…Consumer Reports is now reporting
that 90% of all raw ground turkey meat tested by their researchers turned out
to be contaminated with up to five different bacterial pathogens, most of which
were drug-resistant forms.
Can colloidal silver help? Here’s the good news…
Hi, Steve
Barwick here, for www.TheSilverEdge.com...
According to
a news article published in the Science section of Business Insider:
“Ground
turkey bought at retail stores nationwide contains disease-causing
bacteria, a new study by Consumer
Reports suggests.
At
least one disease-causing strain
of bacteria was found on 90% of ground turkey samples.
They
tested 257 samples of ground turkey from 21 states and 27 different brands for
the presence of five different bacteria: campylobacter,
salmonella, staphylococcus aureus;
Enterococcus; and Escherichia coli.
These
bacteria can cause food poisoning but also urinary, bloodstream, and other potentially
serious infections.” (See the Consumer Reports testing results, here.)
Even scarier,
almost all of those bacteria were resistant to at least one — and usually multiple — antibiotic drugs, the report
says.”
Is Colloidal Silver Effective?
Fortunately,
the five bacteria named in the report, Campylobacter,
Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus
and Escherichia coli have all
been demonstrated to one extent or another to be susceptible to antimicrobial silver.
Here’s what
you need to know:
Campylobacter –There’s not a lot in the medical
literature about colloidal silver and Campylobacter. However, the company that produces Axen 30, an
EPA-approved topical disinfectant composed of a stabilized form of ionic
silver, had their product independently tested in accord with EPA standards, and
found that it killed Campylobacter as
well as numerous other pathogens in both two minute and five minute test
periods. Another topical disinfectant
product, called IV-7, also claims that it’s stabilized ionic silver
product produces “complete kill” against Campylobacter
jejuni.
Salmonella – Researchers at Brigham Young
University tested colloidal silver against Salmonella
and found it to be highly effective at very low concentrations. What’s more, a clinical study titled
“Colloidal Silver as a New Antimicrobial Agent” published in the International Journal of Microbiological
Research, found that colloidal silver was highly effective against Salmonella typhi, as well as three other
disease-causing pathogens. You can read
my previous article on Colloidal Silver
and Salmonella, documenting these fascinating studies, here.
Staphylococcus aureus and
Escherichia coli – Numerous clinical studies have demonstrated
antimicrobial silver to be highly effective against both Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia
coli (i.e. E. coli). See for example, this study and this study and this study and this study.
Even multi-drug-resistant forms of these two pathogens have been
demonstrated to be susceptible to antimicrobial silver (see this study).
For even more studies, you can read my previous article on Colloidal Silver and E. coli, here.
And finally, see the clinical evidence for colloidal silver’s
effectiveness against the drug-resistant form of Staphylococcus aureus, here.
Enterococcus – While there’s not much clinical literature
on the use of colloidal silver against Enterococcus,
a water quality company called NVID International tested ionic silver against numerous
pathogens including Enterococcus faecium,
and found it to be highly effective. What’s
more, a time-kill study conducted at the University of North
Texas found colloidal silver to be highly effective against Enterococcus faecalis. Finally, the EPA-approved topical disinfectant
silver products mentioned earlier, Axen-30 and IV-7, both claim their products
have tested effective against VRE, the drug-resistant form of the Enterococcus pathogen (see here and here).
Keep in mind
that all of these eye-opening studies were in
vitro laboratory studies (i.e., test tube studies), or topical disinfectant
studies, or water quality studies. They were not internal ingestion studies.
Nevertheless,
these studies strongly indicate the astonishing effectiveness of antimicrobial
silver against the five pathogens now know to be contaminating up to 90% of the
ground turkey meat found in supermarkets.
How to Protect Your Family
Most people
understand that cooking raw meat thoroughly after preparation is the safest and
most sure-fire way to kill these pathogens and avoid food poisoning. It is handling
the meat before cooking that can be problematic.
As Dr. Tara
Smith, an assistant professor of Epidemiology at the University of Iowa has
stated, “Anyone handling raw meats should be careful about cross-contamination of
cooking areas or other food products, and should make sure hands are washed
before touching one's face, nose, lips, etc."
In other
words, while thoroughly cooking the meat may well kill the pathogen, it can nevertheless
get spread all over your kitchen during the preparation phase, contaminating
cutting boards and counter tops, sinks and faucets and even kitchen utensils
while you’re preparing the meat for cooking.
And the
pathogens can quite easily get transferred from the raw meat to your hands, and
then to your face, giving them access to your body through your eyes, nose,
mouth, ears, etc.
Dr. Stuart
Levy, M.D., a Tufts University Professor of Microbiology, points out that food-borne
pathogens often thrive on the surface of skin, so you can end up contracting an
unwanted infection simply by touching contaminated raw meat.
What’s more,
such an infection can go invasive if you have a cut on your hand, or if you
unconsciously touch your contaminated hand to your eye, ear or nose.
Patting your
child on the head as he or she walks by while you’re preparing raw meat
products for cooking can also transfer the pathogens from you own skin onto theirs.
What’s more,
family members can also contract the pathogens by inadvertently touching the kitchen
countertop or cutting board where you were preparing the meat before cooking,
or even by touching the kitchen sink or faucets, or any of the utensils you
used.
Here’s Where Colloidal Silver Comes in
Handy
This is where
having plenty of colloidal silver on hand can come in handy.
Simply
spraying kitchen countertops, cutting boards, sinks, faucets, and other “touch
surfaces” with colloidal silver before and after handling raw meats in the
kitchen can go a long way toward eliminating the potential for infection.
Washing your
hands in warm soapy water, and then washing the cutting board, the kitchen
counter top, and any utensils involved in the meat preparation process will
help clean the pathogens away, to a great extent.
But for maximum protection,
spraying one’s hands with colloidal silver after washing, and then spraying the
kitchen cutting board, countertop, utensils, sink and other contact surfaces
with colloidal silver after washing will provide a powerful added layer
of protection that will let you sleep soundly at night.
Simply by
keeping a pump spray bottle full of colloidal silver next to your
kitchen food preparation area, and using it when preparing meats and other
foods, you can do much to protect your home and your family from potential
infections and food-borne illnesses.
Plus, if you
or a family member were to ever contract a nasty food-borne infection from one
of these bacteria (God forbid!), you’ll likely be able to cure it yourself with
your homemade colloidal silver.
(Warning: Food-borne infections
can be very serious. Never wait too long
to see a doctor if a serious infection takes place.)
As I
mentioned in my previous article
on MRSA-contaminated meats, you simply can’t
afford to wait for the meat processing industry to do something about the growing
problem of bacteria-contaminated raw meat. It’s a problem that’s likely going
to get a lot worse before it ever gets better.
You have to
take matters into your own hands, for the safety and well-being of your family.
Make sure colloidal
silver plays a
central role in your after-preparation food clean up, and you’ll slash your family’s
risks of food-borne illness dramatically.
To learn how
to make your own high-quality micro-particle
colloidal silver,
quickly and easily, in the comfort and privacy of your own home, and for less than 36 cents a quart, just click
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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