A long, long time ago in a land far, far away, I once bought a silver spoon. It was about 8 inches long with a stem made to look like a thin piece of bamboo, and hollow as well. There was a smallish spoon on the end. It was my practice to drink a glass of sweetened lemon or lime juice over ice cubes to ward off the heat of the Hindustan sun and I thought this spoon would be great as a straw with which to drink this. Suffice it to say that I soon stopped using the silver spoon for this because of the very strong metallic taste. So, I presume that the silver and copper in the spoon was combining with the acids of the drink and being ingested. This effect is probably most pronounced with acid foods. Dan You wrote: "Does anyone know if saliva or the sodium in the body and mouth would be enough to break silver atoms or ions away from a silver spoon?"
________________________________ From: Jodi W Menard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 2:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Some Questions/Jodi You're not dumb V. Really. I knew nothing about this when I started looking into it. Give yourself some time. It's amazing how much there is to learn from the experts here on this list. Very high quality EIS is what we're making at home with our Silver Puppy (I use that one too). The silver is what we're after, whether it's in a colloidal state or electrically isolated in solution, ions or atoms, they both work to heal. (I think they might heal in a different way, but I'm not sure. See next paragraph.) People call EIS colloidal silver all the time, but most of the products on the market are actually EIS, regardless. If you want to call it CS, go ahead. Lots of people still do, so why not? [grin] Your question below about the silver utensils is one for the experts here. I've always wondered if silver atoms and particles or ions can detach and be absorbed by the body from a silver spoon, or whether it has any antibiotic effect on just what it touches? Does anyone know if saliva or the sodium in the body and mouth would be enough to break silver atoms or ions away from a silver spoon? And, can the body then efficiently break down silver atoms into ions? If the body can break down silver atoms and particles into ions, then I guess sucking on a silver spoon (grin), taking CS, or EIS all work in the same way, right? [ugh] I hope one of the experts here can answer some of these questions because I just don't know. Jodi [email protected] wrote on 3/19/2007, 1:31 PM: Jodi...thanks for the reply. Sorry to be so dumb...no excuses, when it comes to CS..I really am:( So then, EIS is what I am making with the Silver Puppy? Am I reading right...The solution I make and use with the Silver Puppy is not "real" CS but something called EIS? This is all very interesting...and you explained it well...enough so that I think I get it.:) Thank you ....V. In a message dated 3/19/2007 1:32:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi V. EIS (electrically isolated silver) is what we make at home with generators, but is oftentimes also the kind that is commercially sold and called colloidal silver. I read here some time ago that the only way to make real CS is with a FDA approved lab and $15,000 worth of equipment (!). What I understand is that EIS has over 80% silver 'ions' and under 20% silver 'atoms' or particles. Whereas CS has just the opposite at over 80% atoms/particles and less than 20% ions.(YET THEY BOTH DO THE SAME THING...HEAL?) A silver ion has a positive charge and is more easily absorbed and assimilated by the body because it is smaller than a silver atom and is missing an electron. That allows it to pass through cell membranes or to attach to other ions. The atoms in CS are larger and cannot do that unless they are broken down first. (WOULD THIS BE THE KIND OF SILVER THAT PEOPLE ABSORBED FROM USING REAL SILVER EATING UTENSILS IN MEDIEVAL TIMES?) Whole silver atoms/particles carry a negative charge, and may not be processed, assimilated, broken down or eliminated as well as silver ions, and this is probably why the dose one takes of actual CS must be so conservative (usually 3 tablespoons a day).
