I believe that the article is basically correct. On the other hand though, I do think it the ions that work best for some topical applications, and are resonsible for stem cell reversion per Robert Beckers work.
Marshall Paul Ladendorf wrote: > I found the following article and wondered if some of you techies > would respond to it. > > Thanks, > > Paul > > >Basically, there are two silver components in colloidal silver > products which give them their antibiotic properties, silver particles > and silver ions. Silver ions are silver atoms which have an electron > missing in the outer shell. They are the smallest possible form of > silver, about .28 nanometers. Silver particles are metallic silver > consisting of clusters of silver atoms. They can range in size from > less than a nanometer up to 1000 nanometers (1 micron). > > Silver ions will combine with chloride ions readily where they are > present. The human stomach contains a strong solution of hydrochloric > acid. Silver chloride forms immediately in the stomach when silver > ions enter it. Though silver chloride is harmless and in fact not even > soluble in the body, it also has no germ killing power. The same thing > happens to silver ions in the bloodstream by virtue of the high > chloride content due to the presence of sodium and potassium chloride. > Silver ions, therefore are of little value inside the body as they are > quickly combined with the available chloride ions to form silver > chloride. One researcher, a Dr. Meade, has estimated the half-life of > a silver ion inside the human body as 7.8 seconds. The only component > of colloidal silver products which survives to work inside the body, > therefore, is silver particles. This discovery is what has compelled > us to strive for the greatest quantity of particulate silver possible > in our product. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo!
