Water Generates Negative Ions

Learn about Negative Ions and their Positive Benefits to Your Health

The breaking of the surface of water, by waves, falls or evaporation releases negative ions in the atmosphere. By their ability to stick to different free radicals, they are very beneficial for our health.

Have you ever thought why we feel so good walking in the woods, on a beach or near a river, breathing the fresh air in the mountains, or just breathing the fresh after rain air?

Well, let's see what it's all about.

Negative Ions related topics on this page:

• Positive Ions
• Health Benefits of Negative Ions
• Depression Cure
• Child Development and Health

The air around us is filled with electrically charged particles. Positively or negatively charged, they are called ions.

Free Radicals - Positive Ions

Both positive and negative ions occur naturally in the air. However, the environment we live in today has far more sources of positive ions than in the past, creating an electrical imbalance in the air and our bodies. They are also called free radicals.

Sick building syndrome is more common today than it was 20 years ago. Most homes and offices are built air tight and when the heating or air conditioner is running, this causes friction which depletes the negative ions.

Positive ions can be produced by:

• discharge of voltage in high-voltage networks,
• heating and cooling systems,
• TVs, radios, transmitters, radar systems, computers,
• exhausts and cigarette fumes, smog
• radiation and harmful chemicals and toxins

They can damage cells by changing the Acid-Alkaline balance in our body, and are believed to be the reason for the deterioration of our physical and emotional well being heaving a role in the aging process and cancer. See the Properties of water page

No wonder people spending too much time indoors suffer from headaches, poor concentration, allergies, and depression.

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Health benefits of Negative Ions

Dr. Albert P. Krueger, a microbiologist and experimental pathologist at the University of California, found that an astonishing small quantity of negative ions could kill bacteria and quickly take them out of the air so they were less likely to infect people. "At the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Hospital and at Northeastern and Frankford hospitals in Philadelphia, Dr. Kornblueh and his associates have administered negative-ion treatments to hundreds of patients suffering from hay fever or bronchial asthma. Of the total, 63 percent have experienced partial to total relief.

"They come in sneezing, eyes watering, noses itching, worn out from lack of sleep, so miserable they can hardly walk," one doctor told me. "Fifteen minutes in front of the negative-ion machine and they feel so much better they don't want to leave."

Measurements have also shown that the number of negative ions in a closed room containing several people, decreases to 200/cm3 from 1000-1500/cm3 the normal level ...

You can measure the amount of negative ions in the house, room or test the efficiency of an air purifier, using a negative ion air meter .

Generate Negative Ions

Water Generates Natural Negative Ions

Over the past few years, scientists have discovered that springs, waterfalls, sea waves, forests and gardens contain high amounts of electrically charged particles in the atmosphere that ease tension while leaving us full of energy.

Atmosphere charged with negative particles offer a wealth of physical and psychological benefits.

Naturally Generated Negative Ions can have many health benefits, like:

• enhance the immune system
• increase alertness
• increase work productivity and concentration
• reduce susceptibility to colds and flu
• relief from sinus, migraine headaches, allergies and hay fever
• reduce the severity of asthma attacks
• increase lung capacity
• stabilize alpha rhythms (a pattern of smooth, regular electrical oscillations in the human brain.  These normally occur when a person is awake and relaxed. The machine used to record these waves is called an electroencephalograph , or EEG .  Alpha Rhythms have a frequency of 8 to 13 hertz. Also called alpha wave)
• help relaxation - Studies have found that water vapors coming from mineral springs (especially hot springs) have an increased relaxing effect because of the beneficial negative ions generated on their surface.
• cure depression syndrome

Salt Crystal Lamps are natural Ion Generators: A series of scientific studies show that salt crystal lamps can increase the negative ion count by up to 300%

Himalayan crystal salt lamps naturally improve the quality of air we breathe by neutralizing the positive ions generated by electrical

Salt aerosol plays an important role in the relief of health problems, and is used for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and other respiratory problems... Read more about Sea Salt

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Negative Ions Cure Depression

Depression is the nation's most prevalent mental health problem, affecting about 15 million Americans who spend about $3 billion a year on drugs to battle it.

Almost all of these medicines target either serotonin or norepinephrine, brain chemicals which are neurotransmitters.

Low Serotonin levels are believed to be the reason for many cases of mild to moderate depression which can lead to symptoms like anxiety, apathy, fear, feelings of worthlessness, insomnia and fatigue.

Ionized air originally was found to speed recovery of asthma patients. Later it was discovered that it affects the serotonin levels in the bloodstream.

Do you feel tired or depressed?

Here are some tips on how you can lower the Depression and Fatigue Syndrome:

• Don't live or work in a space with no fresh air
• Take frequent breaks outside, when you cannot open the window
• Place an indoor waterfall or a salt lamp in your office or home workplace
• Walk in a park
• Do some gardening work
• Go for a weekend vacation
  

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Negative Ions Benefit Child Development and Health

Nowadays children became addicted to computer games and television and the outdoor activities have become almost a thing from the past. No wander a lot kids today are overweighed and have a lot of health problems.

In 1984, a study was published in the "Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology" named: "Negative Air Ionization Improves Memory and Attention in Learning-Disabled and Mentally Retarded Children." The effectiveness of negative ions on mental performance was tested by researching the power of negative ions to improve the cognitive abilities of mentally handicapped children, as well as the abilities of normal children.

Kids are more susceptible to the health effects of Air Pollution than adults

Unlike adults, a child's organs - including the brain, lungs and reproductive system - are in a constant state of development and do not reach full maturation until well past puberty.

Due to their bodies' immaturity, kid's bodies are much less capable of defending themselves from airborne and toxic pollutants that can penetrate deep into their respiratory tract and other vital organs.

Let children play outside as much as possible to benefit from the proximity of water and sun.