Hello Marshall, You are correct in that the concentration of chlorous acid is dependent upon the PH of the final solution, but the break down actually takes place over several hours. There is no method of measuring chlorine dioxide in the blood, because it doesn't last long enough to make it into the blood stream. Chlorite can be measured, and it does make it into the blood stream, along with all the organs of the body.
The overlooked factor is the chlorous acid. Chlorous acid is a biostat. It can result in a 1/2 - 1 log reduction in pathogens, but its intended use is to stabilize the growth of pathogens. Chlorine dioxide, on the other hand, is a biocide that is capable of a 5 - 6 log reduction of pathogens. Since chlorine dioxide is almost immediately converted to chlorite, it may be the chlorite that is doing the work... Chlorous acid has been studied on meat and poultry carcasses, but not in humans. The concentration of chlorous acid is limited to the amount that doesn't cause bleaching. Animal studies seem to indicate that about 70% of the chlorine dioxide breaks down to chlorite, about 30% of a dose is absorbed into the body, and the half life of chlorite is a little over 40 hours. The chlorite is mostly eliminated through urine. I believe the absorption relates both to chlorite from chlorine dioxide and chlorite from sodium chlorite. When sodium chlorite is activated by the stomach acid, it allows a higher percentage of the solution to be available to be absorbed. When you activate it before taking it, some of the available chlorine dioxide is released as free chlorine dioxide which leaves less available chlorine dioxide in the solution. If the problem is up high in the GI tract, activation before ingestion makes sense. However, if the problem is lower, activation within the stomach may deliver more to the problem area. Chlorous acid has been studied and successfully used in oral health products, unactivated. This, along with the successes of the so called "stabilized oxygen" products, leads me to think that there may actually be something going on when you circulate sodium chlorite in the body and let it activate inside. I am not sure this process will ever be formally studied because of the effect of chlorite on blood cells, but there is always hope. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@king-cart.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:23 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>MMS email received today Renee wrote: > Dunno, but there certainly is a difference in the amount of chlorine > in the activated MMS, smell and taste wise. You'd have to talk to Tom > for more facts about amounts and such. And mostly Tom does not > advocate activating it externally either, as he says there's enough > stomach acid to activate it. Certainly makes taking it much easier > that way--although you can also use full strength drops this way too. > There is plenty of stomach acid to activate it. That is not why it is activated externally. The reason is the speed of activation. If you do not activate it initially the level builds up slowly over an extended period of time, and reaches a rather low peak. This might be insufficient to kill what you are taking it for. By external activation, the build up is rapid, the peak high, and the overall duration rather short. Chemically here is what happens: Sodium chlorite reacts with acid and produces chlorus acid. Chlorus acid breaks down at a rate proportional to its concentration to chlorine dioxide. That is, if it is concentrated in a teaspoon of liquid, most of it will convert in the next 5 or so minutes. If it is in a dilute solution, such as 8 oz of water, or stomach acid, the rate is much slower, something like a couple of hours. Comparing the blood concentration of chlorine dioxide between these two for the MMS you will see a sudden rise to a significant level, followed very quickly by a drop off to almost nothing. If you take the sodium chlorite directly the build up in the blood will be over an hour, and it will stay at the peak for several hours, but the peak will be much smaller than the maximum with the MMS. The difference is like comparing putting 70% alcohol on an infection for a minute, or a dilute solution of .1% alcohol on it for several hours. It is quite likely that the latter would not have any affect at all.. Marshall -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
