SUMMARY REPORT ON APLGO US ACUMULLIT SA
What is missing in Dietary Supplements today? a) Many people will try to suppress how they feel by taking Dietary Supplements. And
although their ingredients may be filled with valuable nutrients, Dietary Supplements
alone are not the answer to combatting positive ions
b) Unfortunately, in today’s society, there are significant quantities of positive ions
in
the air, much more than what our ancestors had to deal with. They are especially
problematic in cities, office buildings, and industrial zones. a) One of the challenges with buying any nutrition product is that the consumer does
not know how long each nutrient has been separated from its source. As you know
once you pick an apple, it deterioration process begins. b) But if you want to access a plant's benefits at it's highest ionic peak, you would want
to pull or pick it right after a thunderstorm when it is negatively charged from the
atmosphere. c) Never before was this an option as once a plant is picked, it immediately begins to
deteriorate in value. Most supplement suppliers have no clue how long an ingredient
has been sitting in storage and transport. d) This can affect the performance of ingredients as its natural ions can become
extremely depleted from sitting and waiting as ingredients in storage and transport
waiting even though our botanical meticulously handpicked ingredients are grown in
environments that are lush and vibrant with negative ions found in nature. e) The environment of nature with wind, rain and the electricity from thunderstorms
ignites the natural ions in each plant making their health benefit at the premium level
when picked and consumed immediately. f) Unfortunately, once a plant is picked or pulled from it's nutrient source although it is
still alive, when oxygen access it, it begins to lose its nutrient value and healthy ions.
1. What are Positive Ions (also called Cations)?
▪ Positively charged Ions are not so “positive” and can be destructive.
2. Where do (Cations) come from? a) Positive ions are small molecules that have gained a positive charge. Most forms of
pollution, toxic chemicals, pet dander, pollen, mold, and other harmful chemicals in the
air carry a positive electrical charge, making them positive ions
b) Positive ions are known as cations. They’re often created simultaneously with negative
ions, or anions. c) In nature, positive ions are commonly formed by strong winds, dust, humidity, and
pollution. They are at their highest levels just before an electrical storm. In general,
anything that’s toxic or has electromagnetic capabilities will generate harmful positive
ions. d) Office air-conditioning systems, fluorescent lights, cell phones, televisions, computers,
toxic carpeting, upholstery, paint, and air pollution are all potent positive ion generators,
with printers and photocopiers being especially bad. e) The environment we live in today has far more sources of positive ions, creating an
electrical imbalance in the air and our bodies.
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3. Where do Positive Ions come From?
▪ Having high levels of positive ions in the environment can lead to a host of ailments. This is because we are surrounded by positive ions from electromagnetic fields
generated by computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.
4. What do Positive Ions do in the Human body?
▪ Positive Ions can contribute to impaired brain function and suppress the immune
system causing symptoms such as: anxiety, breathing difficulty, fatigue, headaches,
irritability, lack of energy, poor concentration, nausea, and vertigo.
5. What are Negative Ions – anions?
▪ Ever been up in the mountains, at the beach, or in a thunderstorm and suddenly felt
a huge change in your mood? That’s not just a feeling of awe. It might be negative
ions.
▪ Negative ions are molecules floating in the air or atmosphere that have been charged
with electricity.
▪ Negative ions exist in nature in tons of places, including:
▪ ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun
▪ discharges of electricity in the air after a thunderclap or lightning strike
▪ wherever water collides with itself like a waterfall or the ocean shore (creating
the Lenard effect)
▪ produced as part of the normal growth process for many plants
6. Where do we find Anions in Nature? a) The formation of negative air ions in the atmosphere has a beneficial effect. a) We should very frequently expose ourselves to places with very high concentrations (tens
of thousands) of negative ions such as these:
b) mountains
c) parks
d) waterfalls/water fountains/your bathroom shower
e) springs
f) beaches/pounding surfs
g) forests (especially pine forests)
h) moving air/wind
i) dirt/earth
7. Where is the best source of Negative Ions? a) PLANTS are nature's most prolific source of negative ions for they conduct
the negative energy of the earth into the air by ejecting it from the tips of their
leaves. ...
b) One potted plant per 100 square feet of floor space can help clean the air in the
average home or office.
8. How do Plants get an electrical charge from Nature? Lightening, generally is a negatively charged Burst of energy. Spring brings with it the chances for thunderstorms, and often these storms
have the potential to produce dangerous lightning strikes. Most of us tend to
look at lightning as a harmful side effect of storms, but in reality these bolts
of electricity provide benefits to our planet. These benefits include assisting
farmers by helping plants grow. Lightning, generally a negatively charged burst of energy, ziz-zags from cloud
to cloud or from cloud to ground. Whereas, migraines, nausea and ill health can be caused by the presence of
positive ions. In the natural environment, air ions are found near waterfalls,
mountains, parks, springs, the pounding surf at a beach, forests, the wind and the
earth. The charges between the Earth and the ionosphere are transferred by air ions. The carriers of negative charges rush to the ionosphere, while positive air ions
move to the surface, where they enter into contact with the plants. The higher the negative charge of the plant, the more positive ions it absorbs. There can be assumed that the plants react to change the electric potential of the
surrounding environment (Wolverton, 1999). g. More than two hundred years ago, scientist Grando concluded that for the
normal growth and development of plants they need constant contact with the
external electric field.
