What Doctors Have Said About Colloidal Silver
Mon Dec 6, 2004
Colloidal silver has proven particularly effective in cases of microbial infection. Dr. Henry Crooks found that "Silver in the colloidal state is highly germicidal, quite harmless to humans and absolutely non-toxic. Rather than in a chemical compound, the silver in the colloidal state may be applied in a much more concentrated form, with correspondingly better results. All virus, fungus, bacterium, streptococcus, staphylococcus, and other pathogenic organisms are killed in three or four minutes upon contact. There are no side effects whatsoever from the highest concentrations."
Colloidal silver has been proven useful against all species of fungi, bacteria, protozoa, parasites and certain viruses, which are often killed within minutes. Dr. L. C. Ford, M.D. at the UCLA School of Medicine reported in 1988 that silver solutions were effective against the following conditions: Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aures, Neisseria gonorrhea, Garnerella vaginalis, Salmonella typhi and other enteric pathogens. He also found that it was fungicidal for Candida albicans, Candida globata and M. furfur.
How Colloidal Silver Works
The most accepted theory is that silver disables the specific enzyme that many forms of bacteria, viruses and fungi utilize for their metabolism. When silver nears a virus, fungi, bacterium or any single-celled microbe it is effective against, it disables the oxygen-metabolism enzyme. This destroys the microbe's ability to "breath" and within a few minutes, the pathogen suffocates and dies. The dead germ and its toxins are then cleared out of the body by the immune, lymphatic and elimination systems. It is not exactly clear how silver disrupts the enzymes in these single celled animals, but it is believed that the silver's natural positive electrica1 charge is influential. This is why electrically generated colloidal silver is the absolute best form of silver for fighting infection and related infectious diseases.
Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics which destroy beneficial bodily enzymes, colloidal silver leaves our bodies tissue and cell enzymes intact, as they are different than enzymes found in single celled pathogens. Thus colloidal silver is generally considered safe for humans, pets, plants and all multi-celled living matter. Some health care professionals believe silver may be linked to the proper functioning of our immune system and that people with inadequate intakes of silver may be more prone to infection.
Dr. Robert Becker, author of the 1980's best selling book The Body Electric, recognized a correlation between low silver levels in the human body, and sickness. He said a silver deficiency in humans was responsible for the improper functioning of the immune system. Dr. Becker's experiments conclude that silver works on the full spectrum of pathogens without any side effects or damage to any part of the body. He also states that the silver was doing something more than killing disease organisms, It was also causing major growth stimulation of injured tissues. Burn patients and elderly patients noticed more rapid healing. He discovered that cancer cells change back to normal cells in the presence of electrically generated colloidal silver. All strains of pathogens he tested, even those resistant to antibiotics, were killed by colloidal silver.
From the article "Silver, Our Mightiest Germ Fighter," in Science Digest, March, 1978: "As an antibiotic, silver kills over 650 disease causing organisms, and resistant strains fail to develop. Silver is the best all-around germ fighter we have and is absolutely non-toxic! Doctors report that, taken internally, it works against syphilis, cholera, malaria diabetes and severe burns. Richard L. Davies, executive director of the Silver Institute which monitors silver technology in 37 countries, reports: 'In four years we've described 87 important new medical uses for silver.'
Dr. Bjorn Nordstrom, of the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, has used colloidal silver in his cancer treatment method. He says the whole thing is quite simple. Colloidal silver, used in conjunction with other natural therapies developed by Dr. Nordstrom, brought rapid remission in cancer patients given up on by other doctors.
Uses for Colloidal Silver
Preventing and Healing Low Grade Infections:
According to many colloidal silver researchers, taking sufficient daily colloidal silver can saturate the body such that the germs simply can't gain a foothold. Many people, including many elderly, suffer from a general low- grade body infection that holds back vigor and alertness. They report that using up to an ounce or two of homemade colloidal silver each day often brings about an increase of energy and alertness, as well as enjoying better overall health throughout the year.
