I don't understand why. Isn't argyria really rare? How many of us are on this list, and how many have argyria? It would be interesting to see the results, but I bet there aren't many! And given people's fears, I know for certain that if I told the people I know who are taking EIS that they could get argyria, (even if they only take the smallest amount) then they *wouldn't* take it, and would lose out on all the benefits. I don't think its worth this for such a remote possibility, especially as argyria is not life threatening and reversible. Also, I can't understand why if people start to get a tinge of colour, why they don't stop taking it? dee
On 27 Jan 2010, at 17:05, Norton, Steve wrote: > When people use EIS, they don’t necessarily have the perfect lifestyle, diet, > habitat, supplement consumption or the ideal physiological processes. To > limit EIS usage to someone who does would probably exclude everyone on the > planet. So EIS usage has to be considered in the context of “real life” > people and not idealized conditions. It is my opinion that if ideal > conditions are needed for EIS to not cause argyria, then EIS can cause > argyria since those ideal conditions are unrealizable. > > In the vein of seeing a glass half full or half empty, you say that you have > not seen any studies, etc. that conclusively demonstrates that EIS can cause > argyria. On the other hand, I too have studied the literature and have not > found anything that would substantiate why EIS, apparently alone of all forms > of silver, cannot cause argyria. I am aware of the passing of silver ions > through the mucosal tissues. Mike Monnet estimates that at about 10% of the > ionic content can be transported that way. If you swallow EIS, who knows what > compound the ionic silver forms in the stomach? If the stomach is empty it is > probably silver chloride but what if food is also present? Then what > compounds are formed and transported into the blood? >
