That in return makes me wonder : chlorites are the salts with an CLO2- ion as a component, sodium chlorite (NaClO2) is one of them - what could be the other chlorites being formed after NaCLO2 has been dissolved by acidation ? Theses new chlorites would have to be more stable than NaCLO2 and therefore not react with the acids in the stomach which would make me conclude they are also less useful to oxidate pathogens. On the other hand I wonder if other chlorites are adopted by the blood cells then why not sodium chlorite itself ?