Showing posts with label antibacterial silver. Show all posts
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Monday, June 6, 2011

Colloidal Silver and E. Coli

As of this writing (June 2011) practically the entire European Union is now being affected by the deadly drug-resistant E. coli superbug that has apparently contaminated food crops.

Well over a dozen people have been killed, and thousands more sickened throughout the EU.

Too bad the EU outlawed the sale of colloidal silver in January 2010. As you’ll see below, numerous clinical studies demonstrate the fact that silver-based antimicrobials are one of the few substances left on the face of the earth that are still effective against drug-resistant forms of E. coli.

Here’s what you need to know now, so you can protect yourself and your family…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...

The outbreak of E. coli bacteria now sweeping through the European Union is already considered the third-largest involving E. coli in recent world history, and according to Associated Press it may also be the deadliest.

The new superbug, which researchers believe is food-borne, has killed at least 18 people, sickened more than 1,600 and spread to least 10 European countries.

Why is this new superbug wreaking such havoc and costing so many lives? Because it is extremely drug-resistant, meaning Big Pharma’s antibiotic drugs simply don’t work against it.

The good news, of course, is that colloidal silver has been clinically demonstrated to be effective against E. coli – even against some antibiotic-resistant strains of the pathogen! I’ll demonstrate that fact for you – conclusively – in just a moment, by showing you seven of the best studies on this subject.

The bad news, unfortunately, is that the European Union has banned colloidal silver from sale as a nutritional supplement in January 2010, leaving European citizens virtually helpless against the current onslaught of the deadly antibiotic-resistant E. coli.

It seems like every time a safe, natural and highly effective substance like colloidal silver is outlawed by the medical bureaucrats as they seek to protect drug company profits, there are, sadly, subsequent dire consequences for the millions of men, women and children left defenseless against the super-
pathogens.

The European Loophole

For our European readers, it’s very important for you to know that some enterprising colloidal silver vendors based in European countries have re-labeled their product as a “water disinfectant” rather than a nutritional supplement, making it legal for European health food stores and online vendors to continue selling their colloidal silver products.

This loophole will allow you to purchase colloidal silver in the European Union. You’ll have to check with your local health food store or do a Google search for online vendors in Europe who might still be carrying colloidal silver.

One such European colloidal silver vendor is our good friend Anders Sultan, Sweden’s largest colloidal silver manufacturer, maker of the Ionosil brand of colloidal silver.

Or, better still, if you can’t find colloidal silver commercially, order a high-quality Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from www.TheSilverEdge.com so you can make all of the high-quality colloidal silver you want – any time you want – in the comfort and privacy of your own home.

When you own the means of colloidal silver production, you can make your own high-quality colloidal silver for a tiny fraction of the cost you’d have to spend on store-bought brands. And by making your own colloidal silver, you bypass the bureaucrats and will never have to worry about scrambling to find a reliable source for colloidal silver again!

If colloidal silver turns out to be effective against this virulent new strain of E. coli – and based upon the clinical research I’ll show you below in just a moment, there’s no reason to believe it won’t – it may well be your only effective defense since antibiotic drugs simply aren’t able to do the job against this very dangerous pathogen.

Still Legal in America!

Fortunately, colloidal silver is still legal to sell as a nutritional supplement in America, even though the radical anti-silver environmentalists are doing everything in their power to have colloidal silver banned here, too.

There are numerous brands of colloidal silver available online and in local health food stores (some of our favorites are Sovereign Silver, ASAP Colloidal Silver Solution, Utopia Silver, Nutra-Silver, Silver 100 and R-Garden brand).

If you’re unfamiliar with colloidal silver usage, you can read for free how dozens of experienced colloidal silver users are curing their own infections and boosting their health and well-being by using colloidal silver, at the Colloidal Silver Success Stories web site

Or, learn how easy it is to make your own high-quality micro-particle colloidal silver – for about 36 cents a quart – by watching this short, 3-minute video:

But Is Colloidal Silver Really Effective Against E. coli?

There are at least seven different clinical studies demonstrating the effectiveness of silver-based products – including silver ions, silver nanoparticles and colloidal silver – against E. coli.