10. Why do Plants need the Lightening to hit the Earth? The ground has a positive charge, so the positively charged ground attracts
the negative lightning bolt, and when the two meet, it produces a strong
electrical current. This reaction helps our earth maintain its electrical balance as lightning helps
transfer negative charges back to the earth. Without this exchange, the
electrical balance between earth and the atmosphere would disappear in
minutes. Lightning helps fertilize plants. Our atmosphere consists of approximately
70% nitrogen, but this nitrogen exists in a form that plant life cannot use. Lightning strikes help dissolve this unusable nitrogen in water, which then
creates a natural fertilizer that plants can absorb through their roots. Lightning also produces ozone, a vital gas in our atmosphere that helps shield
the planet from rays of harmful ultraviolet sunlight. Almost every single day of the year, lightning strikes the ground somewhere
in the United States. Over the course of a year, lightning hits the ground in
the continental US over 20 million times, and worldwide, lightning hits the
ground 100 times a second, or over eight million times every day. Further experiments could be related to changes in air ion concentration
depending on electrification of soil by high voltage pulses, thus providing for the
high level of air ions.
9. What do Negative Ions to in the Human Body?
▪ Once they reach our bloodstream, negative ions are believed to produce
biochemical reactions that increase levels of the mood chemical serotonin,
helping to alleviate depression, relieve stress, and boost our daytime energy.
▪ Negative ions are the opposite of positive ions and they have the opposite effect
on your health, mood, and energy levels.
▪ We inhale negative ions in environments such as the ocean, mountains, forests,
and waterfalls. Once they reach our bloodstream, negative ions are believed to
produce biochemical reactions that increase levels of the mood chemical
serotonin, helping to alleviate depression, relieve stress, and boost energy.
10. What health Benefits are there? Small air ions are, compared to the medium and large sizes that in effect largely only clean air
and surrounding surfaces, are medically active because they can be directly ingested by
inhalation and pass through directly into the blood stream where they actively promote a variety
of health benefits including:
a) Better sleep
b) Easier breathing
c) Faster recovery from illness
d) Less severity and frequency of colds and flu
e) Enhanced oxygen intake
f) Increased energy
g) Better concentration and learning
h) Stress relief
i) Improved vascular system
j) Removal of airborne pollutants including passive smoke
k) General health and wellbeing
l) Immune system recovery
m) Reduction in Allergy and eczema
n) Assisting with Chronic fatigue
a) One explanation for negative ions health benefits can be found in a research paper called
‘The stimulatory effect of negative air ions and hydrogen peroxide on the activity of
superoxide dismutase’. b) Scientists found that negatively charged ions boosted concentrations of the antioxidant
superoxide dismutase (SOD), one of your body’s primary defenses against oxidative
stress. They concluded: “The primary physicochemical mechanism of beneficial biological
action of negative air ions is suggested to be related to the stimulation of superoxide
dismutase activity by micro molar concentrations of H2O2.”
c) Furthermore, the generation of superoxide in plant leaves can be improved by regulating
gene expression. For instance, expression of the gene encoding Rho-related small G
protein (ROP) 2 promoted superoxide generation in Arabidopsis leaf extracts [49]. Interestingly, the production of superoxide in plants could be improved by transgenic
techniques. d) Led to increased superoxide production [50]. The result provides a new way to improve
plants in their superoxide release. e) In addition to superoxide, other negative ions also contribute to the composition of plant
NAIs. f) However, to our knowledge, no data showed the harmful effects of NAIs on
humans/animals. Superoxide ions are key members of NAIs and have been involved in
the biological effects of NAIs by regulating the serotonin level and other biological actions
but some reports showed no significant effect of NAIs on the concentration or turnover
of serotonin. On the other hand, evidence showed that NAIs could high-efficiently
remove PM including ultrafine PM.
11. What is the method of plant based stimulation? a) When proper pulsed electric field stimulation was applied to soil, the NAI of ten plant
species were greatly improved. b) The capacity of the same plants to generate negative air ion varied extremely under
different intensity pulsed electric fields. c) The capacity oNAI considerably reduced with plant age and was lost, although
reversibly, at temperatures below 8.5C. d) The rate of NAI generation considerably depended on weather conditions. It was
demonstrated that superoxide anion radical is one of NAI species generated by
plants. e) Bachman and Hademenos (1971) reported the NAI generation by applying highvoltage electric field to plants [19]. f) Later, Tikhonov et al. (2004) showed that plants could release huge amounts of NAIs
under pulse electric field (PEF) stimulation [28]. g) Lenard effect was also called spray electrification or waterfall effect and was first
systematically studied by Philipp Lenard [23], who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in
1905 for his research on cathode rays and the discovery of many of their properties. h) The study showed that NAIs were generated from the surrounding air molecules by
charging themselves negatively when water droplets collide with each other or with a
wetted solid to form fine spray of drops. i) Evidence showed that light intensity significantly increased the plant-based NAI
release by PEF stimulation [28]. During PEF stimulation, more leaf stomata opened
wider which might contribute to a higher level of NAI release [28]. j) When proper pulsed electric field stimulation was applied to soil, the NAI of ten plant
species were greatly improved. The effect of pulsed electric field u3 (average voltage
over the pulse period was 2.0 x 10(4) V, pulse frequency was 1 Hz, and pulse duration
was 50 ms) was the greatest. k) The mean NAI concentration of C. kanran was the highest 1454967 ion · cm(-3),
which was 48498.9 times as much as that in natural condition. l) Particulate matter (PM) is a major air pollutant that affects human health. Experimental data showed that NAIs could be used to high-efficiently remove PM. Finally, we have reviewed the plant-based NAI release system under the pulsed
electric field (PEF) stimulation.
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12. What part of the plant is best to extract the DNA? a) Negative air ions were predominantly generated by the leaf tips. b) It is for this reason that the DNA extraction process is focused targeted areas of a
plant as to extract the high concentration of Negative ions.
