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To: grampa who wrote (151)	10/2/2001 12:42:06 PM
From: CVJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 357

Most of the positive claims for the healing powers of colloidal silver come from the manufacturers and sellers of same. There is a difference between "Silver Water" and "Colloidal Silver". The water contains ionized silver which is purported to be mostly effectively neutralized by stomach acid. Colloidal silver is a suspension of silver and supposedly conveys more silver into the body. If you do a search on "Colloidal Silver" you will come up with plenty of references. But beware of the one-sided views of purveyors of the product. There are some "independent" and "encyclopaedic" sites. Don't just take one opinion on the validity of the therapy. IMHO, this is definitely a "Buyer Beware" situation. It has the same problem associated with it that most alternative therapies have, no regulation of product quality nor of efficacy claims. One woman I know is such a staunch believer in colloidal silver therapy that she even puts it in a bird bath! She does mention that she also has chelation treatments periodically to remove the silver particles from her system. However, she is an extreme case; she is totally against conventional medicine and MD's because of a past bad experience or two. She even broke a toe recently and taped it to the adjacent toe herself rather than go to a doctor. She was only in pain for several weeks until the swelling went down enough to allow her to wear a shoe again.