Jim intones: > Science by implication. Marmar writes: > Oh, well. Thank God we've got THAT sorted out. MA
I think what James is doing such a lousy job of defending, Mary Ann, is that the claims that CS somehow spares "good" bacteria are one of the common myths that we have long ago studied (and discussed ad nauseum, of course!) and dismissed. The logic is this: There is no bacterium of any sort that CS won't kill, except a few really strange bugs that have been discovered living in silver-rich mineral deposits in the ground. Even those *lost* their immunity after a few generations of culture in a normal environment. None are pathogenic to humans, as far as we know. That info has come out over the years from scientific publications that people have brought to our attention. Although the "kills 650 pathogens" is poorly understood and even more poorly documented marketing hype, it still represents a general truth. Second, laboratory tests using nutrient agar plates have been used a number of times to demonstrate that CS does *NOT* work. The problem is that once the agar gels, the silver is immobilized and never reaches the bacteria. The same tests done in nutrient broth media show what you expect: CS kills everything, fast, at surprisingly low concentrations. More references that I couldn't cite, but clearly remember passing through the discussion. Finally... People have taken modest quantities of CS on a regular basis without disrupting their flora. *AND* people have taken CS in sufficient quantities to disrupt the flora after all, including me. Lastly, CS has been used by people with massive diarrhea and it has settled them down. This was mostly anecdotal evidence from our members. The inference from all of that is that CS kills the bugs it can get to, and that, in a solid medium, it loses much of its effectiveness as it loses mobility. CS indeed can be taken in reasonable quantities without disrupting the flora. Other people have observed this and reached the same conclusion we have in that regard. However, what has happened is that some folks have latched onto the wrong explanation as to *why* this is so, and so the myth gets passed around the industry in marketing blurbs written by people who are just repeating what they've read, but not understood. And to answer one question you asked, I think I've heard it said by people who've tried it, that doses on the order of a few pints were sufficient to transit the empty intestines and control whatever bug was causing the diarrhea. I hope that explains the issue. Now, as for *you* James... <scowl> <LOL> Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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]>
