The Real Truth About Colloidal Silver - Scientific Facts Squash Stupid Rumors and Marketing Hype

Colloidal Silver Facts and Fallacies Honestly Exposed

1 - Colloidal silver perse is useless, for by definition it means particles of metallic silver in suspension and we all know our bodies can not utilize raw metals! In fact, most raw metals (especially sodium and phosphorous) are instant poisons to our biologic system (burst into flames), except some like silver and gold are relatively benign (no effect).

2 - Ionic silver is the only form of silver with significant bio-availability and thus effectiveness. Metallic ions are atoms of the base metal, less one or more electrons and as such have entirely different characteristics. If you recall the Periodic Table, the number of orbital electrons makes one element far different from the next.

Plants and animals are water based and thus need water soluble minerals. To solute or to dissolve is to split a soluble compound into its ionic constituents, so we rely on soluble mineral compounds as sources of the essential minerals of life. Silver is unique in that 99% of its salts are not very soluble, so we must electrolytically produce silver ions. Now, silver nitrate is highly soluble but a brutal source for silver ions, the nitrates being near fatal to children as they convert them to nitrites.

Metallic ions are stray radicals and thus highly dangerous BUT Mother Nature (or God) solved that problem by providing us with metalloproteins. They make up 30% of our saliva (digestion or absorption begins in the mouth) and are proteins specifically designed to literally wrap around those reactive metallic ions to render them safe to transport throughout the blood stream, with no risk of stray reactions. There are none provided for lead, mercury or a few other metallic ions so they are well know biologic poisons. Heme is the common one for holding iron ions in the blood.

Accordingly, our cells (all 100 trillion) have what are called ion channels, specifically for allowing passage of the reactive metallic ions from the grasp of the metalloproteins and inside to the mitachondrias, the cells organellas that manufacture the chemicals of cellular life.

Now, hopefully you can understand why we need ionic silver and not metallic silver or poorly soluble silver salts and why so much of what you read about colloidal silver is mere baseless rumor, usually based on a chemical approach while only a biologic analysis has any meaning, for we are far more then chemical vats.

3 - Concentrations in PPM are often stated as anywhere from 5 PPM to 50,000, so what is the real need?

First we must clarify PPM is merely a measure of weight of one material in another, so has little redeeming meaning - I.E. 5 PPM could be trillions of tiny silver ions per tablespoon or a silver dime in a tablespoon of water may be 200,000 PPM. Guess which "medicine" is more effective!

From a numerical analysis, the human body has 100 trillion cells and likely less then 1% are ever infected at a time. Thus a dose of one trillion ions may be plenty when ill. At 5 PPM there are well over 1,000 trillion ions per tablespoon of ionic silver so a teaspoon is more then enough, no matter how much you weigh.

From a physical or chemical point of view, the saturation limit of silver ions in pure water is 13.3 PPM, so anyone promoting greater then that is selling useless metallic silver or silver salts. If you recall the definition of saturation, any more will cause precipitation (crystal growth and thus drop out as metallic particles, in this case).

From a physiologic view, the healthy liver removes silver ions (considered non-essential or surplus by it) within two hours, so to maintain a therapeutic dose in the blood stream it is essential when ill to take some every waking hour. Will you overdose? NO, for if you look at the EPA site on silver risk hazards you will see they state the safe reference (rfD) of 5 PPM silver per day for the sensitive individual taken daily for 70 years is 14 teaspoons!

4 - One camp says you can easily make your own colloidal silver (we use generic term now) yet the equipment manufacturers say there are secret patented processes unavailable to all but the best labs!

The fact is you can not easily build an ionic silver generator that makes pure ionic silver and few know enough about the critical parameters to prevent making useless metallics or silver salts (you may have seen the "Blue Man" on Oprah) yet there are a few good generators on the market for making highly effective ionic silver. On the other hand, if you understand chemistry, so you prevent production of silver salts, understand electricity so you effectively limit current flow/sqcm to safe levels for stripping ions instead of crystal chunks and have the mechanical knowledge to properly circulate a fluid in process, you can of course make the best possible.

The honest fact is there are no magic patents (some ripoff smart alecs patented a threaded screw for adjusting electrode height to claim a "patented process") and no magic secrets but like many chemical/physical process you must control all the variables that determine product quality and thus a useful and effective medicine. A few clip leads, battery and a silver coin can nut cut it!

So, how effective is ionic silver? Themendous! A tiny amount is a tremendous aid to your immune system, as each cell can use it to kill pathogens, relieving our over worked immune system to do daily housekeeping. It is a natural anti-inflammatory, aids mast cell production for more effective healing, etc. The EPA calls it an Oligodynamic material, a natural biocide that is effective on primative life forms yet safe to mature cells. Accordingly it kills bacteria, viruses, prions, eggs, etc. As parasites are the "unspoken" risk to our biologic survival, killing their eggs means ionic silver can control their proliferation and thus add to our health. the benefits same can be said for its use on plants.


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