A bunch of baloney having nothing to do with HCV. HCV, in case you
didn't know, is a VIRUS. A virus is not attacked by an ANTIBACTERIAL
agent.

Duh...

Thomas

Can Silver Cause Heavy Metal Poisoning Or Toxic Nephropathy?

Many doctors, scientists, and now news men, have as of late, been
claiming that silver is a problem because it is a heavy metal, and as
such can poison the body.  The problem is not with the silver but with
the misinformed and inadequate knowledge of the people speaking about
things they know little about.  The real answer is that silver is not
toxic when used at reasonable levels and quantities! Any substance, even
water, in excessive amounts can be fatal.  Toxic nephropathy or heavy
metal poisoning is defined as, “Any functional or morphologic change in
the kidney produced by an ingested, injected, inhaled, or absorbed drug,
chemical, or biological agent.”  The MERCK Manual is sometimes referred
to as the “Scientific Bible Of Diagnosis And Therapy” by many scientists
and doctors.  Silver is the only heavy metal not listed in the manual
for causing heavy metal poisoning, because it does not cause it. (See
MERCK manual (17th Edition, Pg 1880, table 226-1, third item listed, for
the full list of heavy metals that cause toxic nephropathy).   In a
recent peer - review paper “Ultradilute Ag-Aquasols with extraordinary
bactericidal properties: the role of the system Ag-O-H2O.”  (Materials
Research Innovations, vol. 11, no. 1, (2007) pages 3-18) on the subject
of the safety of consuming metallic silver, the paper states (page 1,
first paragraph of the introduction), “A recent paper by Das et al.
Provides the remarkable datum that some 275,000 kg [(605,000 pounds)] of
edible metallic silver foil are consumed every year (in food) in India.
 No known adverse health effects have ever been recorded.  This
epidemiological evidence that silver as a metal is not toxic in any way
needs no further comment.  Further support for the obvious safety of
consuming metallic silver (Ag0) is in the worldwide consumption of (so
called) silver colloids, often made at home in primitive electrochemical
cells by probably some millions of citizens, again with no ill effects.”
 It is estimated that the Indian tradition of eating candy and cakes
wrapped in metallic silver foil (eaten foil and all) came from their
historically gained knowledge that in their warm, moist climate with
little refrigeration of foods, eating the silver-covered candy and cakes
after meals would kill the bacteria consumed with the food, before it
had a chance to do damage to their body systems.  In other words, the
people of India have proven over the last thousand years that eating or
consuming large amounts of metallic silver has no negative effect on the
body or body systems.

The minimum amount of silver ever known to cause argyria in adults from
the use of any silver compound (including salts) is 900 mg of silver
taken orally in one year.  In order to reach this level of silver
intake, an individual would have to consume at least 380 - 8 oz. bottles
of a 10 PPM silver product within a year. Testing suggests that an
average adult dosage of about ½ to 1 teaspoon taken one to three times
daily, is usually sufficient to cause a generally helpful effect in
connection with the human immune system.  This means that an individual
would have to consume over 50 times the normal adult dosage every day
for a year, to even reach the lowest level ever known to cause argyria.
  It should be noted that EPA standards for the amount of silver that
can be safely consumed in drinking water is about an ounce per day (EPA
RED document page 2, 4th paragraph).  It is also important to note that
even during the years from 1918 to1940 when silver was a government
approved antibiotic alternative of sorts, and millions of people using
these very strong (high content) silver products, there were only about
7-12 people a year who developed generalized Argyria.  Remember in those
days, antibiotics did not exist, and if the choice was to have a very
remote chance of turning grey or to be dead, most people would choose
grey.  After all, dead is a permanent side effect.

In an EPA report on drinking water (report ECAO-CIN-026 revised
Jan.1991- Section VI, pages VI-1) states that silver has been used
therapeutically for centuries. Two doctors in the report who were
injecting silver into people stated, (Hill and Pillsbury 1939, page
VI-2)  “the ordinary clinical use of silver compounds practically never
gives rise to any gross untoward effect other than argyria.”.  The paper
also states (bottom of page VI-11), “There is no evidence that argyria
alone is associated with any adverse effects other than the
pigmentation.” In other words, the only potential side effect from the
extreme misuse of medicinal or supplement silver products, is the rare
condition called argyria.  In comparison, antibiotics currently being
used by the medical community, are estimated to kill over 100,000 people
annually as a negative side effect (JAMA December 2000, Barbra
Starfield). The 100,000 people dead number only includes cases where
antibiotics were used correctly, the number would be much larger if it
included those given by mistake, or in bad combination.

