I began my CS experience with Sovereign Silver, which was recommended to me by someone at an alternative health shop. It was my understanding from the beginning that Sovereign was primarily ionic (90% is the figure that I recall) and that pure ionic silver was the most effective form for fighting disease and also was the LEAST likely to cause argyria. I have since seen nothing to dissuade me from that conviction.
Sovereign silver was effective for me right from the start. But, as we all know, it is way too expensive. So I purchased a home generator and have since made my own. I accepted the fact that their quality control was better than what I could duplicate at home, but I was pretty sure the generator I purchased (SG6) would produce a safe, effective product, and it has. But the argument about ionic vs. particulate rages on. I am not expert enough to enter that debate, but I would like to submit the following article which is taken from the September issue of Jonathan Wright's monthly newsletter. http://www.wrightnewsletter.com/archives/pdfs/nah_06/nah_200609.pdf As you may know, Dr. Wright is one of the gurus of the alt-health movement, and I trust his word and his research above that of most others. He comes down squarely in the ionic camp, as you can see from the attachment, and Sovereign is his recommended brand. I think it is very courageous of Dr. Wright to endorse CS the way he does in this article - most other big name alt-health newsletter writers have avoided it (Mercola) - and the article told me a lot of things I did not previously know, so I hope it will be helpful to other list members. I am sure this will just stimulate more argument and possibly some insinuations from the particulate camp, but I think his conclusions should be known to the members of this list. Del ----- Original Message ----- From: <da...@alchemysa.com.au> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:35 AM Subject: CS>Comparing Meso and Sovereign. > From: Sandy Files <sandy43...@yahoo.com> > Date: 19 December 2006 6:06:29 AM > Subject: CS>comparing > > From what I gathered, the meso is smaller than Ionic, but even > Marshall's paper explains/agrees that the color is due to larger > particle size.. So is it possible for someone to explain WHY the > meso has such a dark color... It seems contradictorily to what > they are stating about their product.. An ion is the smallest silver 'unit' possible but, in spite of what Natural Immunogenics would like you to believe, its not a 'particle'. Meso has the the smallest 'true' particles. The color is so dark because (according to the Meso website)... "true silver colloids that have a high percentage of the silver content in the form of nanometer sized particles will absorb visible light causing the apparent color to appear dark-amber or brown. It is the very high concentration of particles, not large particle size or contamination, that gives these products such color" In other words, its not particle size that causes Mesosilver to be dark, Its dark because those particles are packed so closely together. (Incidently the above quote comes from the same FAQ on the silver-colloids.com site that plainly admits that mesosilver's most persuasive research, in favor of particles, was mistakenly based on ionic silver NOT on so-called 'colloidal silver'). At the other end of the scale, Natural Immunogenics products, Sovereign Silver and Argentyn 23, have virtually no particles at all. It's all ions - thats why its colorless. No need to be unsure about this. Its clearly stated in their own flashy Argentyn 23 brochure that's aimed at the medical profession. Under the heading 'Safety Parameters' (where they probably have to talk straight for a change) it says "Argentyn 23 is composed strictly of silver metal ions and ultra pure water". Can't get much plainer than that! Natural Immunogenics probably make a good product but they are among the most dedicated BS artists in the game. As a former advertising copy writer I am truly impressed by the relentless effort they go to to confuse everyone about what Sovereign Silver IS and ISN'T - without outright lying. (Although sometimes they get pretty close to outright lying. They used to claim their products contained a magic ingredient called 'Energia' as I recall. Thats just plain snake- oil language). I think the main reason they don't just admit it's ionic, is because they don't want 'us' to know that we are making virtually the same stuff at home. David -- 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>
