RE: Colloidal Silver Is Antibacterial and a Safe Treatment for E. Coli
I appreciated the article and recognize that silver has excellent anti-microbial properties and possible controlled application uses. I upvoted you for the well thought out content.
However, I think if you are advocating people put something in their body you should present them with the known permanent risks.
Colloidal silver is LIKELY UNSAFE when taken by mouth, applied to the skin, or injected intravenously (by IV). The silver in colloidal silver products gets deposited in vital organs such as the skin, liver, spleen, kidney, muscle, and brain. This can lead to an irreversible bluish skin discoloration that first appears in the gums. It can also stimulate melanin production in skin, and areas exposed to the sun will become increasingly discolored.
Special Precautions & Warnings:
Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Colloidal silver is LIKELY UNSAFE when taken by mouth, applied to the skin or injected intravenously (by IV). Increased silver levels in pregnant women have been linked to abnormal development of the ear, face, and neck in their babies. Colloidal silver supplements can also lead to silver accumulation in the body, which can lead to an irreversible bluish skin discoloration known as argyria. Silver can also be deposited in vital organs, where it does serious damage.
source: WebMD
Thank you for your support and input! It's greatly appreciated.
Argyria is the ONLY side effect that has been erroneously correlated with the use of colloidal silver--it is actually caused by a buildup of silver salts under the skin. High quality colloidal silver does not contain silver salts. Also, argyria is extremely rare with only around 200 cases reported in 100+ years.
Our extensive experience with taking colloidal silver, including the hundreds if not thousands of cases we have seen, as well as history and the scientific record show that there are no side effects with taking high quality colloidal silver. "High quality" is defined by a number of factors, including particle size and what else is in the solution.
This is a safe and highly effective treatment for bacteria, viruses, and pathogens that is suppressed. Because we have such success with it, it is our duty to vocalize that there are more options than what is presented by the very unsustainable mainstream medical establishment.
The silver nanoparticles turn into silver salts in the acid of the stomach and then back to silver. Even if you start with no salts in the product you are selling and just pure colloidal silver nanoparticles. The conversion into salts creates the problem regardless.
source: https://news.brown.edu/articles/2012/10/argyriaEDIT: It appears after further research that protective coatings can reduce the build up of silver salt ions. However, coating the silver nanoparticles does reduce the efficiency of the silver's anti-microbial properties creating a trade-off between safety and effectiveness.
Nanoparticles in high quality colloidal silver are treated with a coating that does not break down in the stomach. This is potentially superior to solutions that can be produced at home.
Further, it takes copious amounts low-quality silver solutions to build up enough to turn a person blue. This is why it is an extremely rare side effect. And again, this is still the ONLY side effect that has ever been associated with colloidal silver.
Western medicine, on the other hand, kills more than 700,000 people a year--that's a pretty nasty side effect to "healthcare". Colloidal silver is an alternative to the options presented there.
"Western medicine, on the other hand, kills more than 700,000 people a year"
Ridiculous claim.
The blue is caused by the ingredient they use to cut cheaper forms of what The Garden of Eden uses. Therefore all that info you pasted is void.
The blue is caused by silver salts not a cutting agent. It doesn't matter if the silver salts are present when you take the product they are created in the stomach. Any silver ingested will create ions of silver salts.
It is caused by the build up of silver salts under the skin. The chemical reaction that takes place when exposed to sunlight is the same reaction that develops old timey photographs. There are no silver salts in high quality colloidal silver.