Articles like that make my blood boil. They don't know what they're talking about.

Of course silver can cause the symptoms it mentions. A US Congressman is known for getting grey skin from ingesting colloidal silver. But he ingested many times more than the standard dose, for a long period of time. Anything can make you sick if you have too much of it, even water. I don't know about the nose drops the lady in the story was taking, but there's plenty of evidence that colloidal silver is safe and effective if used properly. Check out Dr. Mercola's site, he's a fan. In fact I'm glad we're having this discussion, because I've had some swelling in the skin around my eye this morning. It happens sometimes, I can end up looking like I've been punched. The doctor gives me hydrocortisone cream for it, which eventually helps after a few days. This time I sprayed some CS on my eye and the itching and swelling vanished in less than 5 minutes.

They don't know what they're talking about when it comes to colloidal minerals either. I had to check a few times and make sure I wasn't on the Quackwatch site. First of all, in a decent supplement, the minerals will all be plant-derived, which makes a big difference. For example, aluminium is toxic if ingested. However, we ingest it all the time in its plant-derived form. Fruits and vegetabes all have it. There's no avoiding it.

Just because no one has produced clinical evidence yet that certain trace minerals are beneficial to our health, that does not mean they aren't. It would be the height of hubris to say that we definitely don't need them. Soil naturally contains them until it has been drained of nutrients through intensive farming. What people should be investigating is what the effects of NOT having that wide spectrum of minerals in our food is doing to us.

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