Hi Marshall, thanks for doing the math for me. That makes a lot of sense and is very helpful. Since I'm doing this FAQ I would be curious about the opinions of those on the list who use maintenance doses of CS as to whether they have noticed any problems from reduction of beneficial flora and whether they supplement it or not. So far it seems like most peoples' experiences are like yours, that it does not seem to create problems. What sort of maintenance doses are you and your family and the others you are referring to on? And do you take probiotics?
Thanks again. Katarina > > Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:00:40 -0400 > From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Re:Marshall/question, CS and bacteria > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Katarina Wittich wrote: > >> 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 > > When the silver particles contact bacteria they are killed. So we are looking at > the probability they will come in contact. 2 oz a day equivalent would likely kill > +99.99% of the bacteria in the blood stream, so if it killed 75% in the intestinal > tract then that would indicate that it was more than 2500 times less effective in > the intestinal tract (as a first order approximation). Of course this also > includes > the different concentrations between the two, which I do not have a handle on. So > this is consistant with our analyzis. > > The point is this. The bacteria in the intestines are not killed as easily > as those > in the blood stream for some reason. We have lots of people taking CS daily, > including everyone in my family without any intestinal or digestion problems. Why > is this so? There are three theories I am aware of: > > 1. Good bacteria are not killed by CS. I know this is false because the testing we > had done at UT indicates that they are killed by CS. > 2. All or most of the CS is absorbed into the blood stream before reaching the > intestines. This may well be true, I know of no actual tests that have been > preformed to test this. We have not done any tests on this theory and it > may or may > not be a significant factor. > 3. That CS is less effective if in a solid or semisolid nutrient, instead of a > liquid. This theory came out of our testing when one of the methods used a gel > instead of a broth for incubation, and we found very little inhibitatation of the > growth. At first we thought that something was wrong with the experiment, and did > it several times over until we suddenly realize that this could explain why the > intestinal flora is not killed out. Going back to how the positively charge silver > must move around (or the bacteria must move around) so they come in contact then > made it obvious why the effectiveness is reduced (but not completely to 0) for > colloidal silver in non-liquid mediums. > > 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]>
