Terry said: "I have read that CS should be taken on an empty stomach for it to be effective. Obviously you feel there is also value in taking CS even if combined with various foods...could you elaborate?"
The whole 'under the tongue' or 'on an empty stomach' thing is relevant if you are buying CS and taking small amounts of it to minimize the cost. When you drink it freely, I doubt that it matters. I seriously doubt that one teaspoon under the tongue will give my body as much CS or any more benefit than 6-8 oz drunk in a cup of herb tea. If I needed to economize, I would use it carefully. When the cost of CS is only slightly higher (and I mean slightly) than the cost of distilled water, I don't economize. I need to drink plenty of water anyway, I just make a large portion of it water with silver in it. The woman who reported to me that she had had marvelous success against her MS drinking 16-24 oz/day alerted me to the dynamic of copious quantities of CS. I have explored the EPA site (http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/0099.htm) thoroughly, and it is irrelevant to the CS we make and ingest. Please notice what they are talking about: "Gaul and Staud (1935) reported 70 cases of generalized argyria following organic and colloidal silver medication, including 13 cases of generalized argyria following intravenous silver arsphenamine injection therapy... Argyria developed after a total dose of 4, 7 or 8 g in some patients, while in others, argyria did not develop until after a total dose of 10, 15 or 20 g. The authors concluded that argyria may become clinically apparent after a total accumulated i.v. dose of approximately 8 g of silver arsphenamine. The book entitled "Argyria. The Pharmacology of Silver" reached the same conclusion, that a total accumulative i.v. dose of 8 gm silver arsphenamine is the limit beyond which argyria may develop (Hill and Pillsbury, 1939)." Despite their use of the words "colloidal silver", they are talking about silver compounds, NOT electrically isolated silver particles (and absolutely not ionic silver). They are NOT talking about what we use, they are commenting on silver MEDICINES. Virtually nothing said on this EPA site refers to what we use. Neither is anything that Jason posted relevant to what we use. Jason said: "Alexander G. Schauss, Hopkins PHD though he is, is wrong. The EPA established RISK for silver is 3.8 grams, not per day, but over a lifetime..." Wrong, Jason. I disagree completely. The EPA established (actually, guessed, not established) risk is 3.8 grams of silver COMPOUNDS, or even silver powder, NOT colloidal silver. "You'd have to chop tiny silver chips to ingest 3.8 grams a day or mix ground silver with your water, and doing so would not turn you blue, it would eventually kill you, probably before you turned blue..." Absolutely. In fact, it is impossible to drink too much CS. "Silver is going to be retained in the major organs prior to the skin; this has been demonstrated over and over with "lab rat" type studies and autopsies..." Wrong again. Silver COMPOUNDS and silver POWDER will be retained in the major organs, not colloidal silver such as we make and ingest. "The established minimum critical dose is 1.9 milligrams daily. [Of what?] While this number is contested, [thoroughly, as the EPA admits] it's a pretty close approximation to what is accepted by the World Health Organization [now there's a credibility gap] and the EPA, and it is based on the available scientific data, [which concerns silver compounds, NOT colloidal silver] which, granted, has a great many holes that have never been filled, especially concerning isolated silver products." Jason, I am not attacking you, but your post had the affect of inferring that, if you weren't careful, that if there were a few minerals in your water, you could very well poison yourself. I think that's preposterous. Many, many people have made (and are making) CS with tap to river water and I haven't heard of anything blue happening to them. I absolutely do not believe it's possible to harm yourself in any way from CS made with pure water, silver and electricity. As a last point, here is the content of something Beck wrote about using CS: A FEW UNIQUE PLUS TRADITIONAL USES FOR COLLOIDAL SILVER Add to suspected drinking water when traveling or camping. Silver-sprayed burns heal rapidly without scarring. Safely sterilize anything from toothbrushes to surgical instruments. Use topically on cuts, wounds, abrasions, rashes, sunburn, insect bites, razor