Check out the following studies located on the “Colloidal Silver Clinical Studies” page of TheSilverEdge.com web site, and see for yourself why colloidal silver may well turn out to be your last and most effective all-natural line of defense against the deadly E. coli pathogen:

In this clinical study, conducted by the Department of Biochemistry at the University of British Columbia, and published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology, researchers demonstrated that silver ions inhibit the respiratory chain of E. coli, effectively killing the pathogen. This study was conducted in 1974, meaning medical science has known about the effectiveness of silver against E. coli for over 37 years!

In this clinical study, conducted by the Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, researchers discovered that one of the most powerful ways silver ions destroy pathogens like E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus is by attaching to the DNA of the pathogen and preventing it from replicating. No replication, no infection!

In this clinical study, researchers from Department of Microbiology1 and KRF Zoonotic Disease Priority Research Institute at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea, found that electrically generated silver ions cause significant reductions in bacterial counts of E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus, and that even the pathogens that survive exposure to silver ions become “non-cultivable,” meaning they are no longer able to reproduce, and eventually die. Of course, if they can’t reproduce, they can’t infect.

Here’s a clinical study demonstrating that silver nanoparticles dramatically reduce E. coli bacterial counts. The study showed that the silver nanoparticles not only adhered to the cell walls of the E. coli microbes, but also penetrated the cell walls resulting in death of the microorganisms. The researchers concluded the deaths of the E. coli pathogens were ultimately caused by the release of silver ions from the silver nanoparticles.

In this clinical study, published in the International Journal of Biological Research in 2010, it was found that colloidal silver exhibited “powerful antimicrobial activity” against multi-drug resistant pathogens including E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aregnosa and Salmonella typhi. The study authors state that colloidal silver showed antibacterial activity “against all tested pathogens.”

In this clinical study, conducted by researchers from the Department of Applied Microbiology at Ebonyi State University in Abakaliki, Nigeria, it was found that even low dose colloidal silver kills antibiotic-resistant E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus pathogens, whether used alone or used in conjunction with prescription antibiotics. The study also found that colloidal silver does not interfere with therapeutic efficacy of the prescription antibiotics tested, but in many cases enhances their effectiveness!

In this study, published in the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology [(2010) 26:615–621], clinical researchers challenged different drug-resistant pathogens, including E. coli O157:H7, with silver nanoparticles. They found that the silver nanoparticles inactivated both drug-resistant and drug-susceptible bacteria (Gram positive and Gram negative), through a powerful bactericidal mechanism, and actually began inhibiting the bacterial growth rate from the very first moment of contact between the bacteria and the silver nanoparticles.

Silver-Based Antimicrobials ROCK!

As you can clearly see, colloidal silver, silver nanoparticles and silver ions have been clinically demonstrated to be highly effective against E. coli – including multi-drug-resistant strains of the pathogen!

In other words, silver-based antimicrobials ROCK against E. coli – even the deadly drug-resistant forms! The research is conclusive.

Yet in January 2010 the European Union banned the sale of over-the-counter nutritional supplement products containing any form of silver. And now the European Union is in crisis, with thousands of people ill and nearly two dozen dead, because their prescription antibiotic drugs are proving to be next to worthless against the latest strain of E. coli which is infecting the European food supply.

What Next?

According to Agence France Presse, in just the past few weeks here in the United States there have already been three suspected cases of people infected with the new drug-resistant form of E. coli reported.

Here’s the AFP report, which begins with this startling paragraph: “Health officials said Thursday three people in the United States are suspected to have fallen ill from e-coli bacteria after traveling to Germany where the mystery outbreak has killed 17.”

So the superbug appears to have jumped “across the pond,” as our European cousins like to say, to 
America.

This, on top of the already out-of-control medical crisis here in the U.S., with the spread of the deadly drug-resistant staph pathogen known as MRSA, which now kills more people in the U.S. each year than AIDs.

Worse yet, MRSA has recently been discovered to be spreading through the U.S. food supply, with studies showing that as much as 50% of all meat is now contaminated by the drug-resistant MRSA pathogen.

(Thankfully, colloidal silver also kills MRSA, as many colloidal silver users have gratefully attested.)
And of course, we can’t forget the growing new medical crisis with CRPK, the drug-resistant form of the highly infectious pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae, which has already infected some 315 people in the Los Angeles area alone in recent months!

