Without fresh air, the average human being would only last three minutes, and we must breathe 10,000 litres each day to survive. Why then, do we continue to take this vital life support system for granted and vaguely assume that all air is the same?

The difference between fresh air in an open natural environment and that found in stuffy, polluted buildings and vehicles is not merely academic. We physically experience the difference, yet may find it difficult to qualify this difference. We simply know that inhaling fresh air “feels good”.

Our efforts to control our environment have led us to develop air conditioning to regulate the temperature and ‘freshness’ of the air in our homes, clubs, shops and workplaces. Unfortunately, this also reduces the quality of the air we depend on for survival.

Even in pleasant climates like that found on much of Australia’s coastline, we relentlessly interfere with nature, poisoning our environment with pollutants of various types – aerosol sprays, chemical fumes, synthetic fibres, air conditioning systems and tobacco smoke – to name just a few.

Dr William Rea MD, one of the world’s leading allergy specialists, believes 97% of human beings are allergic to our modern world.

Medical research and university studies throughout the world verify that an abundant supply of small negative ions of oxygen in the air has a positive effect on our health and well-being. Bionic Product’s research conducted at La Trobe University in Australia demonstrated that these small ions cause an increase in the body’s production of Immunoglobulin A (igA), implicated in enhancing the human immune system.

In the 1950s Professor Albert P. Krueger, Emeritus Lecturer in Medicine, conducted important pioneering studies at the Air Ion Laboratory at the University of California. He published over 100 papers on his findings, demonstrating the clear link between air ions and the health of living organisms. His conclusions inspired further research world-wide, with many projects focusing on respiratory ailments.

The founder of Bionic Products, Joshua Shaw, was a good friend of Dr Krueger and was inspired by him to carry out further ionisation research. Mr Shaw’s results confirmed the important role of negative ions in human health, which eventually led him to develop the world’s first therapeutic ioniser – The ELANRA.

Ions are formed when an electron is detached from a neutral molecule (or atom). The molecule losing an electron becomes a positive ion and the molecule gaining an electron becomes a negative ion.

The earth itself produces negative ions. Our sun’s energy is generated by the chain reaction of Hydrogen being converted into Helium, then back again. This process produces the heat that sustains life on Earth, but also showers our planet with positive ions of Hydrogen as a by-product.

In nature, everything is balanced. The earth responds to the bombardment of positive ions by producing negative ions of oxygen through the breaking down of naturally occurring radium in the earth’s crust which is converted into radon gas. This natural radiation causes oxygen ions to form.

The forces of nature produce both negative and positive ions in abundance (a ratio of five positive to four negative ions). High levels of negative air ions are created by lightning, rolling surf, cosmic rays, waterfalls and UV light. Today’s lifestyle destroys our natural environment, depleting negative oxygen ions and causing detrimental effects to all living creatures.
 

This powerful substance is found in many parts of your body, although even today, the full extent of serotonin’s many functions are not known, In the brain it acts as a messenger or ‘neuro-transmitter’. Serotonin causes a particular group of muscles in your body, called ‘smooth muscles’ to contract. Examples of smooth muscles affected in this way are: Vascular (relating to blood vessels), Bronchial, and Intestinal.

Too much serotonin in your body may cause diverse effects such as: migraine headaches, allergic reactions, irritability, insomnia, hot flushes, tension, swelling, depression, rhinitis, sore throat, bronchial cough, nausea and intestinal spasms. It has also been implicated in ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder).

HISTAMINE is another powerful substance your body produces naturally and is found in many areas of the body. Its main role is to produce gastric juices for digestion of food. The presence of too much histamine may also cause many adverse reactions. The most common are similar to those associated with excess serotonin including headaches, allergies, hay fever, nausea and insomnia.