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Scientists recently
discovered that low-level bacterial infections can do more than simply cause
infection. In some cases, they can cause
you to gain extra weight.
Could colloidal silver
help you lose excess weight by destroying the fat-causing pathogens in your
body? The truth is, it just isn’t known
for sure, one way or the other.
But there are some
interesting anecdotal accounts of weight loss that began spontaneously after
colloidal silver usage. Here’s what you
need to know…
Hi, Steve Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...
Can colloidal silver trigger weight loss? And if so, how and why?
I recently received the following message from a female reader
on the Colloidal Silver Secrets Community on Facebook (join here):
"I
have always stopped short of crediting colloidal silver for the weight loss
I’ve experienced over the last year and a half…but I have no other explanation.
I
live a fairly active life off grid chasing a 4 yr old son and taking care of
our farm...ducks goats n rabbits but I don’t work out or exercise on purpose
ever...haven’t changed my diet whatsoever eat ‘n drink what I want...
And
still have all of a sudden lost 25 lbs...I’m 38 1/2 and had a baby at 34 and
I’m at the weight I was when I met my husband at age 27!!!!
Not
to mention I have way more energy (still not enough for a 4 yr old boy though,
sigh)....I make a 1/2-1 gal of colloidal silver a day...my dogs cat goats ducks
‘n rabbits come running for theirs everyday…dogs n cat have a bowl beside their
water dish at all times...
It’s
been lifesaver on our farm (literally) and gives us the ability to raise our
own meat completely antibiotic ‘n vaccination free!"
Now, I honestly have no explanation for this good lady’s
weight loss over the last year and a half.
And I’m not attributing it to
her colloidal silver usage, because I simply don’t know one way or the
other.
It could simply be healthy living and healthy eating, from
the farm life she apparently lives. But
it is very interesting indeed that she’s lost so much weight since she started
using colloidal silver.
Enterobacter cloacae: The Obesity Microbe
However, when I came across the following clinical study,
originally published in the peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology, I have to admit that I
couldn’t help but think about her startling testimonial.
According to the study, researchers found that a common gut
bacteria known as Enterobacter
cloacae can cause “development of obesity in its human host.”
To demonstrate how effective the pathogen is at causing
obesity, the researchers fed it to mice and compared their weight gain with
rodents that had no contact whatsoever with the bacteria.
While the bacteria-fed mice became obese, the mice not
infected with the bacteria maintained normal weight levels even though they
were fed a high-fat diet and were prevented from exercising!
According to an online article
about the study, published in the Financial
Times:
“Obesity
in human beings could be caused by bacterial infection rather than eating too
much, exercising too little or genetics, according to a groundbreaking
study that could have profound implications for public health systems, the
pharmaceutical industry and food manufacturers.
…The
bacterium – known as enterobacter – encourages the body to make and store fat,
and prevents it from being used, by deregulating the body’s metabolism-controlling
genes.
‘This
is a very important phenomenon,’ said Professor Zhao Liping, who with a team at
Shanghai Jiao Tong University carried out the research. ‘It is the last missing
piece of evidence bacteria causes obesity.’”
According to the study, the scientists put a 384 pound morbidly
obese male patient on a special diet of “whole grains, traditional Chinese
medicines and non-digestible carbohydrates.”
The special diet was designed to radically alter the pH in
the patient’s gut, so that the Enterobacter
bacteria could no longer function as effectively.
This radical change in gut pH apparently weakens the
bacteria to the point it can no longer disrupt the body’s
metabolism-controlling genes. In other
words, it prevents the bacteria from shutting off your body’s ability to burn
fat.
The patient, who was restricted from exercising during the
course of the study, proceeded to lose 29% of his body weight in 23 weeks. What’s more, he also “recovered from
diabetes, high blood pressure and fatty liver disease.”
Now this study obviously has absolutely nothing to do with colloidal silver. My only point in bringing it up is that
researchers are discovering that low-level bacterial infections in the gut can indeed
trigger weight gain.
Another Study: “Fat
Virus”
This is not the first time researchers have linked microbes
to weight gain, either. For example, in
2009 researchers found that the common adenovirus
can cause fat cells to multiply.
An article
published in Britain’s The Daily Express
states:
“Researchers
believe that an airborne adenovirus could be causing the fat plague that is
blighting Britain and other countries.
As
many as one in three obese people may have become overweight after falling
victim to the highly infectious cold-like virus, known as AD-36.
It
is known to cause coughs, sore throats, diarrhea and conjunctivitis but has now
also been found to make fat cells multiply, leading to weight gain.
The
shocking discovery will add to evidence that Britain’s obesity epidemic is not
simply down to an unhealthy diet or lack of exercise.
…Many
experts already believe that genes can make some people more susceptible to
weight gain and now it seems that infections could also hold the key.
