Hi Stuart,

Great info!!  It's been quite obvious to me that silver has been
getting into my system -- with some of it staying there long-term.
Now I know how.

On Wed, 09 May 2001 21:35:29 +0200, gaia research
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Dear List members
>
>I have been a bit out of it lately, so please excuse me if this is already 
>water undr the bridge.
>
>The following relates to Frank Keys claim that ionic silver does not survive 
>to enter the body due to chloride compounding. I do not recall the 
>metalloprotein counter-arguement being raised. If not, any comments, 
>especially from Frank, and if its already been dealt with, please advise as to 
>when. The summary and URL follow:
>
>"In order to move mineral ions about your body, for delivery to the area where 
>needed, your body uses proteins to envelope the ions and render them inactive, 
>until they are delivered to the cell or area needing them. Numerous essential 
>biological functions require metal ions, and most of these metal ion functions 
>involve metalloproteins. One-third of all proteins are "metalloproteins", 
>chemical combinations of protein atoms (carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, 
>sulfur) with ions of metals such as iron, calcium, copper, zinc, etc. If this 
>were not the case, few minerals would remain useable by your body, including 
>essentials like calcium, iron, etc. as they would join other free ions and in 
>many cases make insoluable salts (no bio-availability). Your saliva has over 
>200 different proteins and thus they can capture metallic ions before they get 
>near the stomach acid! Also, silver ions are so small they can be absorbed 
>sublingually, thru your skin, to directly enter the blood stream,
>with the help of proteins." 
>http://www.health2us.com/transport.htm
>
>Regards
>
>Stuart
>
>

-- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF


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