Thirsty Thursday - April 2, 2020

Helpful Information About Colloidal Silver – by Dr. Carol Lilley ND

In this day and age of looking to support your immune system naturally, many questions and comments both for and against are being made about colloidal silver. Many are being touted from big corporations of pharmaceuticals to mentally set a black mark in your mind to make you think that by using silver you will turn blue or become toxic or that is it a snake oil and it just won't work. I suggest to you to do more of your own research, so many things today once was in common daily activities to prevent or support natural healthy immune systems. Colloidal silver is no different.

Did you know that NASA uses silver ions to purity their water system on the international space station?

Did you know that in the old west, silver coins was placed in water barrels or jugs of milk to help keep it from water born illnesses?

Did you know that silver spoons was given to new born babies as a sign of health? That is where we get the term “Born with a silver spoon in their mouth” comes from.

Did you know that in the 1800's silver nitrate was used to treat wounds and syphilis and use for post-partum infection?

Did you know that in the 1930's colloidal silver was the preferred choice of physicians for empowering the immune system?

Yes all of these is true, and so much more but no one is allowed to make a claim of curing anything which tends to muck-up the waters.

So if you are in the market for making or purchasing your own silver source then I would recommend some things to help.

Make sure you are getting positively charged silver solution. Positively charging makes your silver more bio-active. You always want to look for a high ratio of positively charged silver, closer to 100% the better.

Make sure your silver is 99.999% pure. Silver, by nature is not completely without impurities but the cleaner the better.

Water based solutions need to have pharmaceutical-grade purified water.

The smaller the particle size the better. Safe low concentration of 10 to 23 ppm of bio-active silver is all that you need. Higher levels can lead to toxicity. Think if it as salt – fine particles covers and provides consistent flavor, rock salt makes some bites extremely salty while other areas very bland.

You can find much to do about myths and facts about the safety and effectiveness of silver just by searching the web. I am including just a few of these also, but please, do your own research if you want to know more. Look at both sides of the topic to bring you to a place of contentment and knowledge for yourself.

False - More silver is better: Not really, do you take 10,000mg of aspirin? In 1893, Swiss Botanist Karl Wilhelm von Nageli defined the oligodynamic effect how extremely low metal ion concentrations exert potent biocidal activity. (Greek: oligos = few, dynamis = force)

True - Silver should be considered a trace mineral. It is a natural element found in foods like whole grains, edible and medicinal mushrooms, spring water, mammalian milk, and tap water. Much like the trace minerals of copper, zinc and iron.

True - Silver does not alter the gut microbiome. It has been shown in peer review research at the University of Michigan found no evidence but did find that prescribed antibiotics disrupted over half of the species observed.

False – True colloidal silver is best. There is no such thing as true colloidal silver. That term is a marking strategy.

I hope this gives you a little glimpse of what colloidal silver is and how it is used. Look for the Blog Extra page for a comparison table on silver as well as a list of what you could use it for.

Wishing you health and wellness

Dr. Carol ND