Meat eating can cause really bad acne in teens sometimes. I have seen very bad acne completely vanish on a vegetarian diet -- though I know many people would probably rather have the acne, but I think just giving up red meat may make a big difference. Also junk food, steroids, or stimulants can cause acne.
On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 02:52:20AM -0400, Kathy wrote: > As far as my son's acne. This really has me baffled. He never had > anything at all until last summer when he got a really bad sunburn. It > started about a month later and we have battled it ever since. The Dr. of > course gave him strong anti-biotics and also a topical one - neither did > anything. We have tried several essential oils, lotions, aloe, etc. We > have tried different vitamins and herbs and as I mentioned previously > bentonite clay. > I am not sure if it actually a infection although the bumps look like > small boils. Some of them get pretty big- maybe almost as big as a dime > but not quite. He probably has 80-100 on his back and chest now. I am > watching his diet but may be missing the culprit due to school lunches. > He is pretty active these days he plays football (unbeaten right now > 14-0) I did notice the other night after a game he was extremely sweaty > and his face was broke out twice as bad as it was before the game. That > really puzzled me. > > I guess maybe I will just use the Water Oz stuff topically on him or > maybe mix with clay. > Maybe it would be best used as a household cleaning solution. lol > So I am anxious to hear what others here think and to learn more about CS > in general. > > Kathy > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. G. Devour" <mdev...@eskimo.com> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 3:14 AM > Subject: Re: CS>new member-water oz > > >> Hi and welcome, Kathy! >> >> I bet you'll get some info on CS, as well as a few other suggestions of >> how to help your son's body get over the acne problem. >> >> The actual definition of "Colloidal Silver" in practice is a slippery >> thing. Those words have been applied to many products made in different >> ways and with different characteristics; everything from chemical >> precipitates to protein suspensions to concentrated silver salts have >> been named and mis-named as "CS." >> >> What we like to call CS would be: >> >> Pure silver in pure water with no additives. >> Not a silver salt or other compound. >> Modest concentrations of maybe 5 to 20 ppm. >> Usually mostly ionic, monoatomic or dissolved silver, >> with some particulate silver. >> Most often made by an electrolytic process. >> Usually clear, colorless, with a faint tyndall effect >> (that makes a laser beam shown through it visible). >> >> Water Oz is not forthcoming in saying exactly what their silver product >> is or how it's made. The analysis by other people I remember reading >> about pegged it as a silver salt. It is one commercial product that has >> been associated with several cases of argyria in people who used larger >> doses than are recommended by the manufacturer. >> >> If you haven't already heard of it, argyria is a blue/grey >> discoloration of the skin or other tissues which is cosmetically >> objectionable but appears to have no other health effect. In severe >> cases it is seriously disfiguring, although mild cases have been >> reported that did not seem to interfere with the person's normal >> activities. It was long thought to be irreversible, but at least a >> couple of approaches have been developed recently that, though >> difficult, produce satisfactory results. >> >> It is most likely to develop in people who a) ingest very large amounts >> of total silver, most often silver compounds, and b) are deficient in >> the minerals needed to handle excretion of metals. The body is normally >> very good at eliminating silver within days, unless those excretory >> pathways are overwhelmed by total quantity or inhibited by lack of >> essential minerals. Supplementing selenium and probably zinc and >> magnesium, will help assure their proper functioning. >> >> Obviously, you'd choose to avoid the problem altogether, so I would >> suggest not using more than the recommended dose of the product you >> have bought, and replacing it with a different, more appropriate >> preparation when it runs out. One bottle won't turn your son blue, but >> gallons of it may, under the wrong conditions. >> >> Okay, having thoroughly acquainted you with the only known potential >> downside, let's talk about the successful use of CS! <grin> >> >> Most of us make our own CS using generators we've bought or built >> ourselves. You will then know for sure what's in it and how it's made, >> not to mention saving a heck of a lot of money. When you consider the >> difference in price between commercial products and distilled water, >> the generator will pay for itself quickly. >> >> I'm sure folks will also mention other commercial brands for you to >> consider. >> >> A daily oral dose and spraying or rubbing it on topically have been >> reported to help quite a bit. Acne may not be entirely an issue of >> infection, though, and CS mostly works by killing germs, so you'll >> probably be drawn into a study of nutrition, supplementation, and other >> strategies to control the remaining factors that contribute to it. >> >> I wish you well, and welcome! >> >> Mike D. >> >>> Hi I am Kathy - I just subbed to your group. Hope to learn more about >>> CS. I am on a never ending quest to clear up my 13 yo son's acne, which >>> is mainly on his back but spreading. Recently I have started using clay >>> which helped a little but not much. Yesterday I bought a bottle of what >>> I thought was CS but now I am not sure... It says silver dietary >>> supplement. It is made by Water Oz. Is this the same thing? >>> >>> Kathy >> >> >> [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] >> [mdev...@eskimo.com ] >> [Speaking only for myself... ] >> >> >> -- >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> >> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org >> >> To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com >> >> Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com >> >> The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... >> >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >> >> >
