Reply #13: I'd be extremely cautious about anything that's primarily touted by

[haele]

someone selling the product or has economic or emotional ties to those who sell the product. Including "modern medicine" shilled out by the chemical corporations as well as many alternative medicines.
Too often, true believers or those with a vested interest in the product will promote it as some sort of miraculous panacea that anecdotally cures a wide range of unrelated ailments. Funny thing - most of those ailments listed can be caused by anxiety and stress and relieved by psychological conditioning; so many who are either very naive or are hucksters can sell a monthly dose of what's basically a placebo for ten to a thousand times the cost of something that can actually do some physical good for you added to the cost of a good therapist for a couple months.
Heck, you might only need a couple aspirin or a change in diet, a couple hours of light exercise a week, a little more sleep and fresh air, and a sympathetic, helpful ear to listen to you to make you better.
There's tons of people out there that will be eager to tell you to "take this tincture or pill to cure what ails ya" when basically time and a change of attitude is what you really need. They're really trying to promote better living through chemicals even if they're claiming that it's "all natural" - just as the traveling snake oil salesmen used to do when selling mixtures of ginseng or sarsaparilla, mint, grain alcohol and laudanum for "women's troubles" back in the late 1800's to small towns and farming communities.
"All Natural" doesn't mean "miracle cure all" it can still be dangerous if used carelessly or with ignorance...a drug is a drug, be it natural sugars, proteins,and enzymes or some string of chemicals put together in a lab; be it an herbal extract or Xanax...)
As for your interest in Colloidal Silver, if you can find an actual, reputable clinical testing on it that's positive for what ails you, I'd say go for it. You might be able to find some studies done in Europe that are reputable; there's a lot of responsible testing for alternative/homeopathic medicine going on there.

Just be wary of anyone who suggests that a supplement that they promote can substitute for taking care of yourself. You really should only be taking a supplement if there is a real health issue, not as a shortcut because theres not enough time in your day to take care of yourself. Those sorts of shortcut "cures" are snake oil, no matter how well meaning they may seem, how glowing the anecdotal "well being" testimonials are or attractive the packaging might be.

Be well, and happy hunting.
By the way, here is the National Center for Complimentry and Alternative Medicine's consumer alert on Colloidal Silver. I tend to trust much of what they put out because they generally require evidence of successful or unsuccessful testing when they evaluate a substance or treatment and don't usually accept data from quacks - they're rather like the DU LBN of Alternative Medicines.

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/silver/#b

Haele