> Just out of curiosity, I have been giving quite large amounts of CS > to myself and my children in trying to prevent the tummy bug from > taking hold - we have all had controllable diarrhoea. By that I mean > 5 times each day instead of once or twice. Why would CS do this?
I can respond to this as well as Nick's remarks in "What to believe?" Sometimes when I think I'm coming down with something and take large amounts of CS, it will trigger diarrhea. I think it's mostly an issue of quantity. If you take enough volume of CS I believe it does get far enough into the system to act on the intestinal flora. How much is enough to do this? At least a pint or two at a time, if my experience is typical. The other thing that might irritate the bowels, aside from disrupting the digestive process by killing the flora, would be to kill pathogens in enough quantity to release their pathogens into your system, causing an exacerbation of symptoms. In other words, a Herxheimer reaction. Which is it? Who knows? I'm just guessing. The conclusion Nick reaches is a reasonable one: In the absense of evidence of harm and the presense of ample demonstrations of benefit, why ask why? <wink> Seriously, we always have to keep asking these questions. If ever negative effects from CS *are* found, we need to know about it as soon as possible. In the meantime, we all are responsible for our decisions. I believe the stuff is safe, but I base that belief on admittedly inconclusive and incomplete data. I accept the risk, but recognise that it's there. Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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>
