Excellent summary. Thanks,
Marshall "M. G. Devour" wrote: > 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]>