There is no question about the safety and non-toxicity of using silver
in its many human uses.  It has been safely used in almost every facet
of human life for thousands of years.  It is the only heavy metal that
does not cause heavy metal poisoning.  It is one of the most
broad-spectrum, safe, and effective human disinfectant and healing
agents that exists.  According to the EPA, who is in charge of defining
safe levels of any mineral in water which is used for ingestion or
drinking, the oral consumption of small amounts of silver in water on a
daily basis poses no significant degree of risk.  Unless an individual
were consistently consuming (every day for over a year) over 50 times
the recommended daily dosage of a 10-30 ppm product, there would be
literally no possibility of that individual contracting the non-toxic
condition called argyria. Those people who use hundreds or even
thousands of times the recommended daily dosages run a risk of turning
their skin grey, but even then the condition is very rare.  There has
been no reported deaths from the medicinal use of silver, in comparison
antibiotics kill an estimated 100,000 plus people annually.

News Article written by Marvin Robey: A Safe and Simple Treatment for Aids

The Herald of Provo Utah, February 2, 1992, ran an article on Pg. D1, in
which a member of the administrative staff of Brigham Young University
by the name of Daryl Tichy has been successfully experimenting with
colloidal silver in the treatment of AIDS, along with warts and parvo
virus in a dog. "Tichy said he had the material [colloidal silver]
tested at two different labs; results showed the solution killed a
variety of pathogens, including the HIV virus." Tichy then states, "I
don't have a doubt in my mind." He says he has not been able to obtain
funds to continue his research.

This should not be a surprise, considering what other researchers have
been telling us. There is much more evidence to support Tichy's
conclusion. Extensive evidence points to the fact that colloidal silver
destroys all types of virii including the AIDS virus and greatly
enhances the immune system in general. Colloidal Silver supports the
T-cells in their fight against foreign organisms in the blood. It
virtually forms a second immune system, actually protecting and
defending the T-cells, as well as doing their work for them. It is
strongly suggested by research scientists such as Dr. Gary Smith and
others that silver ions are essential to the immune system.

In "Use of Colloids in Health and Disease", author Dr. Henry Crooks says
colloidal silver is highly anti-viral. In laboratory tests he found that
"all fungus, virii, bacterium, streptococcus, staphylococcus, and other
pathogenic organisms are killed in three or four minutes. In fact, there
is no microbe known that is not killed by colloidal silver in six
minutes or less in a dilution as little as five parts per million." Dr.
Crooks tells us there are no serious side effects whatsoever from high
concentrations. Research scientist Dr. Gary Smith reports that he has
noticed a correlation between low silver levels, sickness and immune
deficiency. He found people who have low silver levels tend to be
frequently sick and to have innumerable colds, flu's, fevers, and other
illnesses. The research of Dr. Gary Smith would seem to support the
belief that colloidal silver is an entirely natural healing agent.

HIV and AIDS are a two sided medical condition. First is the HIV virus,
which attacks the immune system. Second are the main outward effects,
the conditions resulting from the weakened immune system. Research
evidence shows that Colloidal Silver is a two edged sword. It attacks
the HIV virus directly and effectively, and then forms virtually its own
immune system to ward off the various health problems the immune system
has not been able to handle.

Parasites are being recognised more and more as a cause of failing
health. Hulda Clark, Ph.D., N.D., author of "The Cure for All Cancers"
and "The Cure for HIV and AIDS", tells us that neither cancer nor HIV
can exist without parasites and that if we eliminate the parasites, the
disease will be gone. Health Consciousness, Vol. 15, No. 4 says:
"Parasites are also killed [by colloidal silver], as they have an
egg-stage in their reproductive cycle, which is one celled and therefore
killed in six minutes or less." In as much as there are many kinds of
parasites, this may be inconclusive. However, tests have shown that
mosquito larva are effectively killed by colloidal silver. It should be
remembered that to rid oneself of parasites by killing the eggs or
larvae means that one must continue the treatment until all of the
adults die, probably of old age. More research is needed. But if the
AIDS or Cancer and other conditions can be effectively treated with
colloidal silver, then any effects on parasites is a free benefit.

