It’s Shiny, But It’s Still a Scam
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I got a question last week from reader Barbara about colloidal silver supplements. For the record, this alternative health remedy is both ineffective and unsafe. It’s the latter that concerns me most, of course. A lot of the things we do for health are ineffective (homeopathy for starters; glandulars are another). Others are actually dangerous (the fat-free diet trend of the 90s that’s contributed to our metabolic syndrome epidemic). Colloidal silver supplements fall into the dangerous category.
Colloidal - a term for suspension of micro particles in liquid - silver is purported to treat or cure everything from acne to leprosy to AIDS to cancer to, most commonly, infection. Colloidal silver is touted as an all-purpose anti-viral, anti-bacterial therapy. Of course, those diabolical scientists have suppressed the truth about colloidal silver’s benefits. It’s the “natural antibiotic”! Going further, evidently Americans are suffering from a massive silver deficiency epidemic.
In truth, colloidal silver supplementation has zero health benefits and carries substantial risks. For all the talk about widespread growing resistance to antibiotics (a public health concern I cautiously share), a run of antibiotics to treat an infection is far superior to colloidal silver both in terms of efficacy and safety. Of course, the goal here is to boost your immunity naturally through a good diet, prudent supplementation and regular exercise, but everyone gets sick now and then. Colloidal silver isn’t the answer. Regular intake will result in silver “ash” deposits that can and do show up in unfortunate places like the eyes, skin and organs - permanently. (This condition is called argyria. Click here to see a picture of a bad case - but be warned that it’s very disturbing.) Moreover, silver is not an essential nutrient required by the human body.
Further Reading:
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Source:
Colloidal Silver Products Fact Sheet (NIH)
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Posted By: Mark Sisson
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Okay, no silver, but how about colloidal gold? Do they make a colloidal diamond supplement? Because I wouldn’t mind having glitter eyes.
It’s amazing how these things that do not just contain zero nutritional value, but actually have harmful ingredients in them, get passed off as being healthy and nutritional.
McFly…glitter eyes do sound nice, I will admit.
McFly,
Ha! What about platinum?
Heavy Metal Supplements. Not the music, but the contents themselves. If your stomach is filled with metals, you will eat less, but weigh more.
Not sure what this means, but I sure have shiny skin and a magnetic personality, err body.
Colloidal Silver and other nutritional treatments are one thing, but how about the really wild stuff that’s out there right now?
Examples for weight loss: Slim Slippers (control your weight by walking on magnets, with the aid of reflexology), caffeine tights(of all things), caffeine sun screens. You think nutritional supplements are often a “stretch?” I just wrote a blog piece on these alternative methods for weight loss. Incredible. Off the wall, and out of the ball park.
I’ve been making & taking Coll Silver now for approx 2 years & haven’t been sick one day in that time. I’ve also made it for friends who’ve had great results similar to mine.
Once the silver is produced it must be filtered to remove excess silver.
Mark, the ammount of evidence that points towards silver being excellent for just about most things is fairly staggering. I’ve used it on warts, for dental hygiene in a gel. I’ve used it also on cysts & friends have used it too with quite outstanding results from either feelings of being better than they’ve been in a long time. A friend took a couple of litres & had a chest infection made well after 3 lots of antibiotics didn’t do a thing.
No doubt you have a different slant on these things which I’m quite interested in hearing.
Regards,
Steve Martin.
I Agree With Steve On This. I’ve Used It For A Severe Candida Outbreak That My Doctor Told Me I Would Have To Go On Anti-fungal To Gain Back Control Of The Situation. It Only Took A Week Before It Was Cleared Up Using Colloidal Silver. I Also Have A Good Friend Who Has Been Taking It For Over 10 Years And Hasn’t Been Sick To This Day. My Friend Started Using Colloidal Silver When All Else Failed To Help His Hepatitis C Situation As It Took 6 Months Using Colloidal Silver To Come Back HCV Negative. To This Day He Has Tested Negative For A Disease That Landed Him In The Hospital In Severe Condition. I Believe Everybody Should Reevaluate The Colloidal Silver Topic A Little More. I’m Not Saying It’s A Cure All, But I’m Certain For Some People It Works Very Well.
I personally had leprosy for over a year, no doctor believed there was leprosy in the united states and it was at the stage where my finger tips were about to fall off, my nerves were being to be exposed and enlarged, skin completely red, dull numbness of my skin no sense of touch, muscles atrophing, deformity in my hands and feet, every symtom of leprosy you can think of, lesions all over my body,
then I started taking colloidal silver and it completely cured every single one of my symtoms, I am clean from leprosy praise God. it is not a scam.
Personally i fap with a special silver formula. it works great! I have used it over 9000 times.
oh and also, tits or GTFO.
I put it in my eye for pink eye. It killed the pink eye bug as fast as a prescription I had recieved previously from the doctor when I had pink eye. I’m not sure if it could do the same thing if you drink colloidal silver.
I’ve also had an eye infection that has cleared up when CS has been sprayed in it - after only a few days.
A friend had a severe gum infection & had to have Panadol Forte to relieve the pain. She used some gel that I made with CS & it was all gone on the 2nd night. She used it on the 3rd night, as well, just to be sure.
My son is taking it orally at present for his pimples so I’ll mail back in a week or so with a report.
Agyria is caused by Silver Nitrate or Silver Salts & not colloidal / ionic silver.
Steve
The suspected antibiotic properties *might* make it something worthwhile to use on your outsides on a short term basis…but are these people proposing you drink it? Yeah, i think you’d want to proceed with caution, to say the least. For the leprosy that the other poster mentioned…controlled studies would be helpful. There are other treatments for Hansen’s Disease/leprosy that might be less toxic. But as a second or third line of treatment…controlled studies would be essential.