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Dr. Michael Cain, B. SC., PH.D.
“IONX® represents a revolutionary performance apparel technology. A study conducted in the Sports Technology Laboratory at Loughborough University
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Dr. William Short, MD
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Dr. Chris Proulx, DC., MS., ATC., CSCS
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Dr. A.B. Ouimet, BS., MBA., PHD.
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Scientists at the University of California grew barley, oats, lettuce and peas in an atmosphere drastically reduced in ionization and found that growth was stunted and plants diseased. When the experiment was repeated in air carrying more than double the normal number of negative ions, it produced accelerated growth.
Dr. Felix Sulman, head of the Applied Pharmacology department at Jerusalem University, conducted experiments with positive and negative ions on a cross-section of people.(his subjects were two groups of men and women between twenty and sixty-five) when left for about an hour in a room that contained an overdose of positive ions they became irritable and fatigued. Yet the same people confined for the same period of time, in air containing an overdose of negative ions, showed a pattern of brianwaves the suggested increased alertness and relaxation. He tested their alertness and work capacity by various means. All of them scored significantly higher, during and immediately after, their exposure to increased levels of negative ions.
Dr. Sulman also undertook a study of "weather sensitive" volunteers and showed that, during the time of the Sharav winds, their bodies would produce up to ten times their normal level of serotonin-a hormone associated with stress. He found that, in effect, they were being poisoned by their own serotonin, causing migraines, hot flashes, irritability, pains around the heart, difficulty in breathing and a worsening of bronchial complaints, anxiety and irrational tension. Also slowing of reactions were observed interestingly, it was discovered that in many people, the body's initial response to positive ions is to produce adrenaline and noradrenaline-the "fight or flight" hormones-which produces short-term euphoria but eventually leads to a condition of exhaustion (It is this condition that is thought to affect insects and animals into restless activity as the positive ions build up before a storm.) The research also showed that exposure to positive ions can trigger an over-production of histamine, which most people will immediately recognise as the body chemical that aggravates allergies. Statistically it was found that 25% of the population are quite strongly affected by levels of ions in the air. Of the remainder, 50% are affected considerably, although 25% do not appear at all.
A great deal of research was also carried out by Dr. Albert Krueger in Claifornia- One of his first discoveries was that a surprisingly small amount of negative ions could kill and take out of the air, the types of bacteria that cause colds, influenza and respiratory infections. He then went on to keep large groups of mice in various concentrations of ions, some positive, some negative and some in normal balance. In 1960 a scientific paper was published on the results. The conclusions were almost identical to those of Dr. Sulman. An excess of positive ions led to overproduction of serotonin which initially created hyperactivity , leading to exhaustion, anxiety and depression. He also found that an excess of negative ions appeared to have a calming effect, and a reducing of serotonin levels in the brain. (Negative ions were actually substituted for a pharmaceutical tranquiliser on one occasion-with identical results). The series of experiments were then extended to include rats, guinea pigs and rabbits as well as insects and plants. The results consistently supported the original findings. On one occasion, mice were kept in a sealed container until the oxygen was almost used up and they were on the verge of suffocation. The remaining air was negatively ionized-and the mice revived!
Part of Surrey University's experiments concerned concentration ability and the studies showed that negative ionization could improve task performance by as much as 28 percent. In general, the more difficult the task, the more improvement could be accomplished by negative ions.