, or is a few minutes all that is required for useful amounts of silver to be absorbed in the stomach?
What do you think?
I have some opinions on this subject:
First, I am pretty sure that the Ag nanos are absorbed in the small intestine rather than the stomach so our challenge is to have them survive the stomach environment and make it in tact into the small intestine where they can be absorbed (after whatever is capping them has been digested off).
Your initial question was if Colloidal Silver reduced with maltodextrin would withstand the stomach environment without further capping with gelatin. I doubt if you have any HCl acid to mix up for testing. I do & I have done many tests. Here are some things that my tests have shown:
* SALT is more destructive to uncapped Colloidal Silver than HCl acid that is mixed up to mimic that found in the stomach. Note: there is a high concentration of salt in the stomach as well as HCl acid.
* When I took Karo reduced or Maltose reduced Colloidal Silver and attacked it with salty acid mix or with salt alone it would typically go clear within a few minutes. I do not know what it changes to when it goes clear. (Not really cloudy as would be expected if it changed to AgCl. Perhaps this is a matter of concentration.)
*When I took that same Colloidal Silver & gel Capped it and then attacked it with even stronger salty acid than what would be found in the stomach it holds up fine overnight. After days or even longer it will eventually start to change a little.
* I have never tested maltodextrin reduced Colloidal Silver against salty acid. It is quite possible that it might hold up OK since it is a much larger molecule than glucose (dextrose). Since maltodextrin allows you to make 40 PPM Colloidal Silver without capping it might also protect it from salty acid.
From the above info I think you can see that you could test your maltodextrin reduced Colloidal Silver yourself by simply adding a pinch of salt to a glass of it. If it holds up (stays yellow) for over an hour or two then I think you would be fine as is. If the salt makes it turn clear or any other color then you may want to consider gel-capping your Colloidal Silver for internal use. Let us know how your salt tests turn out.
If you find it necessary to gel-cap, my tests also showed that only a very tiny amount of gelatin is needed to cap 20 PPM. All I needed was 0.16 gm/L of 20 PPM. Since you are working with 40 PPM Colloidal Silver you might need twice as much.
When I first tried gel-capping it was a sticky mess until I switched to a procedure that made it easy with no sticky mess. Many of the other members have other ways that work well for them. Here's what I do:
1. Colloidal Silver at room temp or below 90*F (32*C) This is important with my procedure.
2. Gently add the tiny amount of gelatin to the surface of the Colloidal Silver & let it alone. DO NOT STIR or do anything for a few minutes. Allows gelatin to "bloom". Gelatin should spread out on surface of the Colloidal Silver & stay there.
3. Warm the Colloidal Silver up to about 125*F (52*C). Not necessary to go any warmer than that since gelatin melts @ just over 100*F. I use a hot plate but I'm sure a microwave would work as well.