(Again, thankfully, silver-based antimicrobials are highly effective against many strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, including forms that are often resistant to Big Pharma’s flagship antibiotic drugs.)

What This Means…

Obviously, silver-based antimicrobials are one of the last (and most highly effective) lines of defense against the growing legions of drug-resistant pathogens.

What this means is that it’s now more important than ever to have colloidal silver readily available.
In this Age of Strange Diseases in which we live, nothing could be more important than to include colloidal silver in your natural health-care arsenal, and learn how to use it effectively for your own personal health and well-being as well as that of your family and friends…

…particularly now that deadly, drug-resistant strains of E. coli are contaminating food crops, and equally deadly strains of MRSA are now contaminating the U.S. meat supply.

To start learning more about colloidal silver, be sure to first learn how easy it is to make your own colloidal silver.

And if you’re still not sure colloidal silver is right for you, read these real-life testimonials from people who have resolved numerous illnesses and infectious diseases through the simple, judicious use of colloidal silver.

You can also learn the basics of colloidal silver usage in under one hour through the inexpensive new Colloidal Silver Secrets Video from Life & Health Research Group.

And of course, if you’d like encyclopedic knowledge of colloidal silver and its usage – including specific dosages for a myriad of specific diseases – consider getting a copy of my 547-page book, The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual.

Whatever you do, don’t wait until it’s too late to learn more. The super-pathogens are spreading. And Big Pharma’s antibiotic drugs simply aren’t able to stem the growing tide.

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,

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Important Note and Disclaimer: The contents of this Ezine have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Information conveyed herein is from sources deemed to be accurate and reliable, but no guarantee can be made in regards to the accuracy and reliability thereof. The author, Steve Barwick, is a natural health journalist with over 30 years of experience writing professionally about natural health topics. He is not a doctor. Therefore, nothing stated in this Ezine should be construed as prescriptive in nature, nor is any part of this Ezine meant to be considered a substitute for professional medical advice. Nothing reported herein is intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The author is simply reporting in journalistic fashion what he has learned during the past 17 years of journalistic research into colloidal silver and its usage. Therefore, the information and data presented should be considered for informational purposes only, and approached with caution. Readers should verify for themselves, and to their own satisfaction, from other knowledgeable sources such as their doctor, the accuracy and reliability of all reports, ideas, conclusions, comments and opinions stated herein. All important health care decisions should be made under the guidance and direction of a legitimate, knowledgeable and experienced health care professional. Readers are solely responsible for their choices. The author and publisher disclaim responsibility or liability for any loss or hardship that may be incurred as a result of the use or application of any information included in this Ezine.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

How Dr. Robert O. Becker’s Pioneering Work on Silver and Wound Healing Puts the Lie to the Anti-Silver Claims of the Radical Environmentalists

Radical environmentalists seeking to force the EPA to regulate silver as a human and environmental “toxin” continuously claim that silver is harmful to human cells.

But way back in the 1970’s Dr. Robert O. Becker, M.D., a pioneering surgeon at Syracuse Medical University, made a startling discover after he started using electrically generated silver ions to heal severe cases of osteomyelitis, a bone infection that can open up large wounds in a patient’s flesh.

By generating silver ions directly into open infected wounds through the use of a small, battery operated colloidal silver generator operating at 0.9 volts –

-- he found that not only did the silver effectively kill the infectious microorganisms responsible for the disease, but it also triggered amazing and quite unexpected re-growth of human tissue and bone at the site of the infection.

In other words, far from damaging human cells, Becker discovered that silver caused astonishing cellular repair, resulting in dramatic healing of damaged tissues.

Becker became the first researcher to discover that electrically generated silver ions have the power to not only kill pathogens and heal infections, but also to stimulate tissue and bone re-growth.

Study Quote

Here is a pertinent quote from his study, “Effects of Electrically Generated Silver Ions on Human Cells and Wound Healing,” published in the journal Electro- and Magnetobiology 19(1), 1-19 (2000), describing what he discovered when he used small micro-currents of electricity to drive silver ions directly into damaged and infected wounds:

“A standardized technique was evolved using silver nylon fabric placed as the anode in open osteomyelitic lesions with the application of 0.9 volt DC between the fabric and a cathode of carbon-impregnated rubber.

