Interesting. By the way, how do you manage to find all these references?
Dan On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Norton, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > There may be some substance to Prill beads reducing the absorption of > fluoride by forming an insoluble complex with the fluoride. But the > science isn't completely understood. See below. > > - Steve N > > Influence of Dietary Magnesium on Fluoride Bioavailability in the Rat1' > http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/117/3/496.pdf > > "Several observations suggest that the magnesium content of a diet may > influence food fluoride absorption. Magnesium and fluoride, for example, > form an insoluble complex in vitro (6). Simultaneous administration of > magnesium and fluoride by gastric intubation has been shown to > significantly reduce skeletal > uptake of fluoride by growing rats (7, 8), which may explain why high > dietary magnesium appears to ameliorate fluorosis in guinea pigs (9). On > the other hand, Spencer et al. (10) were unable to demonstrate a > significant effect of orally administered magnesium oxide on either > fecal or urinary fluoride excretion in human volunteers. Factors that > may account for this apparent discrepancy between animal and human > studies include the age of the test subject, level and chemical form of > magnesium and route of administration of fluoride and magnesium. In the > human study, for example, subjects were adults, whereas studies of the > magnesium and fluoride relationship in rats occurred during a period of > rapid growth. Animal studies involving gastric intubation utilized > water-soluble magnesium chloride and the magnesium and fluoride were > administered together, whereas in the human study magnesium was > insoluble magnesium oxide and the magnesium and fluoride were not > simultaneously present in the diet." > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: M. G. Devour [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EXTERNAL:CS>Debunking... > > Dave writes, and quotes: >> *This should give you an example of what I think of Prill beads. >> >> One of the goofiest products I have come across are "Prill >> Beads " which consist of "magnesium oxide infused with Life >> Force." These magical beads [... blah blah blah] > > I'd just like to point out that if I'd not kept an open mind the > blatant idiocy of some vendors way back when would have kept me from > trying colloidal silver. It's better these days but you can still find > examples of similar nonsense out there. > > Yes, the verbiage quoted by Dave is representative of too many sources > that spew that kind of anti-scientific junk targeted only at the > gullible. So saying, it doesn't prove anything about the product > either. > > There are also user reports from non-vendors that claim benefits, so > the jury is still out on Prill Beads from what I can see. > > All I ask is that everyone be careful with adopting the mindset of a > "debunker" toward the things shared on this list. There's no reason to > accept everything blindly, but temperate language and tolerance are > still in order. > > Something about glass houses and stones comes to mind. > > Be well, > > Mike D. > > [ > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subjectunsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > > >
