Hi Roger, On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:47:24 EST, rogalt...@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 11/20/00 3:39:22 PM EST, dtmil...@midiowa.net writes: > ><< From the report: > "Investigators have hypothesized that this toxicity is related to a > silver-induced selenium deficiency that inhibits the synthesis of the > seleno-enzyme glutathione peroxidase. In animals supplemented with > selenium and/or vitamin E, exposures of silver as high as 140 > mg/kg/day (100 mg Ag/L drinking water) were well-tolerated (Bunyan et > al., 1968). " > > Now we know where the glutathione peroxidase comment came from (the > MD's rant). > > -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moyn (CDP, KB0ZDF) >> > >Dean: Well, then you'll have to explain what they're saying here. First, they >say that a certain kind of toxicity is caused by low selenium levels induced >by the presence of silver (how much?). Then they say that (what appears to be >a huge intake of) silver can be well tolerated. Translation please. Roger I should have explained why I posted this quote. :) The MD in a message last week stated that CS can produce glutathione peroxidase deficiency, and I went looking for the source for that comment. I didn't find it (so I didn't post any message about it). However, this EPA report seems to provide the source. But the MD got it wrong, as I had suspected. The deficiency occurs only when there is also a deficiency in both selenium and vitamin E. So ... it's a vitamin/mineral deficiency that produces the problem, not CS. -- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moyn (CDP, KB0ZDF) -- 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>