Parasite Infections:
Some diseases are caused by tiny worm-like organisms that burrow through particular organs and sometimes throughout much of the body. They reproduce by laying eggs. These eggs have the same enzymatic characteristics of all of the other disease- causing organisms that colloidal silver suffocates. So the parasite eggs also suffocate and the parasites can no longer reproduce successfully in your body.
Resistant Strains of Germs:
The use of modern man-made antibiotiqs has increasingly led to mutant strains of germs that the antibiotics can no longer kill. Colloidal silver does not appear to have this problem. Why? Because unlike man-made antibiotics which are basically "bug poison for the human body," colloidal silver is not a poison. Instead, it deals with all gerr the same way: it suffocates them by disabling the enzyme they need for respiration.
Accelerated Healing:
Colloidal silver reportedly shortens the time for healing to take place in wounds, and lessens the amount of scar tissue. This is apparently due to the beneficial action that colloidal silver has on tissue cells. It seems to cause some of their cell divisions to produce cells that are, in a sense, generic. These generic cells migrate wherever they are needed in the body. They help repair tissue damage by changing into the type of tissue cell needed at the wound in preference to the scar tissue that would normally form.
Diarrhea Diseases:
Diseases like cholera, canine parvovirus and other conditions where the disease-causing germ resides mainly in the large intestine have been effectively treated by a different approach. It is difficult for the colloidal silver to get all the way to the large intestine before the body absorbs it if you take the normal daily amount orally. An effective approach is to take large quantities instead (i.e. two ounces or more followed by two big glasses of water). This will allow the colloidal silver to make it all the way into the large intestine so it can very quickly take care of the problem.
What Specifically Can Colloidal Silver Be Used For?
Here is a small sample of diseases against which Colloidal Silver has been used successfully (see other chapters, particularly chapters 4, 7 and 11 of the manual for more):
acne, allergies, appendicitis, arthritis, blood parasites, bubonic plague, burns (colloidal silver is one of the few treatments that can keep severe burn patients alive), cancer, candida, cholera, chronic fatigue, colds and flu, conjunctivitis, diabetes, gonorrhea, hay fever, herpes, leprosy, leukemia, lupus, lymphangitis, lyme disease, malaria, meningitis, parasitic infections both viral and fungal, pneumonia, rheumatism, ringworm, scarlet fever, septic conditions of the eyes, ears, mouth and throat, shingles, skin cancer, staph infections, strep infections, syphilis, toxemia, trenchfoot, numerous forms of viruses, warts and stomach ulcers.
A Colloidal Silver Primer - History of Colloidal Silver
In ancient civilizations, the wealthy stored and ate their food from silver vessels to keep bacteria from growing. American settlers often put a silver dollar in milk containers to delay its spoilage. It was not until the late 1800's that Western scientists were able to understand scientifically what had been known in ancient medicine for thousands of years... that silver is a powerful germ fighter! After discovering that the body's vital fluids, such as blood, are colloidal in nature, scientists and doctors explored the possibilities of using colloids in medicine. The silver solution known as "Colloidal Silver" became widely used in medicine as one of the main-stays of anti-microbial treatment.
The medical journal Lancet reported phenomenal results from colloidal silver in 1914. Dr. Henry Crooks showed colloidal silver to be highly germicidal yet absolutely harmless and non-toxic to humans. Throughout the early 1900's colloidal silver rapidly gained fame as one of the best infection-fighting agents in existence. But unfortunately its fame was short lived. The high cost of silver combined with the fact that silver solutions could not be patented motivated the development of more profitable infection-fighting drugs by the major pharmaceutical conglomerates. The new prescription antibiotic drugs such as penicillin and others became the choice in medical treatments. However, thirty years after the discovery of pharmaceutical antibiotics many types of bacteria acquired an immunity to these drugs. Frustrated doctors, tired of seeing their patients die from infections with antibiotic resistant pathogens, began looking back to the past for answers. In doing so, they have r! e-discovered the amazing ant ibiotic properties of colloidal silver, which had been known for many decades.
