> Here's my problem. My daughter has the flu and my wife is coming
> down with a cold.
> Neither one will drink the CS because they have drunk it before
> and hate the metallic taste. I really don't notice much taste, it
> just seems a little flat to me, so no big deal for me.
> My daughter tried mixing it with Gatorade once, but was really
> upset with me because I 'ruined' perfectly good Gatorade and it
> tasted gross.
> Any suggestions on how to make it more palatable to finicky family
> members?
The metallic taste comes from silver hydroxide produced when the
hydroxyl ions from the cathode reach the anode and combine with the
silver ions. The equation is
Ag(+) + OH(-) --> AgOH
Assuming a low current density, silver ions that reach the cathode
will plate out instead of making AgOH. So the anode will become
black from the AgOH, and the cathode will be dull gray.
You can tell how the process is working by noting the color of the
tissue after wiping the electrodes at the end of the brew.
For a more detailed description, please see the theory page on my
web site at http://www.pstca.com/silversol/theory/cstheory.htm
If you stop the brew before the ions reach the anode, you won't
produce AgOH, or only a very small amount.
The resulting cs will have the highest ionic content that can be
reached with your electrode geometry, quality of dw, and current
density. This means it is the most effective you can make.
It will have absolutely no taste, which is what you need to convince
your family to take it.
However, there is a serious problem with contamination on silver
electrodes. The electrolysis process atomically cleans the
electrodes. This makes them much more sensitive to any contamination
in the vicinity, such as sulphur from automobile combustion and the
vapor trap in the kitchen sink.
Putting the generator in an air-tight plastic bag when not in use
can help reduce the contamination. I put my generator in the freezer
compartment of a new, unused refrigerator. The sub-zero temperatures
keeps humidity frozen, which make it impossible for the tarnish
action of sulphur.
A second trick to slow down the ions from reaching the opposite
electrodes is to wait 15 minutes or 1/2 hr after pouring the dw into
the generator. This allows the turbulence to settle and the water to
become still before starting the brew.
The difficulty this can present is some forms of contamination will
leach from the electrodes if they are sitting in the dw. This can
increase the conductivity by a significant amount and affect the
brewing process.
Finally, when you have made the highest concentration possible, do
the salt test to verify the strength of the concentration. This
means to pour a small amount of cs into a shot glass and add a few
crystals of canning salt. The salt will combine with the silver ions
and form silver chloride. This is insoluble and makes a beautiful
milky dispersion.
If the dispersion is weak, it will be a pale blue. If it is dense
enough that you cannot see objects behind the glass, you have a very
strong solution.
The fastest way to absorb the ions is through sublingual absorption.
Hold a mouthful for 10 or 15 minutes, then spit it out. The amount
of ions absorbed will be less than 10%. A very simple calculation
shows the amount present in the blood stream is very small.
For example, a typical mouthful is 50 millilitres. Since one
millilitre of dw weighs 1 gram, 50 ml is 50 grams.
Say the ion concentration is 20uS. This means it is 20 parts per
million, or 20 ppm. This can be expressed in scientific notation as
20e-6.
The amount of silver in 50 ml of 20uS cs is 50gm * 20e-6 = 1000e-6,
or 1 thousand micrograms.
Of this, less than 10% is absorbed, so there is less than 100
micrograms in the bloodstream, or 100e-6 gm.
The typical blood quantity in a male is 5.5 litres. Assuming blood
has the same density as water, this is 5,500 grams. The silver ion
concentration in the blood is then
100e-6 / 5500 = 1.81818181818e-8,
or less than 18 parts per billion. This is a very small amount, but
it is all that is needed for the immune system to function and kill
the viruses that cause colds and flu.
There are significant advantages to using sublingual absorption.
* very fast absorption directly into the blood stream
* bypasses the liver which can filter the silver ions out
* only very small volume of cs needed
* saves on dw, improves life of silver electrodes
* kills bacteria that cause cavities
* kills bacteria that cause plaque
* kills bacteria that cause gum disease
* eliminates any possibility of Argyria
* eliminates killing friendly bacteria in small intestine
(often mistaken for herxheimer)
The difficulty is finding how to stop the brew before the ions reach
the opposite electrodes. This is virtually impossible to do with any
of the methods available until now. However, by plotting the
conductance curve, you can see everything that is going on in the
process, and can stop the brew at exactly the correct time.
The is more detail on m y web site at
http://www.pstca.com/silversol/theory/analysis.htm
Plotting the conductance curve also helps eliminate the waste of
silver that usually happens with conventional methods. This means
your electrodes will last much longer.
Best Wishes,
Mike
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