I have only had one case of genuine silver allergy reaction from anyone ingesting my CS in the last five years. A woman who worked for a company that provided products to 300 HF stores here in Canada asked me to send her a sample of my CS. When she got it, she drank a teaspoon. Within hours, her eyes were swollen shut, her fingers swelled up and they had to cut off her rings. She was congested and sick, spent a couple days in bed. She was still suffering a week later. Needless-to-say, she never ordered any more CS!
On a different note, here is an article of great interest concerning silver and its affect on bacteria, silver-resistant bacteria, etc. http://www.etrs.org/bulletin9_4/section7.html One comment that interested me concerning ionic silver's affectiveness: "As a metal, silver is relatively inert and poorly absorbed by mammalian or bacterial cells. However, in the presence of wound fluids or other secretions, it readily ionises and becomes highly reactive in binding to proteins and cell membranes. The silver ion (Ag+) is absorbed by the bacterial or yeast cells and is lethal in sensitive strains. The biocidal effects of silver are complex, and different organisms respond to silver to varying extents. Evidence provided from the development of silver/copper filters in the sterilization of hospital water systems, suggests that silver is accumulated preferentially in sensitive bacterial strains and that concentrations of 105-107 ions per cell are lethal." Here is another: "More substantive information on the bactericidal action of silver relates to its accumulation in the bacterial cells and its opportunity to interact with the cytosolic proteins, mitochondrial enzymes and nuclear DNA or RNA synthesis. Substances in the medium (or in the wound bed) that chelate free silver ion or precipitate it as an insoluble salt, inhibit bacteriostasis. Thus sodium chloride (as possibly found in wound exudates) has been shown to inhibit the antibacterial action of silver nitrate by precipitating the silver as insoluble silver chloride. On the other hand, EDTA or EGTA, have been shown to enhance the biocidal effect of silver nitrate, possibly through chelating silver binding substances." Please notice this one: "Silver resistant strains of bacteria are a continuing problem in wound care despite many claims in the literature to the contrary. Accumulating evidence indicates that the bactericidal activity of silver is directly related to *the amount of silver* (emphasis mine) accumulating within the bacterial cell and its ability to denature or otherwise impair physiological processes." [Drink alot of CS?] This is an excellent and objective article containing very good info. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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]>
