Choosing A Safe And Effective Colloidal Silver Dosage

By Ruthie Calderon


Taking dietary supplements can be of great benefit, and there are many medical doctors and natural health practitioners to guide consumers. In the end, each individual is responsible for learning about nutrients and how to use them. Nothing that people ingest is completely safe - even water and food taken to excess can be harmful - and people need to proceed with care. Not all supplements are of equal quality, purity, and effectiveness. Choosing the correct colloidal silver dosage requires care and common sense.

First of all, consumers must know what they are taking. Since the dietary supplement industry attracts huge amounts of money, many unsound companies offer inferior products. Various forms of silver are sold under the term 'colloidal', including less desirable ionic silvers and silver proteins. True colloidal silver is a particulate form of the mineral in suspension, sold in dilutions of parts per million (ppm). Selecting companies that reliably provide pure and correctly-labeled products can help consumers get high-quality, safe nutrients.

This mineral is not 'essential'; in other words, there is no daily minimum requirement for it or deficiency resulting from its absence in the body. However, it has been used for centuries and shown by modern research to be a natural antibiotic. Today, millions of people use it all over the world as a health aid, and many more benefit from its use in water purification.

An organization called the Silver Safety Committee has created an interactive online tool to help people determine a safe dose, whether for daily intake or for short-term use for relief of symptoms of illness. The tool asks for information (total body weight and ppm strength in the supplement) and provides the optimum dose in drops. A therapeutic will be significantly less than the 'safe' level established by the US EPA.

Some formulas are pure colloidal mineral suspensions, while others may contain other substances as well. Most are designed for oral intake, but many are topical. Consumers should always start by following the manufacturer's directions, which should make the product safe and effective.

Other methods to supply this mineral for therapy are considered unusual and controversial. Seeking the advice of health care and/or medical professionals can keep consumers from following advice that may not be supported by years of use or by well-conducted studies. Working with manufacturers with a good reputation in the industry is safer than dealing with unknowns on the internet or buying an unfamiliar product off a store shelf.

For example, an online source may recommend one tablespoon of 5 ppm solution daily for resistance to illness. Most products are sold in 10 ppm strength, so the same result is achieved by halving the amount. A saturation dose - when the level in the body is all the system can absorb and use - should not be exceeded; if more is taken, rashes or skin irritations may result. These clear up rapidly when the daily intake is reduced slightly.

Taking the correct dose is key to success with this beneficial mineral. People treat eye infections, skin problems, fungus infections, burns, acne, and staph with it. Many claim it is effective against SARS, MRSA, the 'bird flu', and Ebola. Millions feel that their first aid kit or home medicine cabinet is incomplete without it.




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