In as much as AIDS is the result of a virtually destroyed immune system,
it would be surprising to find that colloidal silver did not have a
dramatic effect on AIDS. AIDS is a viral disease, and antibiotics seldom
have any effect on any virus, but the colloidal silver ion is highly
effective. The evidence strongly supports the theory that colloidal
silver is highly effective against all strains of virus, curing even the
common cold in one dose. Where many drugs on the market suppress certain
symptoms of a cold, colloidal silver is said to kill off the virus that
causes it to hang on. AIDS, like all other viral infections, is
unaffected by antibiotics, which each kill off only a few strains of
bacteria and none are effective against the virus, yeast's, or fungi.
Yet, researchers are telling us that colloidal silver is highly
effective against all of these.

One serious condition typical of AIDS is rapid ageing. Ageing is
generally considered as due to a slowing down of the body's ability to
replace worn out cells fast enough. This slowing down begins by the time
of adulthood and continues into old age. In "Report: Colloidal Silver,
Health Consciousness, Vol. 15, No. 4, it is stated that "Silver aids the
developing foetus in growth, health, and eases the delivery and
recovery." If colloidal silver aids the growth of a foetus so
noticeably, will it reduce the ageing process? From the research of Dr.
Becker, it would seem colloidal silver will produce the dedifferentiated
cells necessary to prevent this slowdown of cell replacement. It is
probable that the weakened immune system is incapable of producing the
undifferentiated cells necessary to rebuild worn out cells. Colloidal
silver produced the needed cells to make this possible. All of this is
being discovered and rediscovered at the same time that disease
bacterium are developing immunity to modern antibiotics.

Furthermore, immunity to the antibiotics seems to be developing all over
the world, even in isolated areas. The medical profession is alarmed.
Can silver save us? Many authorities think so!

COLLOIDAL SILVER VERSUS BACTERIA AND VIRUSES

As single celled creatures called bacteria use a common type enzyme or
'chemical lung" for their oxygen metabolism, the presence of colloidal
silver cripples the enzyme, therefore causing the organism to suffocate.
Any and all bacteria are therefore killed within the 6-minute time
frame, without causing any adverse effect on the surrounding tissue
cells. Dr Becker also states in his book: "Positive silver kills all
types of bacteria". This is exiting, because no other single antibiotic
works against all types of bacteria. Positive silver, however, offers
several advantages over previous forms. There are no ions besides silver
to burden tide tissues. It works against all types of bacteria and
viruses, even killing antibiotic resistant strains as well as all fungal
infections. "

To carry the fight to fungal infection, one must firstly understand
fungal growths. A fungus is a series of single cells that have small
tubes of the material from which the cell is made, which stretches
between the cell walls.

Whether more linear in its spread and expand mode or, alternatively,
more like a fabric in its reproductive mode, a fungus will still exhibit
that characteristic of any one celled bacterium, that particular type of
chemical lung, which is almost completely and permanently disabled by
the presence of colloidal silver in the body, as the silver suffocates
the organism.

HOW IT WORKS AGAINST VIRUSES

A single virus will invade a living cell within the body tissue. Then
the insidious pathogen will take over the nucleus of the cell and alter
it's production and reproduction mechanism to replicate the virus
instead of the enzyme, hormone, or other chemical that the body would
normally have produced for itself within that cell.

Later, the newly produced virus will be released from that cell and into
the blood stream. However, another very interesting thing takes place.
As the virus affects the cell for its own purposes, part of the response
of that living cell is that it reverts back to a more primitive form of
cell structure and chemistry. The oxygen metabolising enzyme, or
chemical lung in the cell wall, reverts as well.

This more primitive form of enzyme is vulnerable to the effects of
colloidal silver. The catalyst effect of the colloidal silver simply
being in close proximity to the enzyme of this cell results in the
enzyme becoming permanently disabled. It cannot function to bring oxygen
into the cell, and the virus producing cell dies by suffocation.

