Ivan Anderson wrote: > CS kills pathogens by inhibiting the enzyme required for oxygen > metabolism, and by binding with the electron rich SH groups of the > cell wall and from there binding with the DNA (or is it RNA) disabling > the reproduction of the cell.
That is what the Silver Institute reports. However there is more to it than that. If this were the only way that it kills pathogens then it would not have any effect for anaerobic bacteria which do not metabolise oxygen. There is more to it than that. It is apparent that it kills by more mechanisms than just that one, but I have yet to have heard anything that sounds reasonable for the other mechanisms except for the catalytic oxidation of anerobic pathogens. I have no idea if it stops reproduction of the cell, since in every experiment we have done and had done, it kills the cell outright, immediately. One thing that it does it it causes oxidation of the pathogen, and when you oxidize proteins and amino acids, which is what elicits an immune response, they break down into water, carbon dixoide and so forth which do not elicit an immune response. > In these cases the cell is not destroyed is it, the cell remains but > is deactivated. When a cell is oxidized then it is broken down into water, carbon dioxide and so forth. > How can a particle many times smaller than the > pathogen destroy it. Well lets see. If I light a match it will be destroyed by oxygen which is MUCH smaller than the match. Same thing goes for bacteria, when they are oxidized they are destroyed. Silver catalyzes the oxidation of the pathogen, it breaks down into smaller molecules which are more stable. > To be destroyed the pathogen must be subjected to > the cleaving and disposal abilities of specialised enzymes > (macrophages) which are called into action by other components of the > immune system(antigens), which identify, lock on to sites on the > pathogen in a fail safe, cascading method. Not true. Cooking destroys pathogens. That is why canning works. Alcohol, most petrochemicals, heat, freezing sometimes, even dehydration can all kill various pathogens. Oxidation definitely kills pathogens, that is why hydrogen peroxide works, and that is how silver works. > The disabled pathogen may > release toxins during this process, and the action of enzymes in the > immune system when dealing with large numbers of invaders is generally > accompanied by an elevation in temp etc.,hence one feels lousy. But as > far as I know it is the immune system which must identify and dispose > of any foreign bodies, dead or alive. > The immune system destroys pathogens, usually by identifying markers on the protein coat. The kidneys and liver must dispose of these bodies and/or toxins. If it is too much for these organs to take care of, then you will sweat out much of it. > Does that mean the vaccine was ineffective? > Maybe I'm wrong, but I do believe that the vaccine was still there and > it was the immune system that eliminated it. > It is a pretty good indication that there was no immune response. She always gets very ill from flu shots normally. > Is it the bacteria which smell or the waste they produce? > It is the waste. Thus as soon as you kill them, the quit producing waste, the odor goes away. > >CS has been shown to kill organisms in less than 5 > seconds in > > laboratory tests. Tests we did also proved that CS kills the > organisms > > instead of simply stopping them from multiplying. > > Silver ions disrupt membranes, disables proteins, inhibits enzymes and > bonds with DNA. No doubt some organisms are killed outright but surely > the inability to reproduce or metabolise is just another form of > death. How long does it take for the immune system to deal with such > disabled cells? That is why CS is so nice. It kills them outright in a matter of minutes, whereas many antibiotics only prevent them from dividing, which may require days to take care of them. Marshall -- 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] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
