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 > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > 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> >