thanks for that clear explanation Mike - I think I have it now! dee On 16 Feb 2010, at 20:41, M. G. Devour wrote:
>> Sol -- maybe I mis-read this, but I understood it to say that CS does >> not harm the friendly bacteria -- and gives the reason (because CS >> decomposes enzymes required by anaerobic bacteria, which are the >> unfriendly bacteria). Did I get this wrong? MA > > Hi MaryAnn, > > It was a misunderstanding, I believe. Early advocates of CS noticed > that it was often effective without apparently disrupting the normal > intestinal flora. Their attempt to answer this was the assertion Orv > relates to us in his post below, from Dr. Clark. (Hulda, I presume?) > > It turns out, in reality, that there is a very poor correlation between > an organism's status as aerobic versus anaerobic and its role as a > pathogen (bad germ!) or useful symbiote (good germ?) in humans. > > If you look at healthy flora, you'll find both anaerobic and aerobic > bacteria. If you look at pathogenic bacteria, you'll find both aerobic > and anaerobic. You'll even find some bacteria that can be either, > depending on the state of the environment they are in. > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
