There is a lot of misinformation about chelated minerals, mostly self serving copy written by those with an interest in selling chelated minerals or colloidal minerals.
A chelate is a molecule which contains one or more metal ions at its centre. Note that the metal is in single ionic form. The important feature of a chelate is in its shape, it is not a linear ligand but the molecule has the ion completely surrounded. In this manner the ion is shielded from the outside world, and its positive charge has no influence. There are many chelates both natural and synthesised. Synthesised chelates include EDTA, DMPS etc which are widely used to pull minerals out of the body, for better or for worse. Natural chelates are legion, and include the haeme in haemoglobin which hold three iron ions at its centre, plant chlorophyll, citric acid, humus, humic acid, fulvic acid, porphyrin and so on. The properties of chelates with respect to plant and human absorption, concern the size and composition of the chelate-ion molecule, and the strength with which it holds the ion. Some small chelates can pass directly into the body or plant root, others are pulled apart by enzymes and the metal ion is attached to transport proteins. As far as CS is concerned (and other mineral colloids), there can be no absorption in the colloidal state, the colloid needs to be broken down into the ionic form, so the smaller the colloid, and the more electrons removed, the easier it would be for this to occur. Some attempts have been made to chelate silver, notably with citric acid and fulvic acid, I would not mess with fulvic acid myself as it is a strong detergent and has been implicated in bone and liver problems, citric acid and other chelating agents may have some merit although unless the chelating agent will surrender the silver ion relatively easily there seems to be no point. 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] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