The electrical current was provided by a simply battery-operated DC generator limited to 0.9 volts output. Initial treatments were limited to 4-hour periods twice a day.

As the bacteriologic monitoring revealed useful results and no overt local or systemic side effects were noted, the treatment time was gradually extended to be continuous, with once daily electrode removal and replacement with a new silver nylon anode.

…As the clinical study progressed, improvements in electrical generator design and the silver nylon fabric were made, with a resulting increase in antibacterial effect and the appearance of several unexpected clinical phenomena.

A profuse, sterile exudates began to appear in the wound during the second and fourth day of treatment.

Shortly thereafter it became evident that an enhancement of wound healing was occurring beyond that which could be attributed to infection control. Open cavities began to fill with abundant, healthy granulation tissue, producing rapid coverage of exposed bone surfaces.

This was followed by rapid ingrowth of full thickness, innervated skin and healing of bony non-unions. These observations have been under evaluation since 1979.”

Becker concluded his study by stating:

Exposure of normal human cells in wounds to electrically generated free silver ions results in the production of an exudate containing approximately 10-15% of cells with the same primitive morphological characteristics (as stem cells).

Healing rates in these wounds are significantly accelerated and are accompanied by enhanced healing of bone, soft tissue, nerve and skin, with replacement of missing tissues by histologically normal tissues.”

In other words, tissue damaged by the infection was repaired, and grew back normally, in the presence of the electrically generated silver ions.

In a later study, “Induced Dedifferentiation: A Possible Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cell Transplants,” Becker wrote of his results:

“Induction of local tissue regeneration in humans would best be accomplished if the patient’s own cells at the desired site could be caused to dedifferentiate into the required embryonic stem cells.

A system involving the electric iontophoretic introduction of free silver ions into human wounds for their antibiotic effect has been in clinical use since 1975.

…The technique was found to produce the regeneration of all local tissues, apparently by stimulating dedifferentiation of mature human cells.

…Both silver ion treatment methods used have been shown to be safe and lacking significant side effects.”

In short, Becker proved that even when silver ions were electrically driven straight into damaged tissues, massive healing took place as mature human cells were triggered to become healing stem cells, resulting in the complete regeneration of injured tissue!

Becker’s Work

Becker continued to carry out his work on using electrically generated silver ions to stimulate wound healing and trigger re-growth of tissue throughout the 1970’s and 80’s.

This work included the development of astonishing new methods using electrically generated silver ions to trigger the re-growth of tissues, limbs and even organs in living creatures such as rats.

Becker later published two books documenting his amazing research, including his successes using electrically generated silver ions to heal wounds and re-grow tissues and bone, as well as his research into limb and organ regeneration.

The first book, titled The Body Electric, became a national bestseller in the 1980’s, as did his second book, Cross Currents.

Both books are highly recommended for anyone wanting to know more about the astonishing regenerative capabilities of electrically generated silver ions in regards to tissue growth and wound healing.

Environmentalist Flim-Flam

Were Becker alive today, he would probably roll his eyes in disgust at the environmentalist flim-flam taking place, in which silver is now being cast as a “dangerous toxin” to human and animal cells and tissues.

Neo-Luddite environmentalists who seek to remove silver-based products from the market and have them regulated as “dangerous environmental toxins,” completely ignore Becker’s studies --

-- because they demonstrate beyond any shadow of a doubt that even when silver ions are slowly generated directly into a wound site, on a constant basis, for days on end, there are no apparent toxic effects.

As Becker noted in the study excerpt above, “…no overt local or systemic side effects were noted…” and “the technique was found to be a useful and safe clinical treatment.”

And as Dr. Becker would later state regarding his unique treatment method:

"All of the organisms that we tested were sensitive to the electrically generated silver ion, including some that were resistant to all known antibiotics…In no case were any undesirable side effects of the silver treatment apparent."

Yet the radical environmentalists who are out to have silver products – including safe, natural colloidal silver -- removed from the market place and hyper-regulated by the EPA as dangerous environmental “toxins”…

…continue to claim that silver is so toxic it is now “killing the planet” and causing “climate change.”

Hmmm.