nicks and bandages. Spray on garbage to prevent decay odors. Mist kitchen sponges, towels, cutting boards to eliminate E. Coli and salmonella bacteria to prevent food poisoning and gastrointestinal inflammation. Add when canning, preserving or bottling. Use like peroxide on zits and acne. Add to juices and milk to prevent spoiling, fermenting, deteriorating, clabbering or curdling. Spray in shoes and between toes to stop most skin itch, athletes foot and fungi. Diminish dandruff, psoriasis, skin rashes, etc. Add to bath water, gargle, douches, colon irrigation, nasal spray and dental water-pic solutions. Cuts downtime dramatically from colds, flu, pneumonia, staph, strep, respiratory infections and rhino viruses. Skin itch, eye irritation or infection (dilute a small amount with an equal amount of distilled water for eye use) and ear infections (warm slightly first), some moles and warts vanish (put on bandaid pad and wear on wart overnight each night until gone). Use with Q-tips on fingernail, toenail, and ear fungi. Can impede tooth decay and bad breath. Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics, Colloidal Silver never permits strain-resistant pathogens to evolve. Toothaches, mouth sores, bacterial irritations are diminished. Soak dentures. Spray refrigerator, freezer and food storage bin interiors. Mix in postage stamp, envelope, and tape moistening wells, paint and paste pots to prevent bacterial growth, odors, spoiling or souring. Add to water-based paints, wallpaper paste, dishwater, cleaning and mopping solutions, etc. Spray pet bedding and let dry. Spray on top of contents of opened jam, jelly, and condiment containers and inside lids before replacing. Mix a little in pet water, birdbaths, cut flower vases. Add to swamp cooler water. Spray air conditioner filters after cleaning. Swab air ducts and vents to prevent breeding sites for germs. Use routinely in laundry final rinse water and always before packing away seasonal clothes. Damp clothes or towels and washcloths will not sour or mildew. Eliminate unwanted microorganisms in planter soils and hydroponics systems. Spray plant foliage to stop fungi, molds, rot, and most plant diseases. Silver is an excellent plant-growth stimulator. Treat pools, fountains, humidifiers, Jacuzzis, hot tubs, baths, dishwashers, re-circulating cooling tower water, gymnasium foot dips, and bath and shower mats. Spray inside shoes, watch bands and gloves and under fingernails periodically. Treat shower stalls, tubs, fonts, animal watering troughs, shavers to avoid trading germs. Rinse fruit and vegetables before storing or using. Put in cooking water. Add to human and animal shampoos and they become disinfectants. Prevent carpets, drapes and wallpaper from mildewing. Wipe telephone mouthpieces, pipe stems, headphones, hearing aids, eyeglass frames, hairbrushes, combs, loofas. Excellent for diapers and diaper rash. Do toilet seats, bowls, tile floors, sinks, urinals, door knobs. Kills persistent odors. Rinse invalid's pillowcases, sheets, towels and bedclothes. There are literally thousands of other essential uses for this odorless, nearly tasteless and colorless, totally benign, powerful, non-toxic disinfectant and healing agent. You'll find that a spray or misting bottle of Colloidal Silver solution may be the most useful health enhancement tool in your environment. Dosage: Some people, when first ingesting Colloidal Silver, have the experience that is called the Herxheimer effect. This experience is a result of the silver very efficiently killing off too many pathogens too fast for the body to dispose of through the normal eliminative organs. This forces the body to utilize the secondary eliminative organs: the lungs, sinuses and skin. Sometimes a new Colloidal Silver user who ingests Colloidal Silver for the first time will experience what feels like a cold or the flu (or diarrhea). This can be stopped by cutting back on the dosage (or completely abstaining for a day or so), or prevented by starting with a small dose (1/4 to 1 teaspoon twice a day) and gradually increasing the dosage. Some people even find they need to start off at first with just a few drops. People who are trying to self-treat a significant health condition (like asthma, or an internal infection) may need to work up to fairly large quantities each day (4 to 6 oz 2-3 times per day) before they see an improvement. There are no known instances of anyone overdosing with Colloidal Silver. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
