John N. Ott: Author of the book Health
and Light [Pocket Books New York 1976] which discusses the effects of natural
and artificial lighting on human beings, animals, and plants. Light is a type
of "nutrient", and affects the endocrine system. Ott found that
different types of artificial lighting affect the gender and presence of fish
eggs, and that specially developed strains of cancer prone mice kept under pink
and white fluorescent lighting develop cancer sooner that control mice kept
under natural daylight. These results were at first criticized and rejected.
Finally, papers describing this research were published as part of the Annals
of the New York Academy of Sciences. Since that time, study of the biological
effects of lighting has become a science. Full spectrum and natural lighting
has now been shown to be associated with increased productivity and improved
health.
Fred
Soyka: Author of The Ion Effect [E.P. Dutton & Co. Int. New York 1977]
The author discusses the various observed mental and physical problems
associated with certain positive ion bearing winds. Negative ions appear to
have only beneficial effects. The effects of negative ions are destroyed by
combination with particulate, and for that reason have been used in air
purification systems. Ions have a number of physiological and psychological
effects on living beings. Negative ions, associated with relaxation, allow us
to absorb oxygen more readily, appear to promote the quality of alpha brain
waves, and have been used as treatment for anxiety and fear neurosis. Positive
ions are associated with increased levels of serotonin and reduced blood oxygen
levels, and tend to speed up the metabolic process. Changes in the local
natural electric field intensity affect hospital psychiatric admissions. The
polarity of the full moon has been found to push negative ions of the
ionosphere closer to the earth's surface, thus possibly accounting for greater
aberrant behavior during these time periods.
George Washnis: Author of Discovery of Magnetic Health: A Health Care Alternative with Richard Hricak [Nova Publishing Company, 11607 Nebel St., Rockville Maryland, 20852 1993. ]This book provides interesting information on the importance of Earth's magnetic field. Discusses the politics of the NIH and FDA regarding official acceptance of magnetotherapy, as well as the small victories: The FDA has approved use of magnetic healing devises, primarily for healing of human bone fractures that otherwise would not heal. Discusses health benefits of magnetic mattress pads. Discusses light as nutrient: "Sharks and insects, as observed by the Smithsonian Institution, obtain as much as 90% of their energy from the earth's magnetic field. Interestingly, both sharks and insects are also highly resistent to viral infections, including cancer. Faster growth of animals and plants in suitable EM environments has been demonstrated. Fish in magnitized tanks show faster growth, stouter physiques, and lower mortality rates than those in unmagnetized tanks in otherwise similar conditions. plants grow in a magnitized environment
Gabriel Cousens. M.D. is a leading medical advocate of the nutritional aspect of light. In the Forward toLight Years Ahead Cousens says: "It also supports my theoretical work elucidated in Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet: That nutrition is what we absorb into our overall body-mind-spirit from the many different density levels that have precipitated from the cosmic force. Once we