Dean,
From this one could say that silver is perhaps a semi-essential
trace mineral - not vital to life but vital to optimal health? You are no
doubt correct in that much still remains unknown as to silver's roles in
human physiology, but I think till now at least it is only known to act in a
catalytic role, not as a normal component of any biochemical structures.
regards, Kevin Nolan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean T. Miller" <dtmil...@midiowa.net>
To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: CS>Real CS Questions
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 15:02:14 +1000, "Kevin Nolan"
> <ken...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> >I was under the impression that silver does not constitute any part of
the
> >body's many hormone, enzyme, protein etc components, and therefore is not
> >really a trace mineral in the same sense that say copper or chromium is.
In
> >other words a diet totally lacking in silver would not per se lead to
> >serious illness or death. Can you provide some more info on this?
>
> Two or three weeks ago I was looking for info on silver for another
> (non-health related) purpose. As I was looking, I ran across a site
> that listed the percentages or ppm of different elements in various
> things, including the human body. My memory is fuzzy on the exact
> amount of silver listed for the human body, but it was above 1 ppm.
> Some animals had more, fish had less. :)
>
> There is a WWW site called "webelements" or something like that has a
> really good periodic table with lots of details. Unfortunately, their
> info on the biology of many elements is somewhat askew -- almost like
> their info was from the 1920's.
>
> Adding to that, there is anecdotal evidence provided by National
> Geographic and other publications that shows the lifespan of
> populations living in silver-bearing mountainous regions is much
> greater than areas where there is no silver in the natural
> surroundings. Mountainous areas that have little silver don't seem to
> have populations that are any longer lived than other groups.
>
> BTW, both lead and aluminum are in the body in trace amounts and I've
> read that both have biologic activity. I suspect we (science) haven't
> yet discovered what silver's role is in the body.
>
> -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF
>
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