JDKlein wrote: > Does anyone have an opinion on ionic & colloidal silver versus plain > colloidal silver. > Ionic silver is truly dissolved... colloid is like clay mixed with water.. > not totally dissolved but suspended in solution. > > To absorb minerals from supplements, generally we must ionize them with > stomach acid in order to abosorb them. The benefit of Albion Laboratories > patented Magnesium Glycinate is 100% absorption... independent of > ionization... the amino acid glycine acts as a transporter of magnesium. >
What is required is for the particles to be sufficiently small. In the case of silver anything under 15 nm (.015 micron) should be readily absorbed. Good colloidal silver as well as ionic silver (single atoms) will both be absorbed. > Advancing years is usually associated with decreasing HCl (acid) levels in > stomach juices... thereby reducing mineral absorption. The popular drugs > like Zantac and Pepcid also reduce stomach acid and reduce absorption of > minerals (and B-12 which is associated with irreparable neurological damage > and Alzheimer's) > You do not want the HCl to react with the silver. That would produce Silver Chloride, which is almost insoluable, and also toxic, and extremely sensitive to light (which could turn you blue). Thankfully for colloidal silver at body temperature there is no reaction with HCL so you can stay the color God made you. > I have read that ionic silver is more effective as an antimicrobial agent. > Some companies offer both ionic silver electrodes and colloidal electrodes > for their HVAC systems. > If you assume that silver works by it's catalytic effects, then ionic silver has almost no effect, but colloidal has very strong effects. Please see the paper at http://silver-lightning.com/research2.html if you want more details. It is covered in detail there. There appears to be other effects as well of which I am uncertain of the relative effectiveness between ionic and colloidal silver. But from what I have read one should expect that GOOD colloidal silver is superior to ionic silver of similar PPM. > CSPro only offers colloidal to my knowledge. > > Bruce Stenulson mentioned something about ionic-collidal silver. I am > fairly confused. > > I do believe that the yellowing tint is an indication of oxidation > (tarnish). > This is incorrect. First of all tarnish is not silver oxide but silver sulfide. Since there is no sulfur available (only silver, hydrogen and oxygen), tarnish is an impossibility. Secondly silver oxide is black, not yellow. Also silver oxide is almost insoluable in water (13 ppm). The correct explaination on the color is that colloids absorb wavelengths that are longer the bigger the particles, thus giving a color that is the complement of the wavelength absorbed. This is well documented in the scientific literature, and all one has to do is take the time to research it at any technical library (ie. Colloidal Chemistry page 65). For further clarification on this see the research paper given earlier. > Can anyone shed some light on the ionic versus colloidal silver issue... > especially the anti-microbial effectiveness of both? I believe that colloidal silver of any decent quality will be superior to ionic silver. Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
