Maxwell, Scott, > > "Petri dishes don't have kidneys!", to coin a phrase! > > Can you tell me more about the role of the kidney in relation to > CS?
I used this phrase a couple of times with Mr. Nowell last week to counter his argument that a silver preparation must be able to kill bacteria in a petri dish. When you take any substance into your system, it either stays there forever (like some heavy metals and fat soluble organics) or it is excreted by your system over time. The rate of excretion (in urine, sweat, feces) versus the rate of ingestion determines if the levels in the blood stream and tissues go up or down. It gets more complicated when the substance in question is metabolized or used up in some way, but you get the idea. I vaguely remember reading that our bodies do excrete silver slowly, taking several weeks to eliminate the microgram quantities we are consuming. Thus a steady intake of small quantities will result in a gradual increase of blood and tissue levels of silver, until an equilibrium is reached with the rate of excretion. Taking very large quantities (milligrams) of silver swamps the body's ability to eliminate it, resulting in particles of silver precipitating in the skin. This is where the agyria (stained skin) fears come from. The kidney's job is to help maintain our bodies' electrolyte balance by eliminating excess water and various waste products that come over from the bloodstream. The relevance to CS is that you can take larger volumes of a lower ppm solution to get the same amount of silver *in your blood and tissues* as from the higher concentration preparations. Your kidneys will eliminate the extra water, while whatever regulatory mechanism decides how much silver is good for you, keeps the blood and tissue levels at an appropriate level. So Nowell's insistance that positive petri dish results are a requirement of a "good" silver preparation are, as near as I can tell, specious. Thus "YOUR PETRI DISH DOESN'T HAVE KIDNEYS!" Mike Devour [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for himself... ]
