Hello Jim,
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to answer.
I agree with you. Activating
Miracle-Mineral-Supplement with ascorbic acid produces a solution that is only about 1/3 as potent as one that is activated with
citric acid . However, there may be a place for this.
I am thinking of people who can not tolerate 1 or 2 drop doses and children and pets. The fact that there is hardly any taste or odor makes me think that it would be easier to convince a child that it would help them. One would have to look at the chemical reaction to see if there are any issues with by products, but sometimes "thinking outside the box" yields interesting perspectives.
I totally agree with you on the apple juice. I picked some up and although the label said it had no vitamin C in it, when I added it to the activated solution I ended up with 0 PPM free ClO2. This apple juice was organic. When I tried the same thing with "processed" apple juice, I registered the normal free ClO2.
I have been using ascorbic acid as a "load" on the solutions. If I keep adding a little at a time, I do see the ClO2 concentration reduce, and then when I stop it comes back, until all the chlorous acid in the solution is used up. It is interesting to see how different activation amounts and times effect the solution.
Now, here is a point that I don't agree with you. I don't think you need apple, or any other, juice at all. If you told people that a 1 PPM free ClO2 solution does not taste bad and if your gag reflex kicks in, you simply need to dilute the solution more. You should encourage people to pick up test strips that test for free ClO2. That way they could keep track of the concentrations of their doses.
I think you should embrace Clara's 6 and 6 protocol. If you need a little more, add another round of 6 and 6. I would be willing to bet that almost none of the people Clara works with have any problems with nausea or diarrhea.
I came down with the flu. The people around me were having their illness last 1 - 2 weeks. I took 6 drop doses every two hours. 78 drops and about 30 hours later, I was over the flu. I diluted my doses so I had 3 PPM free ClO2, or less, and had no other discomfort at all.
I have found that even healthy people will have problems when taking solutions of high concentrations of free ClO2. However, when I get them to dilute it down, there are no problems at all. I know some very ill people that I will not talk to about
Miracle-Mineral-Supplement . They are simply too frail to tolerate additional nausea.
You mentioned several times in your book that your solutions were ending up with around 1 PPM free ClO2. I ran several tests and found that if you mix up 12 drops
Miracle-Mineral-Supplement with 60 drops apple cider vinegar and dilute it with 6
ounces of water, you end up with a solution that has close to 1 PPM free ClO2. I have discovered that a solution with 1 PPM free ClO2 doesn't taste bad, and doesn't make you nauseous.
Science is about discovery. I share my test results and procedures so others can view them and check them. I am very careful, but I still make mistakes. I also find that other people look at things with different perspectives, and often there is a deeper understanding as a result of the discussion that follows. I often find that there are people who are as knowledgeable or even more knowledgeable than I am, and it is a pleasure to have a discussion that centers around a set of test results.
I have found that it is much more productive to center a discussion around the interpretation of some test results than to sit around throwing insults and name calling.
I support Bruce because every time I ask him a question, he responds with an answer as well as independent documentation, government regulations, and toxicology reports and studies. You are unable to do that, at this time, so I have to look a little harder at what you are doing. I happen to believe your documentation in your book, I just can't verify it.
I imagine that when Bruce first started out, he had similar issues. The Acidified Sodium Chlorite Technology is very new and I think there were a lot of hurdles to jump over getting approval for it.
Feel free to review all of my posts. If you find any that you think are doing harm, let me know. I would be happy to discuss them with you, and if I am wrong, I will change them.
I am sure that all of us would like to believe that it is possible to remedy the body of illness in a couple of days. The fact is this does not seem to be the case. We review the posts of people on the MMS protocol and there are some improvements, but there are also those who see no or little improvement. Most of us do not live in fear of contracting malaria, so we don't know what to think about that. I would love to sit down with 20 people who have recovered from malaria and discuss their results, but even if I was willing to take a trip to South America or Africa, I have not been able to locate those people. I think it is natural that this raises some skepticism. I think your best bet to counter this is to educate us.
Tom