The Rediscovery of Silver as a Powerful Antibiotic According to Zane Baronowski, CN, in his booklet, Colloidal Silver: The Natural Antibiotic Alternative: "The comeback of silver in medicine began in the 1970's. The late Dr. Carl Moyer, chairman of Washington University's Department of Surgery, received a grant to develop better treatments for burn victims. Dr. Margraf, as the chief biochemist, worked with Dr. Moyer and other surgeons to find an antiseptic strong enough, yet safe to use over large areas of the body. Dr. Margraf reviewed 22 antiseptic compounds and found drawbacks in all of them. 'Mercury, for example, is an excellent antiseptic but toxic, ' he comments. 'Popular antiseptics....can be used over small areas only. ' Furthermore, disease organisms can become resistant to antibiotics, triggering a dangerous super-infection. 'These compounds are also ineffective against a number of harmful bacteria, including the biggest killer in burn cases a greenish-blue bacterium called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It almost! always shows up in burns, releasing a poison.'
"Reviewing the medical literature, Dr. Margraf found repeated references to silver. It was described as a catalyst that disables the enzymes microorganisms depend on to 'breathe. ' Consequently, they die. Therefore, Dr. Margraf decided to use the best known pharmaceutical compound of silver: silver nitrate. Concentrated silver nitrate was corrosive and painful. So he diluted the silver nitrate to a .5 percent solution and found that it killed the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria and permitted wounds to heal. Resistant strains did not appear. Silver nitrate, however, was far from ideal. It disturbed the balance of body salts, was thick and cumbersome to use and stained everything it touched. Dr. Margraf searched for other preparations of silver, and in the process helped re-discover colloidal silver, which he found to be highly effective on the burns. As a result of these efforts, hundreds of important new medical uses for silver were found. Dr. Harry Margraf later concluded, 'Silver is the best all around germ-fighter we have. '
Future uses of Colloidal Silver
Although reports on the use of colloidal silver have spanned the past 100 years, research relating to its recent use is limited. However, through a growing number of physicians, dentists, veterinarians, nutritionists and satisfied users, information regarding the modern day uses of colloidal silver is mounting. It would seem that the effective and safe use of colloidal silver in the treatment of many common infectious disorders is only limited by the imagination.
Some other diseases that have been successfully treated with colloidal silver are:
bladder infection, blood-poison, boils, bubonic plague, burns, candida yeast infection, chilblains, cholera, conjunctivitis, cold sores, cold & flu, cystitis, diabetes, dermatitis, fungal infections, herpes, HIV virus, indigestion, leprosy, leukemia, lupus, lymphangitis, lyrne disease, malaria (now making a comeback in the southern U.S. states), meningitis, neurasthenia, puritis ani, psoriasis, ophthalmia, rabbit fever, rhinitis, ringworm, scarlet fever, and septic conditions of the eyes, ears, mouth 8c throat. Plus, shingles, sinus infections, staph infections, syphilis, thyroid, tonsillitis, toxemia, trachoma, trench-foot, tuberculosis, ulcers, viruses, warts, whooping cough, other many other uses.
What is Colloidal Silver?
The term "colloid" refers to a substance that consists of ultra-fine particles suspended within a liquid solution. Properly manufactured colloidal silver is a liquid solution consisting of submicroscopic particles of silver, held in suspension in pure water by a tiny electrical charge. In a true colloid these particles are about .04 to .0001 microns in diameter. These particles cannot be seen by the naked eye and are electrically charged.
Many references can be found describing a "quality" colloidal silver as being light yellow or golden in color. However, after hundreds of hours of searching, no medical literature could be found describing the golden-colored colloidal silver as being any more therapeutically effective than clear or silver-colored colloidal silver. Colloidal silver made with the small battery-operated generators is considered to be extremely high quality, yet it is generally clear to silverish in the liquid suspension.
Will Colloidal Silver Kill the "Friendly Bacteria" in Your Intestines?
Colloidal silver that contains 99.99% (pure silver) with particles that are .04 to .0001 microns in diameter with a concentration of 25 ppm (parts per million) or less have little effect on the friendly bacteria in our digestive tract. In small doses (i.e., preventive dosages of about one tablespoon per day) much of the silver itself is absorbed in the mouth or stomach and never reaches the intestinal area. However some researchers believe that colloidal silver products with higher concentrations or larger particles of silver can attack friendly bacteria just like some antibiotics. There is also evidence that when taken in high dosages, some of the colloidal silver is evacuated through the colon and may kill some of the friendly bacteria there. This could upset your natural intestinal floral balance.