COLLOlDAL SlLVER AND HIV

HlV is caused by a particular type of virus. This virus attacks and
invades a single tissue cell and takes over the operation of the cell's
reproductive mechanism. Part of the cells response to this viral attack
is for the cell to revert back to a different primitive one celled type
of enzyme or chemical lung, the kind that is crippled by the presence of
colloidal silver, The cell then suffocates and dies and, as it is no
longer useful to the body, it is flushed out.

The colloidal silver has killed the mutated cell, virus and all. C'
Silver kills ALL viruses, precluding future mutations as it also kills
the HIV virus-invaded cell within minutes. As a catalyst, colloidal
silver is not affected in the reaction, and it continues to kill any
other single celled pathogen that is in its presence.

COLLOIDAL SILVER AS A PREVENTATIVE SUBSTANCE

As a preventative, colloidal silver is unsurpassed. Sufficient colloidal
silver taken daily precludes infection, viruses, disease, contagion
outbreak and serious burn toxicity. The daily ingestion of colloidal
silver is like having a second immune system. It lessens the load on the
body's natural immune system, and effectively kills the many thousands
of viruses and bacteria that are present throughout the body.

In addition, it lessens the toxicity due to the average amount of virus
and bacterial activity that occurs naturally in the body. However, tests
have shown that, due to the high absorption of silver into the small
intestine, the "friendly bacteria in the large intestine are unaffected".

This "second immune system" acts parallel to, and independent of, the
body's own first line of defence, which is a major advantage in warding
off outbreaks of influenza or other germ, plaque or pestilence. By
taking colloidal silver at the correct dose rate is to have protection
that is unsurpassed against serious burn toxicity.

Severe burn cases, such as from a house fire or motor accident, will
have a much greater survival rate than those who do not take colloidal
silver before such a catastrophe. Often, people who survive such
horrific injuries later die of complications that occur some days, even
weeks after the injury is sustained.

This is because several of the body's systems become overloaded and
cannot cope. Colloidal silver has proven to be extremely effective in
helping the body's immune system and sustained in the fire or accident.

With reference to the healing powers of colloidal silver, an American
surgeon, Dr William Stewart Halstedwrote in 1913, after referring to the
age old practice of placing pure silver wire in and around wounds. "I
know of nothing that could take its place, nor have I known anyone to
abandon it who has thoroughly familiarised him or herself with the
technique of its employment. We may have only scratched the surface of
tale medical brilliance of silver. Already it is an amazing tool, as it
stimulates bone-forming cells, cures the most stubborn infections, and
stimulates healing of skin tissue. "

SOME ESTABLISHED USES FOR COLLOIDAL SILVER Below is a list of diseases
colloidal silver will successfully treat. This is a partial list, as
there are over 650 in all. Acne- Aids - allergies - appendicitis -
arthritis - athletes foot - bladder infection - blood parasites - blood
poisoning- boils - burns - cancer - candida - chronic fatigue - colitis
- conjunctivitis - cystitis - dandruff- dermatitis - diabetes -
diphtheria - eczema - gastro-enteritis - gonorrhoea - hayfever-
hepatitis - herpes - impetigo - indigestion - keratitus - leprosy -
leukaemia - malaria - meningitis - neurasthenia - parasitic infection -
pneumonia - prostate infection - pruritis ani - psoriasis - rheumatics -
rhinitis - ring worm - scarlet fever - septic conditions - seborreah
septicaemia - shingles - staph and streptococcal - ulcers - viruses -
warts - yeast infections etc..

The above may be an impressive array of nasty viruses and diseases, but
they are but a few that form a much larger group. Colloidal silver can
also be applied directly to open wounds and sores to eliminate
infection. It does not sting, burn or smart in any way. Other
antiseptics sting when applied to a wound because they are killing the
surrounding wall tissue cells, as well as attempting to kill the germs.
Colloidal silver will not harm the surrounding cells or tissue. After
washing the face thoroughly, colloidal silver may be used as the only
medication or, in amount each day, the affliction will disappear. On
open wounds, colloidal silver may be used as the only medication or, in
conjunction with other medication. Just sprinkle the colloidal silver
over the effected area and bandage. This application is also good for
the removal of warts.

