BAD MSG:
Hi Mindy
The following is the answer I got from Dr. Gary Smith 

"Dear Beverley

Dr. Ron Surowitz cannot provide you any documentation for his remarks that
20 ppm dilutes down to 3 to 5 ppm in the body.   This is hogwash.   It
takes 5 ppm to kill mold, bacteria etc. in a petri dish.  We have worked
with colloidal silver long enough to know that 10 ppm works on about 95% of
all microbial conditions.  

Again the most important consideration is the particle size as the smaller
the particle size the better it works.  If you reduce the particle size but
use 10 ppm you may have ten times the amount of particles in that solution
as you would have in a 20 ppm with large particles.  Since only the small
particles are antiseptic, the solution would be superior to a solution of
20 ppm with large particles.  IT IS NOT THE PPM THAT IS IMPORTANT, IT IS
THE SIZE OF THE PARTICLES.   

If Mindy has a solution that is clear colored, we guarantee it has large
particles as we have never photographed a solution that is clear colored
that does not have large particles.

Since 10 ppm will take care of almost every sickness known except very
serious degenerative conditions like AIDS, it does not make sense to load
up the body with silver which is a heavy metal especially if it is made of
large particles.   While silver is nontoxic and is effective in numerous
situations, major distributors refuse to sell it above 10 ppm.   

We use 20 ppm on large animals, 40 ppm with doctors who treat very sick
animals and people and 500 ppm if the doctor has an animal that is dying
and wants to give it a last effort to save the animal.

We deliver to very large distributors who sell to health food stores and
other outlets.   They do not want the product to produce a healing crisis
and make the customer sick from detoxification which is why they use 10 ppm
and it works fine.   20 ppm and up can cause healing reactions and they can
continue for up to three weeks.   But the most important thing to consider
is the particle size.   

I don't care what silver you buy and at what concentration, if the particle
size is not small, don't buy it, don't use it and don't expect very good
results if you do.

I don't know it to be a fact but I understand the FDA is removing heavy
concentrations from the market because they consider them to be drugs.   In
the last month we had another example of people using a clear colored
silver on animals and then going to our yellow silver at 10 ppm.   They
stated that our 10 ppm worked swifter and better than the 25 ppm clear
solution they wore using.   THey have now switched completely to our
solution based on the feed back from their customers.

People like Dr. Surowitz have fallen into the same thing most people
believer - more is better.   That is not true with silver.   More may not
only be not better it can be more harmful depending on how it is made and
the particle size.   Just adding more silver is not the answer.   Using
silver with small particles is the answer and in that case one does not
need a lot of it to correct a condition.  10 ppm is ideal.
  
Dr. Gary Smith,  N.D., H.M.D."


Hope this helps

Beverley


>Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 23:35:43
>To: [email protected]
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: another silver question

>
>Sorry Mindy but this is garbage.
>
>Dr. Gary Smith has been using and/or manufacturing his product for years.
>
>He feels that 5 - 10 PPM is sufficient as long as you are not a really
sick person and I agree with him.
>
>Also find out the # of years this product you are talking about has been
on the market.   What is their particle size.   When was the last time that
they had it analyzed and ask for that analysis.   What kind of a bottle
does it come in and what is it's colour.    Do they use stabilizers in
their CS and last what is the price.
>
>Beverley
>
>At 11:09 AM 1/22/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hi, Beverley!  I asked the company that has 20/ppm c/s why they use that ppm
>>when information I had showed that 3 to 5 is sufficient and that over 10
>>could be a problem and this is what they said:
>>
>>
>>Colloidal Silver is a potent natural anti-microbial that has been known to
>>affect one-celled organisms on a cellular level. However, tests on
>>Colloidal Silver, using 3 to 5 parts per million, have been in vitro. In
>>vitro means the tests were not done inside the human body but rather in a
>>test tube environment.
>>When Colloidal Silver enters a person's body, the concentration of 20 parts
>>per million is diluted. Once Colloidal Silver has entered the system, the
>>20 parts per million concentration is in the range of 3 to 5 parts per
>>million. Conversely, there is no dilution in tests that are in vitro. For
>>this reason, 20 parts per million seems to be the optimal concentration for
>>the human body to utilize Colloidal Silver, the same concentration in which
>>the body uses Colloidal Silver in vitro at 3 to 5 parts per million. -- By
>>Dr. Ron Surowitz
>>
>>
>>What do you think?
>>
>>
>>--Mindy Mae
>>
>>******************************
>>Fast, Cheap, Good:  Choose any two.
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>>
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