The generally accepted recommended dosage is 5 to 40 ppm, although many researchers take significantly higher dosages with no apparent loss of friendly bacteria in the gut. Nonetheless, researchers suggest that if you intend to take larger dosages of concentrated colloidal silver over an extend period of time, you should also take a "friendly bacteria" supplement such as lactobacillus acidophilus, available at most health food stores, in order to prevent the possibility of depleting the much-needed beneficial bacteria in your stomach and digestive system.
Nutritional Dosage for Daily Intake
Currently, there is no federally recognized "minimum daily requirement" for silver in the human body. In 1940, R. A. Kehoe reported that under normal circumstances, the average daily intake of fruits and vegetables would provide between 50-100 mcg of silver as a trace element. Since that time, the commercial farm soils of this country have become extremely deficient in trace minerals. According to the Earth Summit Report, issued in 1992, the levels of soil based minerals in North America have dropped over 85% in the last 100 years.
So, assuming that our ancestor's diet used to contain significant trace amounts of silver, and that our diet probably has greatly reduced levels today, there is a reasonable argument for supplementing with colloidal silver daily, in spite of the fact that there is no official "recommended daily allowance" (RDA) rating for colloidal silver. Researchers say two teaspoons of 5 ppm colloidal silver provides about 50 mcg of silver and could be considered a "nutritional" amount, if taken on a daily basis. Additionally, researchers say any amount above four teaspoons a day or 100 mcg should be considered a "therapeutic" amount. That said, it should not be assumed that electro-colloidal silver is equivalent to or has the same metabolic effect as receiving trace silver from dietary plant sources. But since there are very few plant sources of trace silver left today, many researchers believe colloidal silver is probably the best substitute.
To purchase Nature's Sunshine Products Colloidal Silver please click here
This article was forwarded to me on the nspadvisor group - Source unknown.
Colloidal silver has proven particularly effective in cases of microbial infection. Dr. Henry Crooks found that "Silver in the colloidal state is highly germicidal, quite harmless to humans and absolutely non-toxic. Rather than in a chemical compound, the silver in the colloidal state may be applied in a much more concentrated form, with correspondingly better results. All virus, fungus, bacterium, streptococcus, staphylococcus, and other pathogenic organisms are killed in three or four minutes upon contact. There are no side effects whatsoever from the highest concentrations."
Colloidal silver has been proven useful against all species of fungi, bacteria, protozoa, parasites and certain viruses, which are often killed within minutes. Dr. L. C. Ford, M.D. at the UCLA School of Medicine reported in 1988 that silver solutions were effective against the following conditions: Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aures, Neisseria gonorrhea, Garnerella vaginalis, Salmonella typhi and other enteric pathogens. He also found that it was fungicidal for Candida albicans, Candida globata and M. furfur.
How Colloidal Silver Works
The most accepted theory is that silver disables the specific enzyme that many forms of bacteria, viruses and fungi utilize for their metabolism. When silver nears a virus, fungi, bacterium or any single-celled microbe it is effective against, it disables the oxygen-metabolism enzyme. This destroys the microbe's ability to "breath" and within a few minutes, the pathogen suffocates and dies. The dead germ and its toxins are then cleared out of the body by the immune, lymphatic and elimination systems. It is not exactly clear how silver disrupts the enzymes in these single celled animals, but it is believed that the silver's natural positive electrica1 charge is influential. This is why electrically generated colloidal silver is the absolute best form of silver for fighting infection and related infectious diseases.
Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics which destroy beneficial bodily enzymes, colloidal silver leaves our bodies tissue and cell enzymes intact, as they are different than enzymes found in single celled pathogens. Thus colloidal silver is generally considered safe for humans, pets, plants and all multi-celled living matter. Some health care professionals believe silver may be linked to the proper functioning of our immune system and that people with inadequate intakes of silver may be more prone to infection.