INTERNAL USES FOR COLLOIDAL SILVER

Optimum digestion

Place 5ml of colloidal silver, or as determined by titration, into a
beverage of your choice accompanying your meal. As the food is digested,
the presence of colloidal silver will keep the food from putrefying in
the digestive tract, while killing all germs ingested with the food.
There will be no flatulence with this method.

Parasitic infections

By ingesting the correct quantities of colloidal silver, is to preclude
parasitic diseases caused by the tiny worm like parasites that can
burrow through particular organs. In all cases, these parasites
reproduce by laying eggs.

These eggs have the same characteristics as do the oxygen metabolising
enzyme of the single cells bacteria. These eggs are unable to hatch when
in the presence of colloidal silver. and are subsequently destroyed and
eliminated by the immune system.

Diarrhoea diseases

A number of diseases such as cholera, canine parvovirus or other
diseases where the pathogen resides in the large intestine are normally
fatal, mostly due to the dehydration resulting from severe and prolonged
diarrhoea and vomiting. The pathogen causing the problem is active in
the large intestine, the one place where colloidal silver, when used in
normal dose rates, will not penetrate.

However if one drinks four ounces of colloidal silver With three or four
large glasses of water on an empty stomach, the colloidal silver will
penetrate the large intestinal tract and will very quickly take care of
the problem. Cholera has been cured in this way.

Healing crisis

This is a condition wherein the colloidal silver is killing the
pathogens very quickly. The body's five eliminatory systems (kidneys,
liver, skin, bowel, and lungs) become temporarily overloaded. This is
especially true when overcoming HIV with colloidal silver. One may feel
lethargic and dozy due to this rapid action. Continue the regimen, but
drink up to four litres of water per day together with up to 6 grams of
Vitamin C.

UNDERSTANDING THE COLLOIDAL STATE

Most chemistry books have a chapter on the colloidal state as if it were
a special case. Actually the colloidal state is the only state for all
living things. Within water, the chemical elements of life occur in a
flux of halves, or opposing electrical pairs always in motion and
swapping these molecular halves in complete chemical reactions that are
the process of growth and repair. In this flux of the body's fluids are
the germ pathogens, whose own molecular pairs interact with those of the
body as they strive to survive.

They are all parasites that attack and eat the body cells of the host,
dumping their wastes into the surrounding tissues and blood stream. When
in this fluid flux, there is an electrically charged ion or
micro-particle of colloidal silver, it selects from among the tissue
cells of the body only those disease causing pathogens and suffocates
them, catalytically, simply by being there, then, unaffected, drifts on
to repeat the process again and again.

The crystalline state is the condition of dry dead things. Most
medications are in a crystalline state. The body must convert them to a
colloidal state before they can be used. There is some expense to the
body in time, energy and effectiveness. In the process there are
molecular pieces left over that burden the body with their need to be
eliminated. In the case of colloidal silver, nothing is led. Several
decades of clinical use of Silver have been proven in the treatment of
burns, and for eye, ear, nose, throat, vaginal, rectal and urinary tract
infections. Silver has been prescribed in medicine as an aid to the
brain, reproductive disorders in women and the circulatory system. It
has been used as a remedy for mental imbalances, sleepwalking and
anorexia nervosa. News Article written by Marvin Robey:

A Safe and Simple Treatment for Aids

The Herald of Provo Utah, February 2, 1992, ran an article on Pg. D1, in
which a member of the administrative staff of Brigham Young University
by the name of Daryl Tichy has been successfully experimenting with
colloidal silver in the treatment of AIDS, along with warts and parvo
virus in a dog. "Tichy said he had the material [colloidal silver]
tested at two different labs; results showed the solution killed a
variety of pathogens, including the HIV virus." Tichy then states, "I
don't have a doubt in my mind." He says he has not been able to obtain
funds to continue his research. This should not be a surprise,
considering what other researchers have been telling us. There is much
more evidence to support Tichy's conclusion. Extensive evidence points
to the fact that colloidal silver destroys all types of virii including
the AIDS virus and greatly enhances the immune system in general.
Colloidal Silver supports the T-cells in their fight against foreign
organisms in the blood. It virtually forms a second immune system,
actually protecting and defending the T-cells, as well as doing their
work for them. It is strongly suggested by research scientists such as
Dr. Gary Smith and others that silver ions are essential to the immune
system.