Studies
have shown that chickens and mice infected with AD-36 put on weight quicker
than uninfected animals, even when they were not given extra food. It has also
been found to cause huge weight gain in monkeys.
Now
studies on humans show that 33 per cent of obese adults had contracted AD-36 at
some point in their lives, compared with only 11 per cent of lean men and
women.”
More Research Needed
Again, the point being that many who have struggled with
weight gain for so long, and who have had little success with dieting and
exercise, may indeed simply be infected by a microbe that interferes with the
body’s normal fat-burning processes, or that causes the body to abnormally increase
its number of fat cells.
It's a fascinating situation. And I really do wish researchers would conduct
further studies. My guess is that there
are more “weight gain pathogens” than the two that have been discovered so
far.
Indeed, another recent study has found that a microbe called
Methanobrevibacter smithii can
apparently contribute to weight gain by stimulating other microorganisms in the
digestive tract to “extract more calories from food” than the body actually
needs to function.
Of course, it would be nice if researchers would conduct some
research to discover whether or not colloidal silver would be effective against
these specific “weight gain” pathogens.
But I definitely won’t hold my breath for it.
Will Colloidal Silver
Help?
As an interesting side note, the late biochemist, James
South, claimed electrically generated colloidal silver does indeed kill at
least two species of Enterobacter cloacae,
the so-called “obesity bacteria” discussed in the first study noted at the
beginning of this article. According to
South:
"...Electrically-generated
colloidal silver [Ag(e)] has been shown to kill dozens of bacteria, including…two strains of Enterobacter cloacae…"
This is further borne out by research conducted in 1999 by
Dr. Ron W. Leavitt, Ph.D. and researcher David A. Revilli, Microbiologist, at
Brigham Young University, in which it was reported that Enterobacter cloacae was inhibited and
killed in test tube studies at a concentration of only 5 ppm.
Nevertheless, while colloidal silver has long been said to
be effective against up to 650 different pathogenic microorganisms, the truth
is there’s simply no clinical research whatsoever linking colloidal silver
usage to weight loss.
However, another member of the Colloidal
Silver Secrets Community wrote some time back about the success he was
having with weight loss after starting a daily colloidal silver usage
regimen. And I think his testimony is
fascinating, considering what we’ve learned in the course of this article. He stated:
“I
was incredibly obese and getting worse before colloidal silver.
The
first to go was the horrible bloating, my man breasts reduced in size within
two weeks of use. One side was getting sore, like a nodule was forming on my
right man tit. It's gone too!
I
haven’t returned to my desired weight yet... But activity level has quadrupled,
compulsive eating is under control, I just don't get the heart burn like I used
to if I hadn't eaten.
I
don't require food throughout the day because I'm just not hungry, unless I've
been working and high activity. I used to just worry about food all the time
though.
Plus,
I suffered from out-of-control heartburn, and hunger pains on these long jobs,
and if I didn't have something to eat I'd turn into a monster.
On
my first job with taking colloidal silver, I only had oatmeal for breakfast, and
2-3 oranges between 4am-8pm. I was fine for the first time in years.”
Why Some and Not
Others?
To be perfectly honest, I have to admit that my own weight
gain over the past 20 years -- which I attribute to a sedentary work
environment sitting behind a computer all day -- has not at all been mitigated by my daily colloidal silver usage.
But I have, of course, experienced many other positive
benefits from my daily colloidal silver usage, including heightened immunity
and far fewer bouts with infectious illness and disease.
The fact that a small handful of people with weight problems
seem to be helped by regular colloidal silver usage, while others don’t seem to
be, might be explained by the idea discussed in the Daily Express news article I quoted from earlier, i.e., that only
33% of obese men and women show signs of having contracted the fat-boosting adenovirus at some point in their
lives.
This would indicate that most cases of weight gain may not
be associated at all with underlying low-level infections of pathogens known to
trigger obesity, while a smaller percentage (apparently up to one-third of
obese people) just might be.
Of course, that’s only what researchers have discovered
about adenovirus. It doesn’t take into account Enterobacter or any other
microbe that might be a trigger for weight gain.
So the truth is, no one really knows how many cases of weight gain might
be associated with low-level microbial infections, and how many might be associated
with other causes.
Two Key
Questions…
The questions that need to be answered now are these:
How can you tell if your
weight gain is indeed caused by an underlying low-level infection? And if it is, will colloidal silver help?
Unfortunately, the only answer at this point is to try it and see. You can learn how
to use colloidal silver safely, in the article at the link in this
sentence.
And learn how to make your own high-quality colloidal silver, quickly
and easily, in the comfort and privacy of your own home, for less than 36 cents
a quart, by clicking the link in this sentence.
Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article
on colloidal silver…
Yours for the safe, sane and responsible
use of colloidal silver,
Steve Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
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