Good to see Whitney admit obedience to the unknown variables by the use of vit-C and herbs, though I would hardly classify CS as a "big gun" compared to other things; "big guns" usually imply serious risk of damage for the sake of killing the opponent. Has anyone ever been seriously damaged from CS? Ozone will damage if protocols are not carefully followed and I would bet sensitivity levels are much higher amongst the majority than they are to CS. But ozone is a marvelous weapon/healer even though there's a risk; *ozone* is a "big gun". With all that's UNknown about the actions of CS in the body - especially since there are implications that we used to get so much more through the foods we'd eat - I believe the way it's used *must* be totally up to the individual. It's a good opportunity for the person to go deeper and *feel* what the "correct" amount is. Until there is definite empirical evidence that CS *does* interfere with the workings of our immune systems, it's just fear to state that it would or could. Pregnant women are advised to get enough folic acid (part of the B-vitamin complex) to prevent their babies from being born with a disconnected spine; the amount needed to prevent this horrible deformity is not even visible to the naked eye. This, to me, reveals the implications of how important it is to get the proper elements for a healthy life - amount being relative. Who can really say what's enough - vitamins, minerals, CS or otherwise? I was once taking 100,000 IU's of vitamin-A a day for MONTHS as part of a medical experiment. At that level I should have experienced some kind of side affects; they kept asking me if I was, but I wasn't... nothing! Then there's an IV drug for fighting infections in Cystic Fibrosis called Colymycin; *most* patients have terrible side affects from even a small amount: Heavy urination, rubber legs and migrain headaches. When I was on it I felt absolutely nothing - not even tingling toes! I treat silver water as a "mineral suppliment" that just *happens* to work better than a drug for my situation. Lucky me... so far. Speaking of drugs, just what *is* a drug, in it's simplest definition? They're *subtsances* taken for a specific reason with the intent of getting well. This can also define what a vitamin, mineral or CS is. When I first began studying natural healing/vitamins I read about all kinds of illnesses due to deficiencies (imbalances) that were "cured" with vitamins/minerals; that kinda sounds similar to a "drug". The point is: All these things seem to overlap at some point. How many on this list drink coffee? Alcohol? Smoke? They're saying that a little wine every day is "good", even though the body recognizes ALL alcohol as a poison. Coffee's a good example of paradox: When consumed *orally* it depletes the body of valuable necessities and causes all kinds of imbalances with implications of even contributing to some cancers; when taken *rectally*, it initiates a "purging" affect that is actually used in some cancer treatments! So, all this amounts to the individual's call to use CS and at what amount. But, as one book says, "Fate and unforeseen occurrence befall all men (and women)". *IF* it turns out that there's a risk to using CS in the long run, that's the price you pay for living. Think of all the other risks taken daily that are not even considered - driving being the most obvious. One of the biggest killers in America is falling in the bathtub and you risk more breathing downtown city air on a smoggy day, because of all the unknown interactions of about 13 million chemicals poured into the atmosphere every year, than you ever could with CS. And no matter how "healthy" you eat, the body automatically regards food as an "invader"; this is part of "digestion": The attack, breakdown and use of the invader called "food" with it's inevitable toxins... kind of like what the white blood cells do on their level. And did you know that when sperm enters a woman much of it is *immediately* treated as an intruder and destroyed? Yet we still have over-population. Even the growing fetus can cause chemical changes in the woman that could end up killing her!
Seems to me the Great Infinite loves the game of Paradox. I wouldn't be too afraid of CS. One thing is apparent just about everywhere you look in Nature: The Universe doesn't like sissy's. Dameon _________________________ A few folks have very astutely pointed out that there are important exceptions to my let-your-immune-system-try-to-do-its-job-before-intervening theory. Thanks. There are some really nasty bugs out there, and it does not make sense to wait until they have you down before defending yourself. I should also admit that I do not always follow the theory myself. I am already a complete vitamin C junkie, and I start in on the echinacea at the first sign of a cold. But I hesitate to use the big guns (CS) on every little sore throat, fearing that I will become a CS junkie as well. Whitney -- 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: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
