I recently visited a very professional looking site,
http://www.silver-colloids.com/Reports/reports.html
This website made a big distinction between true
colloidal silver and ionic silver. Why was this
important? Because, All ionic silver will turn into
silver chloride once inside the body
Why is this
important? Because, Not only does it fail to provide
the benefits that colloidal silver is known for, but
more importantly, ingestion of highly concentrated
forms of ionic silver can cause argyria
Then, this site makes these points:
Misleading Information
Some products that are ionic silver describe their
properties in terms of silver particles attempting
to confuse the reader into believing in the existence
of ionic silver particles. There is no such thing.
There are metallic silver particles (nanoparticles)
and silver ions, but no ionic silver particles. This
distinction is very important. Untold is the fact that
the product is mostly ionic silver, not silver
particles. The fact is, most such products only
contain an average of 10% of their silver content in
the form of silver particles with the majority 80% to
99% in the form of ionic silver. To make a true
colloid is a complicated, complex and costly process.
It is no mystery why most producers choose to make
ionic silver instead and simply call it colloidal
silver. Thankfully, more consumers are educating
themselves about this deception, and more and more are
learning this simple test: If it looks like water, it
is ionic silver, not a true silver colloid. Ingestion
of highly concentrated forms of ionic silver can cause
argyria, a permanent discoloration of the skin. The
likelihood of argyria becomes significant for ionic
silver concentrations above 100 ppm. Typical ionic
silver products contain between 3 and 20 ppm of ionic
silver which would not cause argyria.
>From these statements, the reader would come away with
the strong impression that nearly all the other people
who sell colloidal silver are, in fact, con-artists
bent upon cheating you out of your money and that the
product they sell (or the devices they sell you) have
no health benefit and will almost certainly cause
argyria. The key phrase here is, Ingestion of highly
concentrated forms of ionic silver can cause argyria
OK, since Typical ionic silver products contain
between 3 and 20 ppm of ionic silver which would not
cause argyria, then what is the problem? Apparently
the insinuation that ionic silver is nearly
worthless is the main point here. Add to that the
point that this statement (ionic silver causes
argyria) cannot be substantiated by any science
whatsoever. Every case of argyria on the books was
caused by silver powder such as that inhaled by
silversmiths, or by silver-salts and proteins such as
silver nitrate, or, rarely, by large-particle
colloidal silver (coffee-colored CS).
Yet, Dr Alan B.G. Lansdown, of the Skin Research and
Wound Healing Laboratory, Imperial College of
Medicine, London, had this to say about ionic silver:
As a metal, silver is relatively inert and poorly
absorbed by mammalian or bacterial cells. However, in
the presence of wound fluids or other secretions, it
readily ionises and becomes highly reactive in binding
to proteins and cell membranes. The silver ion (Ag+)
is absorbed by the bacterial or yeast cells and is
lethal in sensitive strains. Microbiological studies
illustrate that the 'activated' silver ion (Ag+ or
other species) can exert its lethality through action
on the bacterial cell membrane (envelope) or binding
to and inactivating intracellular proteins/enzymes and
nuclear DNA.
It is the ionic silver more than the metallic silver
particles that are effective.
The level of dishonesty I found on this site is quite
disappointing. It is irresponsible, self-serving,
fear-mongering sites such as this one who give silver
a bad name.
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