Dr. Robert Becker, author of the 1980's best selling book The Body Electric, recognized a correlation between low silver levels in the human body, and sickness. He said a silver deficiency in humans was responsible for the improper functioning of the immune system. Dr. Becker's experiments conclude that silver works on the full spectrum of pathogens without any side effects or damage to any part of the body. He also states that the silver was doing something more than killing disease organisms, It was also causing major growth stimulation of injured tissues. Burn patients and elderly patients noticed more rapid healing. He discovered that cancer cells change back to normal cells in the presence of electrically generated colloidal silver. All strains of pathogens he tested, even those resistant to antibiotics, were killed by colloidal silver.
From the article "Silver, Our Mightiest Germ Fighter," in Science Digest, March, 1978: "As an antibiotic, silver kills over 650 disease causing organisms, and resistant strains fail to develop. Silver is the best all-around germ fighter we have and is absolutely non-toxic! Doctors report that, taken internally, it works against syphilis, cholera, malaria diabetes and severe burns. Richard L. Davies, executive director of the Silver Institute which monitors silver technology in 37 countries, reports: 'In four years we've described 87 important new medical uses for silver.'
Dr. Bjorn Nordstrom, of the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, has used colloidal silver in his cancer treatment method. He says the whole thing is quite simple. Colloidal silver, used in conjunction with other natural therapies developed by Dr. Nordstrom, brought rapid remission in cancer patients given up on by other doctors.
Uses for Colloidal Silver
Preventing and Healing Low Grade Infections:
According to many colloidal silver researchers, taking sufficient daily colloidal silver can saturate the body such that the germs simply can't gain a foothold. Many people, including many elderly, suffer from a general low- grade body infection that holds back vigor and alertness. They report that using up to an ounce or two of homemade colloidal silver each day often brings about an increase of energy and alertness, as well as enjoying better overall health throughout the year.
Parasite Infections:
Some diseases are caused by tiny worm-like organisms that burrow through particular organs and sometimes throughout much of the body. They reproduce by laying eggs. These eggs have the same enzymatic characteristics of all of the other disease- causing organisms that colloidal silver suffocates. So the parasite eggs also suffocate and the parasites can no longer reproduce successfully in your body.
Resistant Strains of Germs:
The use of modern man-made antibiotiqs has increasingly led to mutant strains of germs that the antibiotics can no longer kill. Colloidal silver does not appear to have this problem. Why? Because unlike man-made antibiotics which are basically "bug poison for the human body," colloidal silver is not a poison. Instead, it deals with all gerr the same way: it suffocates them by disabling the enzyme they need for respiration.
Accelerated Healing:
Colloidal silver reportedly shortens the time for healing to take place in wounds, and lessens the amount of scar tissue. This is apparently due to the beneficial action that colloidal silver has on tissue cells. It seems to cause some of their cell divisions to produce cells that are, in a sense, generic. These generic cells migrate wherever they are needed in the body. They help repair tissue damage by changing into the type of tissue cell needed at the wound in preference to the scar tissue that would normally form.
Diarrhea Diseases:
Diseases like cholera, canine parvovirus and other conditions where the disease-causing germ resides mainly in the large intestine have been effectively treated by a different approach. It is difficult for the colloidal silver to get all the way to the large intestine before the body absorbs it if you take the normal daily amount orally. An effective approach is to take large quantities instead (i.e. two ounces or more followed by two big glasses of water). This will allow the colloidal silver to make it all the way into the large intestine so it can very quickly take care of the problem.
What Specifically Can Colloidal Silver Be Used For?
Here is a small sample of diseases against which Colloidal Silver has been used successfully (see other chapters, particularly chapters 4, 7 and 11 of the manual for more):
acne, allergies, appendicitis, arthritis, blood parasites, bubonic plague, burns (colloidal silver is one of the few treatments that can keep severe burn patients alive), cancer, candida, cholera, chronic fatigue, colds and flu, conjunctivitis, diabetes, gonorrhea, hay fever, herpes, leprosy, leukemia, lupus, lymphangitis, lyme disease, malaria, meningitis, parasitic infections both viral and fungal, pneumonia, rheumatism, ringworm, scarlet fever, septic conditions of the eyes, ears, mouth and throat, shingles, skin cancer, staph infections, strep infections, syphilis, toxemia, trenchfoot, numerous forms of viruses, warts and stomach ulcers.
