Are colloidal minerals beneficial for our bodies?
According to a report from the Harvard Health letter, the cold medicine you take may actually be turning you blue. Colloidal silver has been marketed “as a cold medicine, decongestant, all-around germ fighter, and a kind of cure-all.” In the August issue of the news letter, it is reported that taking colloidal silver orally doesn’t have any benefits. As a matter of fact, there could be serious side effects as well as some odd ones. Cross referencing this subject with the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) finds that colloidal silver has been used for centuries. Silver is still used today in many medicines for treating conditions such as burns or conjuctivitis. In recent years most medical remedies that once depended on silver now use other drugs. NCCAM reports that colloidal silver is made by suspending tiny particles of silver in a liquid. There are other agents added to produce the products marketed. The Harvard Health letter states that brain and nerv
