I disagree, my family has used home made CS since the 1950's We see no Blue or Grey. The only time I seen things written about Greying color was from the use of so called CS made with tap water, and the use of sub quality silever, such as sterling, or worse. This is a made up concern from the Quack Buster Quack ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- Carol Ann <[email protected]> wrote:
> "I think it's reasonable to speculate that if you > swamp your body's > ability to excrete silver by taking in too much at > once, and do it for > long enough, argyria can happen." > > Question is....how much is too much....for each > individual. What I've read as a general > recommendation with regard to dosage is usually from > long term users who have worked their way up to > "quarts". They seemingly have developed a > avant-garde attitude and others, newbies, > inexperienced will follow suite. > > I can tell you that when I first became familiar > with CS I had no ideal as to dosage other than drops > and tsps suggested from store bought product > labels. Then I come upon CS forums and read > testimonials about ingesting quarts. Such advice > were I not a cautious individual might well lead me > to believe that more is better, lots and lots more, > when in fact, that may not be the case, especially > when home prepared, and by those with less > production experience. > > Who is to say, prove or disprove that an ounce of CS > is not as effective as a quart. My questions are > not designed to instigate dissension or to cause > doubt as to CS effectiveness... I am a firm > believer in its health properties, make my own and > use it in small amts regularily. My concern is > centered around reasonable dosages to avoid over > taxing systems already burdened by overwhelming > illness. > > Although the thought of Intestines with silver > linings sounds wonderfully like the invincible > bionic human, were we meant to ingest large > quantities of silver, since it is considered a > noble metal, and not a heavy metal, I think nature > would have made it more readily available to us in > food substances as it does copper, iron, zinc, etc. > Such is my reasoning. > > > "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> wrote: Carol Ann > writes: > > Your statement about senior members bluish nails > beg the question..... > > and in a way contradicts previous statements (not > necessarily your) that > > Silver does not stay in the body for great lengths > of time. Such a > > statement implies also a consistent build up, with > not enough exiting in > > proportion to what is being taken in. > > > > Any thoughts? > > Thank you, Carol Ann. Good questions. > > We've had a small handful of cases of generalized > argyria reported here > in the last eight years. In every one, as with Bob > Medwith's recent > report, it turned out they were using high > concentration silver salts > in significant amounts. > > Anybody else remember Water Oz? > > We've now had several reports of nail beds turning > blue as well, in > folks that have been at this for a long time, it > seems. > > If there's a case of argyria, we want to know about > it, and analyze why > it happened, as we have in Bob's case. We're here to > learn the truth, > good, bad, or indifferent. We've decided to study > this material and > share the information freely with whoever is > interested, and let them > make an informed decision. > > A past member, Roger Altman, performed a study > several years ago. He > had the silver content of his urine and feces > monitored for a few weeks > during and after a course of silver intake. If I > remember correctly, > the measurements of silver excreted during the > period matched the > amount ingested, within reasonable error bars, and > correlated with > something like a 2 to 3 week period to excrete it > all. > > (Anybody have a link handy?) > > Though the work was carefully done, it is only a > sample of one > individual at one point in time. We know that > variations in health, > nutritional status, and genetics, at least, can > influence the results. > That said, it pretty clearly demonstrates that the > human body is > capable of excreting a meaningful amount of silver. > > > I think it's reasonable to speculate that if you > swamp your body's > ability to excrete silver by taking in too much at > once, and do it for > long enough, argyria can happen. > > At 5 to 15 parts-per-million it takes a whole lot of > *water* to deliver > enough silver to do that. A lot more, in fact, than > you'd be > comfortable consuming. That's why for a long time > now our consensus has > been to use lower concentrations, made at low > current with distilled > water only. The result is still highly effective, > while risks should be > much reduced if not eliminated. > > Since nobody here has tens of millions of dollars to > invest in research > and the people who do are more eager to suppress > alternative therapies > than study them properly, the only way we have to > learn more is by > doing our own experiments and sharing the results. > There are risks in > that, just as there are in all forms of health care. > > Learn all you can, then decide. > > 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] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: > [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are > currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour > > > > > > > > Carol Ann > > _______________________________ > The Pessimist complains about the Wind; > The Optimist expects it to change; > The Realist adjusts the Sails. - The world needs > more sailors. > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! 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