There's no evidence, or peer-reviewed study to support that it kills all pathogens -- take note that there are well over 320 000 viruses that infect mammals. And the fact that it has been shown to kill bacteria in vitro (in high concentrations) does not mean that it's safe for consumption or that it would have any benefits inside the human body. Bacteria can grow resistant to silver, and prolonged buildup of silver in tissue can lead to argyria.
Colloidal silver has as much grounds for medicine as homeopathy.
You're right, I worded the title wrong: it should have been "incurable disease". Viruses can't be cured. Apologies.
You hate vaccines, don't you?
Here are links to a few of the many studies showing the effectiveness of silver against microorganisms.
http://www.omicsonline.org/open-acc...sa-isolated-burn-patients-2157-7439-5-192.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18854209/?i=6&from=/17379174/related
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11274-009-0211-3
Lara HH, Ayala-Nunez NV, Turrent LCI, Padilla CR (2010) Bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles against multidrug-resistant bacteria. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 26: 615-621.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22324439
Rai MK, Deshmukh SD, Ingle AP, Gade AK (2012) Silver nanoparticles: the powerful nanoweapon against multidrug-resistant bacteria. J Appl Microbiol 112: 841-852.
The mechanism by which silver does this this to disrupt the respiration of one-celled organisms (i.e. bacteria, fungi, and viruses).
Further, it appears that such organisms are not readily able to adapt to this process.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18382046/?i=4&from=/15823649/related
You hate vaccines, don't you?
Hahaha ouch, my pride. In other words, do I swallow misinformation unquestioningly? No, I don't.
I don't have a problem with vaccines, because vaccines are demonstrated not to contribute to developmental disorders. Yet the mainstream media continues to report otherwise, and deceive people who don't do their research.
So, let me show you the results of the research I conducted on this matter.
As I stated earlier, silver colloids are fundamentally different from solutions of ionic silver. A true colloid is a suspension of nanoparticles, or in other words, tiny groups of silver *atoms*. It's believed that these atoms lack the properties of silver ions and silver proteins that bind to the skin and can potentially cause argyria.
However, recent research may indicate that ultimately it is the amount of silver ingested that truly matters.
https://news.brown.edu/articles/2012/10/argyria. This second hypothesis fits well with the long history of the medicinal use of silver, and the extremely low incidence of argyria.
Silver has been used for thousands of years as a disinfectant, and was sold over the counter for a century and a half in the US. Exceedingly few cases of argyria are documented during this time, despite prolonged consumption by millions of people.
http://www.silveredgehealth.com/pdf/history.pdf
So why all the attention on an exceedingly rare cosmetic side effect from use of a proven powerful antimicrobial?
Silver, a natural and therefore *non-patentable* substance, stopped being sold as a remedy in the 1940's, right as the pharmaceutical industry developed its patented antibiotics like penicillin. This in spite of the demonstrated safety of silver when taken properly. This in spite of the incredibly low occurrence of argyria in consumers.
And the situation remains unchanged, despite the fact that we now know that antibiotics destroy the healthy gut culture and thereby leave patients prone to poor health and further sickness.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130109081145.htm
Finally, enter the Blue Man, Paul Karason. If I were to publish an e-book about 'How to Turn Yourself Blue for Cheap', I'd recommend Paul's method.
He consumed up to a quart daily of his home-brewed, high potency ionic silver solution (compared to a recommended intake of one tablespoon of a solution diluted to a few hundred parts per million), then lathered a homemade cream loaded with ionic silver and sealed all of that in by soaking up UV in a tanning bed.
The mainstream media snatched this up and blasted it all over the networks, much like they did with the study (which has been shown to be false) linking vaccines to autism.
This collection of evidence is my basis for concluding that big Pharma is actively discrediting silver in order to sell their antibiotics. The final assumption is of course, that the media was paid by industry insiders to circulate the various misinformation. This is the piece of the puzzle for which I have no direct proof; it just seems pretty damn likely, given the accumulation of facts.
Look at how much money is made from patented antibiotics (and other pharms), how many of those are documented to have injured or killed thousands and hundreds of thousands of people yet remain on the market for years. Look at the incredibly expensive cost of FDA approval, which inhibits any products being approved that are not lucrative (read: patentable). Look at the way representatives of drug companies are paid to go to medical establishments, handing out gifts and schmoozing with the staff in order to promote their product. Look at the way the industry spends millions of dollars on ads, encouraging the listener to self-diagnose and then 'ask your doctor if (whichever product we're asking them to prescribe) is right for you'. That practice is outlawed in many countries.
For me, it's quite difficult to believe that these people really have the public's best interests in mind. But that's precisely because I don't take things at face value; I do my homework, check my sources, and generally make it a priority to know what I'm talking about when I speak. It doesn't ultimately matter whether the conclusion is popular, or if it sounds like a conspiracy theory. What matters is what the facts show, and what seems most likely in the face of logic.
Of course, I do get a bit dramatic when I write. But that makes it so much more fun!
