Back in February I posted on argyia referencing a document, Appendix 9 of "Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants: Volume 1" (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10942). There was one passage from that document that I found troubling and I intended to do some follow-up research on it. Since then, there have been posts on reversing argyia and reference has been made to an online recipe to reverse argyia. The follow-up research I wanted to do also relates to the substances contained in that recipe. Well, you know how time gets away from you ..... So I finally looked into it and I would like to pass on what I found. The passage I found troubling was:
"Even though silver salts are not metabolized in the typical sense, silver salts that are transformed are reduced to metallic silver. It was suggested (ATSDR 1990) that the deposition of silver in tissues is the result of precipitation of insoluble silver chlorides and silver phosphates and that those silver salts are transformed to silver sulfides by forming complexes with amino or carboxyl groups in proteins or are reduced to metallic silver by reduction with ascorbic acid (Danscher 1981). Buckley et al. (1965) identified silver particles deposited in the dermis of a woman with argyria as silver sulfide. Similarly, Berry and Galle (1982) reported that deposits of silver in the internal organs of rats were identified as silver sulfide. Silver seems to interact with other metal salts, especially with selenium in the diet (Berry and Galle 1982, as cited in ATSDR 1990)." What concerned me was the references to ascorbic acid and selenium. But first, the online recipe that was attributed to an unnamed person who had used it to reverse argyia at (http://www.eytonsearth.org/forum/about7.html): "3 Vitamin E 1000 mg 100% Natural d-alpha Tocopheryl 1 Selenium 100mcg yeast free 2 vegetarian Vitamin C 1000 mg 1 teaspoon MSM organic 1 super potency Vitamin B 100, 1 teaspoon of Kelp powder" I have since found a second recipe online that does have a name associated with it at (http://www.sunstoneherbals.com/argyria.htm): "A Possible Cure for Argyria Is it possible that restoring healthful levels of vitamin E and selenium along with the ingestion of ample water might bring about a gradual reversal of argyria in at least some cases? I decided to discuss my idea with a nutritional specialist, Hans Gruenn, MD. After talking at length about the EPA studies and the properties of vitamin E and selenium, Dr. Gruenn concluded, "It is a worthy hypothesis that should be tried." Dr. Gruenn gave the following recommendations: 1. 200mcg to 400mcg of selenium per day is a safe supplement to take on an ongoing basis. 2. He also advises a high-quality,* mixed vitamin E, at 1000 IU per day for people over 50 years of age who may be at risk of stroke, and 2,000 IU per day for people under 50 who are not at risk of stroke. I told Dr. Gruenn that I was taking 4,000 IU a day. He replied that this was still safe for a strong healthy person. The danger of high doses of vitamin E is that it thins the blood. This could be dangerous in many situations where bleeding is hard to stop. 3. Personally, I would also drink lots of water, simply because that's how the body clears out debris. No one knows if this therapy will prove efficacious, or if it does in how many cases. If my liver spots are any kind of indicator, some lightening of t he skin ought to be visible within six weeks if this therapy really is working. Three to six months should be a sufficient amount of time to completely eliminate argyria provided that no additional silver is being ingested. (Since my conversation with Dr. Gruenn, I've had some additional ideas for getting the most out of this nutritional therapy for argyria.) 4. 2 tsp. of MSM per day. Sulfur (MSM) binds with silver and can help to pull it from the body. 5. 4,000 mg. of vitamin C per day. 6. 1 tablet a day of a good quality multiple mineral since this therapy may deplete needed minerals from the body. * Most vitamin E supplements are of poor quality and some even contain rancid oils that will be an additional burden rather than an aid to the body. Dr. Gruenn recommends a vitamin E that has a mix of d-alpha, beta, delta and gamma tocopheryls. " There is a lot of similarity between the two recipes. However, based on what I found I think that both are fatally flawed and can lead to increases argyia and not a reversal of argyia. My opinion is: * Use only a minimal amount of selenium. Something closer to the RDA of 55mcg. * Do not use MSM! * Do not supplement Vitamin C! The high dose selenium, MSM and Vitamin C will all work against reversing argyia. I may already be over the post size limit so I will close and explain why in another posting. - Steve N -- 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: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
