I suspect there are more with Argeria than will admit to it. As to why we keep taking it is because we would rather be healthy--To hell with the looks. I'm to damn old to give a damn what I look like--Besides I already have an excellent wife so I don't have to go chasing and she is all right with it. Dave
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Dorothy Fitzpatrick <d...@deetroy.org>wrote: > I don't understand why. Isn't argyria really rare? How many of us are on > this list, and how many have argyria? It would be interesting to see the > results, but I bet there aren't many! And given people's fears, I know for > certain that if I told the people I know who are taking EIS that they could > get argyria, (even if they only take the smallest amount) then they > *wouldn't* take it, and would lose out on all the benefits. I don't think > its worth this for such a remote possibility, especially as argyria is not > life threatening and reversible. Also, I can't understand why if people > start to get a tinge of colour, why they don't stop taking it? dee > > On 27 Jan 2010, at 17:05, Norton, Steve wrote: > > When people use EIS, they don’t necessarily have the perfect lifestyle, > diet, habitat, supplement consumption or the ideal physiological processes. > To limit EIS usage to someone who does would probably exclude everyone on > the planet. So EIS usage has to be considered in the context of “real life” > people and not idealized conditions. It is my opinion that if ideal > conditions are needed for EIS to not cause argyria, then EIS can cause > argyria since those ideal conditions are unrealizable. > > In the vein of seeing a glass half full or half empty, you say that you > have not seen any studies, etc. that conclusively demonstrates that EIS can > cause argyria. On the other hand, I too have studied the literature and have > not found anything that would substantiate why EIS, apparently alone of all > forms of silver, cannot cause argyria. I am aware of the passing of silver > ions through the mucosal tissues. Mike Monnet estimates that at about 10% of > the ionic content can be transported that way. If you swallow EIS, who knows > what compound the ionic silver forms in the stomach? If the stomach is empty > it is probably silver chloride but what if food is also present? Then what > compounds are formed and transported into the blood? > > > >
