Frequently Asked Questions

How Does Colloidal Silver Work?

According to researchers, silver inhibits the growth of one-celled microorganisms by deactivating the organism’s oxygen metabolism enzymes. This action in turn, destroys the organism’s cell membranes, stopping the replication of the organism’s DNA. You may verify this information from Curad.

Is Colloidal Silver Safe?

Advanced Colloidal Silver, taken according to our serving suggestions, contains less than one third the amount of silver referenced by the EPA in their drinking water standards. Utopia Silver Supplement's one-per day serving contains approximately 100 micrograms of silver. The Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum daily reference dose of silver is 350 micrograms. That equates to three and one half teaspoons of our Advanced Colloidal Silver. http://www.utopiasilver.com/message.htm In fact, we have on file, sworn testimony by a forensic toxicologist emphatically stating that neither silver, nor gold, have any known toxicities.

Remember, colloidal silver and colloidal gold are trace mineral supplements, not drugs. Taking silver supplements should be no different than taking other vitamin and mineral supplements. Any pregnant mother, should be taking a complete spectrum of vitamins and minerals.

Anything can be abused and misused. An aspirin or two will relieve a headache, but a bottle taken at one time can cause death. All of the over-the-counter pain medications cause thousands of deaths and thousands of damaged organs each year. Patented anti-biotics cause thousands of deaths each year. Over consumption of drinking water in a short time span (hyperhydrosis) kills a number of people each year by diluting the electrolytes, but should that fact define our use of water? No death that I am aware of has ever been attributed to, nor documented as being caused by colloidal silver or gold.

Are Colloidal Silver and Colloidal Gold drugs or do they interact with drugs?

Colloidal silver and gold are trace mineral Dietary Supplements, not drugs. Supplementing your diet with colloidal silver or gold should be approached no differently than taking other vitamin and mineral supplements. We have seen no reports of, nor evidence of, any adverse silver or gold mineral interaction or reaction with patented "drugs", any other element, compound, or food.

Which colloidal silver is best, ionic or non-ionic?

We believe there is misconception by some that only non-ionic “silver particles” are effective and by others that only “ionic silver” is effective. The truth is: ionic silver is still silver, but electrically charged, either negative or positive. Both seem to have their own distinct advantages in different environments. Generally, ionic silver loses its effectiveness in the hydrochloric acid of the stomach becoming silver chloride and passing harmlessly out of the system. Internally, non-ionic silver doesn’t have that limitation and is able to survive the digestive acids and be absorbed into the bloodstream where it can then act to boost the immune system.

Ionic silver is effective in environments where it isn’t required to pass through the stomach, such as in the ears, nose, mouth, throat, and skin. We believe that a product such as our “Advanced Colloidal Silver” gives you the best of both worlds with approx. 20-25% ionic silver and 75-80% non-ionic silver.

How important is silver particle size?

Silver of any size can be effective against microorganisms, even the use of silver utensils and cups, putting a silver coin in water or milk, or even wearing silver jewelry. But there is no doubt that silver is only effective to the degree that the silver is able to come into contact with microorganisms and is therefore more effective if it has a size small enough to get down to the cellular level of these microorganisms. Smaller size also enables the particles to travel more easily in the body's fluid environment, giving the silver easier access to all areas of the body and to these microorganisms.

Although, we’re actually dealing with much smaller particles, Microns compared to Nanometers, the following analogy may give some perspective to size importance. Imagine a silver particle the size of a 55 gal. barrel with the outside of the barrel being the surface area that comes in contact with the surrounding environment; then compare that with the same barrel filled with silver particles the size of marbles or even BBs. There is many times more effective surface area to contact the surrounding environment with the smaller particles than with the large. At some point, any debate about particle size becomes mostly academic. If a product has a particle size in the 2-10 micron range, it will be able to travel anywhere in your body it is needed.

Can colloidal silver cause flu symptoms?

When first starting silver supplementation one may experience a "healing crisis", also known as a Herxheimer's reaction. When toxins accumulate in the blood stream from dying microorganisms, it may cause flu-like symptoms, along with diarrhea. Initially, smaller servings may be a more comfortable way to pass through this temporary malaise. When these infections have been eliminated, you will be on your way to recovery and a life of better overall health. Also, higher water consumption away from your colloidal silver intake, may lessen the duration of these symptoms.

Will colloidal silver cause one to turn blue?

The only negative association made to silver consumption in the anti-silver propaganda is the condition Argyria, an extremely rare phenomenon where silver accumulates in the tissue under the skin causing a blue or grayish tint. Even then, it isn't life threatening. There are very few cases repeatedly cited in the anti-silver propaganda; the most repeated one occurring in the 1950s.

The consumption of silver nitrate (not colloidal silver) or silver products made with salt water or protein may be more conducive to eventually causing an accumulation in the tissue under the skin, resulting in Argyria, but is possible to abuse and misuse almost anything. An aspirin or two will relieve a headache, but a bottle taken at one time can cause death. All of the over-the-counter pain medications cause thousands of deaths and thousands of damaged organs each year. Patented anti-biotics cause thousands of deaths each year. Over consumption of drinking water in a short time span (hyperhydrosis) kills a number of people each year by diluting the electrolytes, but should that fact define our use of water? No death that I am aware of has ever been attributed to, nor documented as being caused by colloidal silver or gold.