Guess I missed the part about iodine allergy. Agar is a purified product, particularly that sold by scientific supply houses. It is used as a base media for cell culture. I would be very surprised if there is any iodine content in this form, as it would skew the results of any attempt to grow microbes or tissue cultures.
Garnet On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 23:32, sol wrote: > Garnet, > That doesn't help either, sorry. It is iodine I am allergic to, so no > seaweed products or seaweed thickeners at all. However, for immediate > use, I wonder if flaxseed meal would work? or Fenugreek? SlipperyElm? or > maybe guar gum or xanthan gum. > Geez, I hope neither of those are seaweed products so far as I can find > out they are not.. > Actually though sloppy, I don't mind a liquid, it probably isn't > worth the trouble to me to make a gel. > > paula > > Garnet wrote: > > >You can make a "gel" with Agar agar, a seaweed. I have found it at Whole > >Food Stores. It is used as a vegan substitute for gelatin which is > >extracted from cow hooves. > > > >Garnet > > > >On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 16:48, sol wrote: > > > > > >>Oh, crud. No carrageenan for me. Drat. It is a good thing the aloe juice > >>works well. > >>Thanks for looking and posting the info. > >>paula > >> > >> > >>Garnet wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I looked a bottle of the organic Aloe Gel I used to use. It is by Lily > >>>of the Desert (not Lily of the Valley as I previously stated on this > >>>list). > >>> > >>>Carageenan is used as a thickening agent. www.lilyofthedesert.com is > >>>thier website. Perhaps they can answer your questions. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >> > >>Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >> > >>To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >>Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >> > >>Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >>OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >> > >>List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >> > >>h > >> > >> > > > > > >-- > >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > p -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
