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| From: natvita.co.nz <[email protected]>
| To: Gary Hawkins <[email protected]>
| Subject: Re: FDA and silver
| Date: Saturday, 25 January 1997 01:15
|
| Hi,
| I have read the article in nnfa journal. I t dosent actually say
anything
| except that colloidal minerals often do not contain what they say. Truth
| is they dont. It also says that customers should demand an analysis and
one
| that states who did it and how. We have product here direct from the
Clark
| mine and product here from several multi level companies in UTAH. m None
| of the claims can be matched by atomic spectrosopy measurement. One
large
| company in UTAH says plus colloidal silver. There was no silver
registered
| by analysis. We have phoned the Clark mine and been told "can they do
| that, I think colloidal measurements are different"
| Yes I am aware of the FDA inaccuracies, inability to see value for
people.
| All the same fair is fair. Big brother may have a point, crazed though
he
| looks on television.
| Coming back to Wallach. He talks down many physicians by name, points out
| truths about them that otherwise just get buried. From here it looks like
| he is heading for FDA damage. Wallach has many great points because he
has
| seen what minerals do all over the world for animals. He knows that the
| responses are much the same in humans. We here are very much involved
in
| mineral analysis, soil reparation, body reparation. We see minerals as
| important in nutrition over most other factors because without them in
| balance all the vitamins we pour in are just wasted that is from bottles
| and from food.
| Your mention of Argyria is presently being tested by us. The test is to
| assume how long it takes and what silver level it takes. Our feelings
are
| that silver levels for daily ingestion should be kept in the lower but
| regular count. Good distilled water is probably more important than
| increasing the ppm level. Minerals need to be built slowly ( that is in
| the body) . Silver might be seen thus:
| Blood < 0.003 mg dm-3
| Bone 0.01 - 0.44 ppm
| Liver 0.005 - 0.25 ppm
| Muscle 0.009 - 0.28 ppm
| Lungs 0.009- 0.32 ppm
| Daily intake 0.0014 - 0.08 mg
| Average minerals (70 kg) person 2 mg
| They need to be established slowly in at different levels
|
| regards
| Robert Beasley
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| | >> Yes -- the FDA has good reason to speak out against the use of
| colloidal
| | >>silver. This product is being hawked as a superior germ fighter by
| promoters
| | >>such as the vet Joel Wallach. At the very least, a permanent skin
| | >>discoloration known as argyria can result from ingesting too much
| silver.
| | >> Even the National Nutritional Foods Association (the largest
| | >>organization of health food manufacturers, distributors, and stores)
is
| | >>warning health food dealers and consumers that colloidal silver
| products have
| | >>not been proven safe or effective.
| | >>Ellen Coleman, RD, MA, MPH
| | >>Registered dietitian and exercise physiologist
| | >>Member, National Council Against Healthraud
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