressure ( no a substitute for medical therapy)
Produces a feeling of well being
Decreased skin temperature
Acceleration of the conversion of succinate to fumerate ( increased metabolism, remember Krebbs cycle?)
Stimulation of cytochrome oxidase activity
Decreased blood sedimentation rate (ESR- a sign of inflammation and is normally elevated in disease states)
Increased ciliary activity (allows our body to clear pollution we breathe in)
Increased resistance to infection
Suggested adjunctive therapy in chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, migraines, insomnia, wound and burn healing, asthma, hayfever, emphysema, bronchitis.. and more
Reprinted from "Economy Daily News" - January 30, 2002:
Strengthen the functions of autonomic nerves
Reinforces collagen (tissues that are resilient and tension-related)
Improves the permeability of the cell's prototype plasma membranes (improves metabolism)
Strengthens the body's immune system
Increase circulation: the following test shows blood circulation before and after wearing Therasage products
"Negative ions increase the flow of oxygen to the brain; resulting in higher alertness, decreased drowsiness, and more mental energy," says Pierce J. Howard, PhD, author of The Owners Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind Brain Research and director of research at the Center for Applied Cognitive Sciences in Charlotte, N.C.
In a study conducted by Columbia University, 25 people with SAD (Seasonal Affective Depression) sat in front of a negative ion air purifier for a half hour every morning for a month. Half the subjects were given a low level of negative ions, and the other half a high level. The higher level of negative ion treatment proved to be as effective against SAD as antidepressants, such as Prozac and Zolof, and without the side effects of these drugs.
According to studies, positive ions rob us of our good senses and dispositions, while their counterpart, negative ions increase fhe flow of oxygen to the brain; resulting in higher alertness, decreased drowsiness, therefore more mental energy
Brain Waves Test:
Anions and Far-Infrared Rays are continously emitted by the Therasage products and are quickly absorbed into the body which will adjust your body's rhythm, improve blood circulation and keep your body and mind comfortable
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