A Colloidal Silver Primer - History of Colloidal Silver
In ancient civilizations, the wealthy stored and ate their food from silver vessels to keep bacteria from growing. American settlers often put a silver dollar in milk containers to delay its spoilage. It was not until the late 1800's that Western scientists were able to understand scientifically what had been known in ancient medicine for thousands of years... that silver is a powerful germ fighter! After discovering that the body's vital fluids, such as blood, are colloidal in nature, scientists and doctors explored the possibilities of using colloids in medicine. The silver solution known as "Colloidal Silver" became widely used in medicine as one of the main-stays of anti-microbial treatment.
The medical journal Lancet reported phenomenal results from colloidal silver in 1914. Dr. Henry Crooks showed colloidal silver to be highly germicidal yet absolutely harmless and non-toxic to humans. Throughout the early 1900's colloidal silver rapidly gained fame as one of the best infection-fighting agents in existence. But unfortunately its fame was short lived. The high cost of silver combined with the fact that silver solutions could not be patented motivated the development of more profitable infection-fighting drugs by the major pharmaceutical conglomerates. The new prescription antibiotic drugs such as penicillin and others became the choice in medical treatments. However, thirty years after the discovery of pharmaceutical antibiotics many types of bacteria acquired an immunity to these drugs. Frustrated doctors, tired of seeing their patients die from infections with antibiotic resistant pathogens, began looking back to the past for answers. In doing so, they have r! e-discovered the amazing ant ibiotic properties of colloidal silver, which had been known for many decades.
The Rediscovery of Silver as a Powerful Antibiotic According to Zane Baronowski, CN, in his booklet, Colloidal Silver: The Natural Antibiotic Alternative: "The comeback of silver in medicine began in the 1970's. The late Dr. Carl Moyer, chairman of Washington University's Department of Surgery, received a grant to develop better treatments for burn victims. Dr. Margraf, as the chief biochemist, worked with Dr. Moyer and other surgeons to find an antiseptic strong enough, yet safe to use over large areas of the body. Dr. Margraf reviewed 22 antiseptic compounds and found drawbacks in all of them. 'Mercury, for example, is an excellent antiseptic but toxic, ' he comments. 'Popular antiseptics....can be used over small areas only. ' Furthermore, disease organisms can become resistant to antibiotics, triggering a dangerous super-infection. 'These compounds are also ineffective against a number of harmful bacteria, including the biggest killer in burn cases a greenish-blue bacterium called Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It almost! always shows up in burns, releasing a poison.'
"Reviewing the medical literature, Dr. Margraf found repeated references to silver. It was described as a catalyst that disables the enzymes microorganisms depend on to 'breathe. ' Consequently, they die. Therefore, Dr. Margraf decided to use the best known pharmaceutical compound of silver: silver nitrate. Concentrated silver nitrate was corrosive and painful. So he diluted the silver nitrate to a .5 percent solution and found that it killed the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria and permitted wounds to heal. Resistant strains did not appear. Silver nitrate, however, was far from ideal. It disturbed the balance of body salts, was thick and cumbersome to use and stained everything it touched. Dr. Margraf searched for other preparations of silver, and in the process helped re-discover colloidal silver, which he found to be highly effective on the burns. As a result of these efforts, hundreds of important new medical uses for silver were found. Dr. Harry Margraf later concluded, 'Silver is the best all around germ-fighter we have. '
Future uses of Colloidal Silver
Although reports on the use of colloidal silver have spanned the past 100 years, research relating to its recent use is limited. However, through a growing number of physicians, dentists, veterinarians, nutritionists and satisfied users, information regarding the modern day uses of colloidal silver is mounting. It would seem that the effective and safe use of colloidal silver in the treatment of many common infectious disorders is only limited by the imagination.
