Mike D. wrote:
Does ingesting an ionic silver preparation produce any *OTHER* form of silver compound, complex, or particulate in the bloodstream? Any form at all?
As far as we can determine silver chloride is found in the bloodstream as a result of ingesting ionic silver. Like others before us, we used an Ion Selective Electrode (ISE) to search for silver ions and found no significant silver content while the ICP/AES did find silver in the blood serum. We take this to mean that while silver in some form, most likely silver chloride, is present while silver ions are not present.
To make a positive determination of the species of silver compound present in the blood would require a mass spectrometer (ICP/MS). At this time we do not have this instrument in the lab, but it is on our "wish list" for future acquisition.
The presence of ionic silver in the blood serum is only significant if one is attempting to show in vitro tests of ionic silver with the claim that this is an indication of how well pathogens will be affected in vivo. If there is no ionic silver in vivo, then the in vitro test results are bogus.
Herein lies my complaint against those promoting ionic silver using in vitro test results and implying that ionic silver can survive in vivo to produce similar results.
This is not to say that pathogens will not be affected by ingesting EIS. We believe that it is the particle portion of the EIS that survives in the blood serum and provides the benefit.
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