In article <f19opetxb23ffhg8wce0000b...@hotmail.com>, "D G" <rc_gli...@hotmail.com> wrote: > The question of whether or not baking soda is acceptable is not clear. >Explain to me why baking soda is a "contaminant". That infers it is harmful. >I want to know specifics from a bio-physiological perspective, not just >generalized comments.
I don't know the bio-physiological details, but to my way of thinking, the desired product is colloidal silver, not a blend of colloidal silver and silver compounds. While I don't doubt that sodium bicarbonate is preferable to sodium chloride, I imagine a reactive metal like silver in the presence of aqueous sodium bicarbonate and an electric current will create silver compounds of some sort. I don't know if the resulting compounds, if any, are harmful, but it is my opinion that they would be contaminants in that they are unwanted. Since perfectly acceptable CS can be made with just silver and DW, albeit more slowly, I see no reason to buy a system that requires adding chemicals to the mix. My CS needs are met with a half gallon every few days, so the several hours that the wishgranted.com Colloid Master with a bubbler takes to make a half-gallon is not a problem for me. I suppose the exception could be someone who needs to make many gallons per day and isn't concerned about the potential creation of silver compounds. I'll also add that Dr. Marx's commentary on the use of baking soda strikes me as possibly inaccurate and misleading. Recent discussion on the list indicated that baking soda reacts with the acid in the stomach to form salt, i.e., baking soda's "ash" is neutral and not alkalizing to the body. But Dr. Marx claims that the baking soda does contribute to the adjusting of body pH; I question the accuracy of that. He also mentions the formation of silver chloride when using salt, but he makes no mention at all of compound formation from the use of baking soda; that omission strikes me as possibly misleading. -- John A. Stanley j...@natel.net -- 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>