Who should you believe? Hyperbolic environmentalists who latch onto the silliest ideas to promote their far-flung theories? Or a bona-fide man of medical science with direct hands-on experience using silver to heal wounds and save lives?

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Silver-Impreganted Underwear Being Issued By the British Army


How can you go without washing your underwear for a year? Think silver!

Yes, the British Army now issues their soldiers in the field silver-impregnated underwear so they don't have to change but once every two months. The silver nanoparticles woven into the fabric of the underwear kill the germs and other pathogens that tend to "stink up your junk."

Hey, get six pair, and you won't have to wash your undies for a year (but that stint in the British Army might be problematic)!

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Nivea Adds Colloidal Silver to Its Skin Care Product Line for Men!

Now this is interesting, Nivea, one of the world’s leading skin care products manufacturers –

-- now has an entire line of men's skin care, deodorant and shaving products utilizing silver ions as an antimicrobial agent!

Their line of silver ion-based products includes:
      · A Silver Protect underarm deodorant spray

      · A Silver Protect underarm deodorant stick

· A Silver Protect underarm deodorant roll-on

· A Silver Protect after-shower body and hair splash

· A Silver Protect shaving foam

· A Silver Protect shaving gel

· A Silver Protect after shave lotion

· A Silver Protect after shave balm

I wonder how long before the environmentalists go bat shit crazy over this and try to have these Nivea products regulated or banned?

Antimicrobial Protection and Skin Support

Here's what Nivea says about the antimicrobial silver ions in their men's skin care line:

“How the formula with silver ions works

The antibacterial formula with silver ions is highly active and fights against bacteria rapidly:

Silver ions are able to enter the bacterial cells and to deactivate their vital functions. This leads to a loss in viability of the bacteria and the inhibition of bacterial replication.

The products of the Silver Protect Range contain highly active silver ions providing various benefits:

•The deo-shower and deo-sprays with silver ions are simultaneously tough on bacteria and gentle to the skin. The formulas reliably prevent the onset of body odour and keep the skin healthy and feeling refreshed.

•The shaving and after shave products with silver ions work as follows: They effectively protect from bacterial action in a gentle manner and the after shave products support skin recovery after shaving. Additionally the after shaves deliver a cooling, invigorating experience.

Irritations or redness? No chance with the new Silver Protect range!"

Gotta Love It!

Hey, folks, you gotta love it!

Anything that brings more publicity to the general public for silver's powerful natural antimicrobial qualities is good.

It’s just too bad Big Business can tell the public about the wonderful infection-fighting qualities of silver, yet people selling colloidal silver can get fined by the FDA up to $100,000 or more, and put out of business for doing the same thing!

You can learn more about how people use safe, natural colloidal silver to kill infections and heal diseases – straight from dozens of experienced colloidal silver users -- at this link.

Make Your Own
Colloidal Silver Skin Care Products!

Of course, there's not even one of these Nivea Silver Protect products that you can't mimic with your own colloidal silver.

For example, do you like the idea of Nivea's Silver Protect underarm deodorant?

Then get a glass pump spray bottle with a fine mist nozzle, and use that to spray under your arms with safe, natural colloidal silver each morning!

Do you like Nivea's Silver Protect gel shaving cream product?

Great! When you go to shave tomorrow, put some of your usual shaving gel in your hand and add a few drops of 7-10 ppm colloidal silver and mix it together with your fingers –

-- it's an instant silver-based shaving gel for smoother shaves and better protection against skin irritation!

The point is, why five times the price for commercial silver-based skin care products when you can achieve the same level of protection and benefits with a few cents worth of colloidal silver?

Unusual (But Effective)
Ways to Use Colloidal Silver!

For example, here's an article by Angela Kaelin about using colloidal silver to make your own natural health and beauty products.

Here's another article, on how to make your own colloidal silver soap and colloidal silver healing gel, for just pennies.

Here's an article on the top 12 ways to use colloidal silver on, and in, your body.

The Bottom Line

The bottom line is that safe, natural colloidal silver has a myriad of beneficial uses for the human body.

Big companies like Nivea understand this, and are working to provide the public with a variety of silver-based products.

If only the public knew they could mimic most of these products for themselves, for a tiny fraction of the price, simply by making their own colloidal silver for only pennies per quart!

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