do some research on the net, gerd, to some is caused by yeast overgrowth. roger > > Odd coincidence that you report CS useful as an anti-diarrheal; I > found, quite by accident, that it seems to work as an antacid! > > I have no idea what the mechanism could be, but after finding, by > chance, that a gulp of CS remedied late-night acid reflux (from > overeating), I have tried several times since then, with the same > result. > > I am just guessing that if, as some claim, ionic silver forms silver > chloride in vivo, then the silver chloride has the chemical property > of neutralizing acids. I am not a chemist so this is just a guess. > As for the effect you describe, I just do not know. Neither effect > would seem related to the anti-microbial properties of CS. > > On Thursday, Dec 18, 2003, at 12:27 Asia/Tokyo, sol wrote: > > > You aren't the first person to report yeast symptoms after taking > > CS. It has never happened to me though, and I often take a whole lot > > more than your 3-5 oz per day, and my CS is more like 10-15ppm. I > > don't personally believe CS can disrupt the bacteria in the human > > bowel, perhaps somewhat in the upper small intestine, but not the > > large intestine. At least I can't get it to disrupt mine. It seems to > > me like colonics, since they actually go into the bowel ought to > > disrupt the flora a lot more (by washing them out), since so many > > think CS never gets far into the bowel in liquid form unless there is > > severe diarrhea. Since I do get diarrhea once in a while (usually from > > eating too much high carb high sugar stuff) I take the opportunity to > > drink from a pint to a quart of CS very fast in hopes of getting it > > through the whole tract in liquid form, but the CS has stops the > > diarrhea so fast it could not have made a complete transit as liquid, > > or I don't think so anyway. > > It makes no sense to me to take CS and a probiotic together. I try > > to take mine a couple hours apart. > > I wonder what would have happened if you had upped your CS intake > > even more rather than stopped it? Or gone ahead and tried it > > topically? Could it be that CS kills some of the bacteria that might > > be keeping the yeast in check first (would not necessarily be > > beneficial bacteria), but the yeast organisms take longer to kill off, > > thus resulting in a flare? My thinking is that maybe it takes more CS > > to kill candida than to kill bacteria/viruses. I'd really like to know > > if you ever figure out exactly what is happening, as I don't > > understand it. > > paula > > > > > > 3 > >> days later I started getting the first signs of a yeast > > infection-never full > >> blown but bad enough. Not only was I getting sick but yeasty and I > > was > >> taking 5 ounces a day! > >> > >> I stopped my CS on Friday (to test it) and today (Tuesday) I no
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