Hi All, Someone wrote:
>There are some monks that live somewhere in the mountains (low oxygen), eat >small but varied meals, do moderate exercise and meditate/pray. Not a very >stressful existence. Their average life expectancy is above 100! Someone else wrote: >A recent report in New Scientist (12 Sep 1998) details the use of gold and >silver compounds to kill cancer cells. (Susan Berners-Price and her team at >Griffith University in Brisbane Australia, and Mark McKeage of the >University of Auckland in New Zealand) >The positively charged gold and silver compounds can cross the mitochondrial >membrane of a cell, allowing the compound to disrupt the mitochondria, the >energy producing mechanism of the cell. Disruption of the mitochondria >leads to rapid cell death. >IMHO, drinking silver suspensions that probably contain some silver >compounds could be a risky thing. We need to better examine effects on >healthy human cells as well as the effect on pathogens. Aluminium compounds >are already believed to damage neuron's. How does a few thousand years of human testing sound. Actually there are about 5 or 6 known groups of very long lived people, scattered across the planet. The biggest thing they have in common is that their primary source of water is glacier melt. This stuff has a very high mineral content. They drink it, but more importantly they irrigate their crops with it. Minerals that animals, and us, receive into our systems come in four forms. 1) Rock mineral, the basic raw stuff, we can only absorb between 3-12% depending on our age and metabolism. The vast majority of mineral products on the market today fall into this category. (Tums) 2) Chelated minerals, these have an amino acid wrapped around it, the average absorption rate is up around 45%. 3) Colloidal minerals (inorganic), these are minerals that have been pulled out of the ground (rock mineral, shale, clays, etc.). Ground up real fine, and often sold in liquid suspension. Because of there size they are absorbed somewhat more than normal rock mineral. But they are still just rock minerals, and the human body just isn't built to use minerals in this form. (Chewed on any good rocks lately?) Many of which can be toxic. 4) Organic Colloidal minerals have been absorbed by a plant and wrapped in an organic component. This is the same process that chelation is trying to duplicate. They have about a 95% absorption rate. The human metabolism knows what to do with the minerals in this form, this is how we used to get minerals into our diet. But the important major & trace minerals that we need have been depleted from our soils for a long time. The plants can't pull up what has already been removed. The only 3 minerals farmers are adding back into the soil are in NPK type fertilizers (Nitrogen, Phosphorus & Potash). In the Organic Colloidal form, even minerals that would normally be harmful in the metallic form, the body knows how to deal with. Any minerals in this form not used by or body are excreted in about 8 hours in our urine. In fact some studies show that that they actually help remove the harmful inorganic minerals that the body doesn't want. I have been using these products for just a few months, but I have already seen major improvements. Such as joint problems, among others, that the traditional medical experts say that I'll just have to learn to live with. Reference http://www.American-Longevity.com/pure.html (Sure there is a lot of sales hype, but good basic information as well.) Dean wrote: >The use of colloidal silver has been extensively tested and there's >plenty of anecdotal information (silverware has been around a long >time). Look up "colloidal silver generators" on the WWW for the info. >[I use a colloidal silver generator and the 5 ppm output seems >effective for a wide range of situations, including killing surface >bacteria that produces my son's acne, allowing an ulcerated sore on my >cat's cheek to heal and getting rid of some types of fungus on my >outdoor plants.] > -- Dean -- from Duh Moines (CDP, KB0ZDF) Silver has been known for a long time to inhibit the ability of a cell to reproduce, not to kill it but to keep it from growing. Which considering the short lifespan of many infectious organisms, if the silver is present longer than the bacteria can reproduce, the next generation can't take it's place let alone spread. Some of the better water filter companies add silver to the carbon filtration media to keep bacteria from growing in their devices. But they are careful not to say that it kills the bacteria, because strictly speaking it doesn't. But as long as the carbon can trap it, and the silver keeps it from multiplying it amounts to the same thing. However the carbon media does eventually get clogged from all the gunk (technical term) that it has been pulling out of the water, and the bacteria bearing water just slides past. Which is why the silver bearing filters still need to be replaced, just not as often. Question, does silvadine ointment/cream contain silver. It is a prescription drug generally used to treat sores, burns and frostbite. William E. Briggs Jr. [email protected] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