In "Use of Colloids in Health and Disease", author Dr. Henry Crooks says
colloidal silver is highly anti-viral. In laboratory tests he found that
"all fungus, virii, bacterium, streptococcus, staphylococcus, and other
pathogenic organisms are killed in three or four minutes. In fact, there
is no microbe known that is not killed by colloidal silver in six
minutes or less in a dilution as little as five parts per million." Dr.
Crooks tells us there are no serious side effects whatsoever from high
concentrations. Research scientist Dr. Gary Smith reports that he has
noticed a correlation between low silver levels, sickness and immune
deficiency. He found people who have low silver levels tend to be
frequently sick and to have innumerable colds, flu's, fevers, and other
illnesses. The research of Dr. Gary Smith would seem to support the
belief that colloidal silver is an entirely natural healing agent.

HIV and AIDS are a two sided medical condition. First is the HIV virus,
which attacks the immune system. Second are the main outward effects,
the conditions resulting from the weakened immune system. Research
evidence shows that Colloidal Silver is a two edged sword. It attacks
the HIV virus directly and effectively, and then forms virtually its own
immune system to ward off the various health problems the immune system
has not been able to handle.

Parasites are being recognised more and more as a cause of failing
health. Hulda Clark, Ph.D., N.D., author of "The Cure for All Cancers"
and "The Cure for HIV and AIDS", tells us that neither cancer nor HIV
can exist without parasites and that if we eliminate the parasites, the
disease will be gone. Health Consciousness, Vol. 15, No. 4 says:
"Parasites are also killed [by colloidal silver], as they have an
egg-stage in their reproductive cycle, which is one celled and therefore
killed in six minutes or less." In as much as there are many kinds of
parasites, this may be inconclusive. However, tests have shown that
mosquito larva are effectively killed by colloidal silver. It should be
remembered that to rid oneself of parasites by killing the eggs or
larvae means that one must continue the treatment until all of the
adults die, probably of old age. More research is needed. But if the
AIDS or Cancer and other conditions can be effectively treated with
colloidal silver, then any effects on parasites is a free benefit.

In as much as AIDS is the result of a virtually destroyed immune system,
it would be surprising to find that colloidal silver did not have a
dramatic effect on AIDS. AIDS is a viral disease, and antibiotics seldom
have any effect on any virus, but the colloidal silver ion is highly
effective. The evidence strongly supports the theory that colloidal
silver is highly effective against all strains of virus, curing even the
common cold in one dose. Where many drugs on the market suppress certain
symptoms of a cold, colloidal silver is said to kill off the virus that
causes it to hang on. AIDS, like all other viral infections, is
unaffected by antibiotics, which each kill off only a few strains of
bacteria and none are effective against the virus, yeast's, or fungi.
Yet, researchers are telling us that colloidal silver is highly
effective against all of these.

One serious condition typical of AIDS is rapid ageing. Ageing is
generally considered as due to a slowing down of the body's ability to
replace worn out cells fast enough. This slowing down begins by the time
of adulthood and continues into old age. In "Report: Colloidal Silver,
Health Consciousness, Vol. 15, No. 4, it is stated that "Silver aids the
developing foetus in growth, health, and eases the delivery and
recovery." If colloidal silver aids the growth of a foetus so
noticeably, will it reduce the ageing process? From the research of Dr.
Becker, it would seem colloidal silver will produce the dedifferentiated
cells necessary to prevent this slowdown of cell replacement. It is
probable that the weakened immune system is incapable of producing the
undifferentiated cells necessary to rebuild worn out cells. Colloidal
silver produced the needed cells to make this possible.

All of this is being discovered and rediscovered at the same time that
disease bacterium are developing immunity to modern antibiotics.
Furthermore, immunity to the antibiotics seems to be developing all over
the world, even in isolated areas. The medical profession is alarmed.
Can silver save us? Many authorities think so!

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