It is my understanding that the normal gut has plenty of extra bacteria, but I have no handle on just how much more. Anyone have a reference on this?
Marshall James Osbourne, Holmes wrote: > What are the consequences of having only 25% of the good gut flora? > James Osbourne Holmes > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Katarina Wittich [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 1999 1:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>Re:Marshall/question, CS and bacteria > > Hey Marshall, > This is very interesting. > But how do you explain Brooks Bradley's work with dogs which showed that 75 > percent of their beneficial flora was wiped out by daily doses of CS -- I > think equivalent to 2 ounces a day for humans? > His is the only actual testing I've heard of of the effect of CS on > beneficial flora in living beings. > Do you know of any other? > Thanks, > Katarina > > > Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:36:24 -0400 > > From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V99 #593 > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > The testing that we had done at UT indicates that CS is effective in killing > > both anaerobic as well as aerobic bacteria. Many, many bacteria can switch > from > > one to the other at will, so in a way this is good, otherwise, lots of the > > bad > > guys would switch to aerobic until the danger was past. Also may aerobic > > bacteria cause disease, so it is not really a valid way to separate the good > > from the bad. Plus good bacteria can end up in the wrong place and be bad. > For > > instance, the good intestinal bacteria can end up in a vagina and create > > real > > havoc. > > > > The reason the CS does not kill bacteria significantly in the intestines is > that > > it must be very mobile to be effective. It attracts bacteria by it's > > positive > > charge and then zaps them. If the CS particles and bacteria are in a solid > > matrix then neither can move until they contact, thus the effectiveness is > > greatly reduced. This is actually the best of all possibilities. > > > > Marshall > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