Some other diseases that have been successfully treated with colloidal silver are:
bladder infection, blood-poison, boils, bubonic plague, burns, candida yeast infection, chilblains, cholera, conjunctivitis, cold sores, cold & flu, cystitis, diabetes, dermatitis, fungal infections, herpes, HIV virus, indigestion, leprosy, leukemia, lupus, lymphangitis, lyrne disease, malaria (now making a comeback in the southern U.S. states), meningitis, neurasthenia, puritis ani, psoriasis, ophthalmia, rabbit fever, rhinitis, ringworm, scarlet fever, and septic conditions of the eyes, ears, mouth 8c throat. Plus, shingles, sinus infections, staph infections, syphilis, thyroid, tonsillitis, toxemia, trachoma, trench-foot, tuberculosis, ulcers, viruses, warts, whooping cough, other many other uses.
What is Colloidal Silver?
The term "colloid" refers to a substance that consists of ultra-fine particles suspended within a liquid solution. Properly manufactured colloidal silver is a liquid solution consisting of submicroscopic particles of silver, held in suspension in pure water by a tiny electrical charge. In a true colloid these particles are about .04 to .0001 microns in diameter. These particles cannot be seen by the naked eye and are electrically charged.
Many references can be found describing a "quality" colloidal silver as being light yellow or golden in color. However, after hundreds of hours of searching, no medical literature could be found describing the golden-colored colloidal silver as being any more therapeutically effective than clear or silver-colored colloidal silver. Colloidal silver made with the small battery-operated generators is considered to be extremely high quality, yet it is generally clear to silverish in the liquid suspension.
Will Colloidal Silver Kill the "Friendly Bacteria" in Your Intestines?
Colloidal silver that contains 99.99% (pure silver) with particles that are .04 to .0001 microns in diameter with a concentration of 25 ppm (parts per million) or less have little effect on the friendly bacteria in our digestive tract. In small doses (i.e., preventive dosages of about one tablespoon per day) much of the silver itself is absorbed in the mouth or stomach and never reaches the intestinal area. However some researchers believe that colloidal silver products with higher concentrations or larger particles of silver can attack friendly bacteria just like some antibiotics. There is also evidence that when taken in high dosages, some of the colloidal silver is evacuated through the colon and may kill some of the friendly bacteria there. This could upset your natural intestinal floral balance.
The generally accepted recommended dosage is 5 to 40 ppm, although many researchers take significantly higher dosages with no apparent loss of friendly bacteria in the gut. Nonetheless, researchers suggest that if you intend to take larger dosages of concentrated colloidal silver over an extend period of time, you should also take a "friendly bacteria" supplement such as lactobacillus acidophilus, available at most health food stores, in order to prevent the possibility of depleting the much-needed beneficial bacteria in your stomach and digestive system.
Nutritional Dosage for Daily Intake
Currently, there is no federally recognized "minimum daily requirement" for silver in the human body. In 1940, R. A. Kehoe reported that under normal circumstances, the average daily intake of fruits and vegetables would provide between 50-100 mcg of silver as a trace element. Since that time, the commercial farm soils of this country have become extremely deficient in trace minerals. According to the Earth Summit Report, issued in 1992, the levels of soil based minerals in North America have dropped over 85% in the last 100 years.
So, assuming that our ancestor's diet used to contain significant trace amounts of silver, and that our diet probably has greatly reduced levels today, there is a reasonable argument for supplementing with colloidal silver daily, in spite of the fact that there is no official "recommended daily allowance" (RDA) rating for colloidal silver. Researchers say two teaspoons of 5 ppm colloidal silver provides about 50 mcg of silver and could be considered a "nutritional" amount, if taken on a daily basis. Additionally, researchers say any amount above four teaspoons a day or 100 mcg should be considered a "therapeutic" amount. That said, it should not be assumed that electro-colloidal silver is equivalent to or has the same metabolic effect as receiving trace silver from dietary plant sources. But since there are very few plant sources of trace silver left today, many researchers believe colloidal silver is probably the best substitute.
To purchase Nature's Sunshine Products Colloidal Silver please click here
This article was forwarded to me on the nspadvisor group - Source unknown.
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