The
answer is really quite simple. It is all due to the oxidation defense
system, within your body, which utilizes a special blend of enzymes.
Have you ever cut yourself on accident and then used hydrogen peroxide
on the wound? What happened? The hydrogen peroxide started to fizz
or bubble when it made contact with your wound, right? But why?
It's due to the reaction of certain enzymes within our body that
protect us from hydro peroxide, ozone, hydroxyls, super oxides and
more. One example is Glutathione peroxidase. It is a peroxidase
found in humans, which contains selenocysteine. It uses glutathione
as a electron donor and is active with both hydrogen peroxide and
organic hydroperoxide substrates. Another enzyme is Catalase. Present
in the peroxisomes of nearly all aerobic cells, it serves to protect
the cell from the toxic effects of hydrogen peroxide by catalyzing
its decomposition into molecular oxygen and water without the production
of free radicals. |
Superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) catalyses the dismutation reaction
of the toxic superoxide radical to molecular oxygen and hydrogen
peroxide and thus forms a crucial part of the cellular antioxidant
defense mechanism. Your body also contains many other antioxidants
to help protect you from oxidation. More and more of the foods we
eat and the supplements we take are being loaded with antioxidants
as well.
To put things in plain english; your body
defends itself against these ions naturally, but mold, bacteria,
viruses and other biological contaminants do not have the same defense
mechanisms that we possess. Therefore the ions we produce are deadly
to simply organism, but won't harm people or their pets. |