Steve - > I'm not trying to say that CS doesn't work when taken > orally! I'm just trying to understand how CS ingestion > can be optimised given that the stomach is basically an > acid bath for food. Fruit goes through the stomach > very fast but things like milk and meat and fats can > stay in the stomach for hours and hours. I think its > fair to say that most of us have food in our stomachs > most of the time during the day unless we miss a > meal or eat a very light vegan/vegetarian diet. > What I don't know is the PH of a full or partially > full stomach.
Fair enough. pH of ~ 2 I believe. > Maybe most of the CS absorption takes place before > the stomach? CS can be absorbed sub-lingularly, but one needs to hold it in the mouth for some time for this to procede. One of the results of HCl in the stomach is to make minerals available for absorption via the duodenum as free ions. There is no reason, that I know of, to suspect that this does not occur with CS as well. As CS is already oxidised as Ag+ ion clusters this step is redundant, but I suspect that the acidity may break CS clusters into component ions (rendering the particle size debate meaningless as far as efficacy is concerned). Comments, anyone? > What I'm doing now is taking a glass of water with > a small amount (eg, 1 gram) of baking soda a few > minute before I take the silver. > > The other point you raised about different types > of acids is very good. I only know that ascorbic > acid destroys CS or at least causes violent > aggregation. What I think you are seeing is the chemical precipitation of silver ascorbate rather than an aggregation or flocculation of silver ions. > Best, Steve King Cheers, Ivan. -- 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]>
