Hey Guys, My understanding may be a little different and I'll stand to be corrected, but....
Silver compounds, i.e. silver nitrate, silver acetate, have no reason to be ingested. They are NOT colloidal silver and have entirely different characteristics. Stability, especially long-term, is an important aspect of colloidal silver products. To avoid "fall out", some companies add a protein or chemical stabilizer, allowing a higher concentration of silver with a greater level of stability. (One in particular is FDA approved) The downside is that most stabilizers bond to the silver particles and therefore reduce the antimicrobial effect of the silver. Such products contain higher levels of total silver to compensate, and should be taken with caution because in all cases of silver toxicity, called Argyria (the permanent discoloration of the skin due to silver deposits), the product in question contained high concentrations of large particle silver compounded with stabilizers such as silver nitrate or silver acetate. Argyria has never been reported from pure electro-colloidal silver free of proteins or other stabilizers! Another advantage of correctly manufactured colloidal silver is that, with a particle size well below 1 micron, ideally one thousandth of one micron to fifteen thousandths of one micron in size, a 3 to 5 parts per million concentration of colloidal silver is unlikely to affect friendly intestinal bacteria. Most of it is absorbed into the circulatory systems of the body (arteries, veins, lymph system) before it gets there. Such fine particles can freely pass through blood vessels and in the lymph system pass freely through tissues, including sublingually through the soft tissues of the mouth, and including the blood brain barrier. These microscopically fine particles of silver damage nothing vital to the body but are lethal to contacted bacterium, viruses, yeasts, single celled parasites. Fortunately such have no opportunity to develop a resistance or immunity to the silver. Following the normal circulatory paths of the human body these fine particles flush out completely in about 4 days. The lymph system (immune system) flushes out the dead debris created by the silver colloid particles and processes the toxins and wastes through the kidneys and liver. Properly prepared electro-colloidal silver contains 99.999% pure silver particles, .001 of a Micron or slightly larger in size (up to .015 of a Micron), suspended and separated by their electrical charge, in pure distilled water with no salts, any other silver compounds, binding agents, stabilizers or proteins. Such prepared electro-colloidal silver is non-toxic and cannot cause Argyria in any amount. Most of us already know all of this, but if you have to have the references and bibliography on the above, contact me at rbart...@drfast.net and I'll supply you with a reading list that would constitute a complete college course. ----- Original Message ----- From: <rogalt...@aol.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:00 PM Subject: Re: CS>rosemary jacobs > In a message dated 11/2/00 5:54:28 PM EST, i...@win.co.nz writes: > > << It is not the type of silver ions that enter the body (compounds, salts > etc.) but the quantity that determines the chance of showing argyria. > > Ivan. > > >> > > Ivan: There are people who claim to drink CS by the quart each day. Why don't > THEY get agyria? I don't think ANYBODY on this list has ever claimed to have > had a problem with it. Why? Just how much would it take to get argyria? Roger > > > -- > 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 > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
