Does Alkalinity Improve Effectiveness of Colloidal Silver? (January 30, 2023)

Does Alkalinity Improve Effectiveness of Colloidal Silver?

In the last couple of years, I’ve seen a fad in marketing colloidal silver generators that make “alkaline” colloidal silver batches, but is it any better than pH-neutral colloidal silver?

After seeing so-called “superior” colloidal silver generators that produce alkaline batches of colloidal silver, some folks have written me to ask if alkaline colloidal silver is somehow better than pH-neutral batches.

Below, you’ll discover a clinical study that clearly shows increased alkalinity decreases the infection-fighting qualities of antimicrobial silver.

Here’s what you need to know…

Hi, Steve Barwick here, for The Silver Edge…

Some colloidal silver generator manufacturers claim their units are superior to the competition because they dramatically increase the alkalinity of the solution during the colloidal silver-making process.

One manufacturer even claims his unit produces a highly alkaline colloidal silver solution of 10 pH – far more alkaline than seawater or even pure baking soda!

Of course, the claim is ludicrous, because colloidal silver is made with distilled water, which is essentially pH neutral (pH 7), i.e., it’s neither acid nor alkaline.

What’s more, silver itself is not alkaline in nature. In fact, there are only about six alkaline earth minerals, and six alkaline earth metals: Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, plus radium, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium and francium.

Most importantly of all, you can’t significantly increase the pH of distilled water without adding alkaline mineral content to the water.

Since silver itself is not alkaline, you’d have to add quite a lot of alkaline minerals like calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium to the water in order to increase the alkalinity of a colloidal silver suspension.

Unfortunately, any such added mineral content would bond to the electrically-charged silver particles, creating overly large (and far less effective) silver globules that are inherently difficult for the body to absorb and utilize.

The resulting colloidal silver suspension would range from amber-colored (i.e., gold-colored) to a cloudy/milky or even grayish color, rather than remaining crystal clear like pure, ionic colloidal silver.

And because of the excessively large silver particle size, which reduces bioavailability, such colloidal silver would be only a fraction as effective against pathogens compared to a non-alkaline colloidal silver solution.

Study: Alkalinity Reduces Silver’s Effectiveness

But even if you take the claims for increased alkalinity at face value, clinical studies clearly demonstrate the simple fact that the antimicrobial characteristics of silver ions – the active, infection-fighting specie of silver – decrease with alkalinity and increase with acidity.

In other words, increased alkalinity retards the infection-fighting qualities of antimicrobial silver.

In fact, a relatively new clinical study conducted by researchers from the Department of Pathology at West Virginia University demonstrated that higher levels of acidity caused silver ions to kill more pathogens than higher levels of alkalinity.

This study was published in the International Wound Journal in October 2012, and was titled “The Antimicrobial Efficacy of Silver On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated From Burn Wounds.”

As the medical researchers stated in the abstract of the study:

“Little is known about the antimicrobial efficacy of ionic silver on antibiotic-resistant bacteria at different pH values.

…Forty-nine antibiotic-resistant bacteria routinely isolated from burn wounds were used in the study and evaluated for their susceptibility to two silver containing wound dressings using a standardized antimicrobial efficacy screening assay [corrected zone of inhibition (CZOI)].

Interestingly, when pH was changed from 8.5 [alkaline] to 5.5 [acidic], antimicrobial activity for both silver-containing dressings in general increased significantly…

…the study showed that the performance of both dressings apparently increased when pH became more acidic.

The findings in this study may help to further enhance our knowledge of the role pH plays in affecting both bacterial susceptibility and antimicrobial activity of silver containing wound dressings.”

In other words, silver ions released from the silver-containing wound dressings worked significantly better against antibiotic-resistant bacteria when there was increased acidity. But they didn’t work nearly as well when there was increased alkalinity.

A Defect and Not a Benefit

So in terms of the infection-fighting qualities of colloidal silver, increased alkalinity is a defect and not a benefit.

You do not want to use colloidal silver that’s in an alkaline suspension and therefore reduces the infection-fighting qualities of the silver itself.

As another writer stated about the same study:

“In this clinical study conducted by researchers from the Department of Pathology at West Virginia University, researchers found that when silver-ion emitting wound dressings containing two different kinds of silver compounds were exposed to a wide range of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, environments with lower pH (i.e., increased acidity) resulted in significantly greater antimicrobial activity compared to environments with higher pH (i.e., increased alkalinity).”

According to the researchers,

“…when pH was changed from 8.5 [alkaline] to 5.5 [acidic] antimicrobial activity for both dressings in general increased significantly…the study showed that the performance of both dressings apparently increased when pH became more acidic.

In other words, as the wound dressings used in this study leached silver ions into the wound area, those silver ions performed better against pathogens when the environment was acidic than when it was alkaline.

Increased alkalinity inhibited the performance of silver against pathogens.

So if you want to drink alkaline water, then fine, drink it. But if you want to drink alkaline colloidal silver, you might want to stop a moment and consider what you’ve read in this article, because if it’s indeed truly alkaline in pH, you’re not doing yourself any kind of favor.

Doing It Right, from the Start

Clearly, you can’t believe every claim made by some of these Johnny-come-lately sellers of colloidal silver generators.

While they might try to distinguish their product from other products by jumping on faddish bandwagons like the “alkaline water” craze, they ignore the indisputable clinical evidence that demonstrates increased alkalinity to be a detriment to silver in terms of its ability to kill pathogens.

But if you’re in the market for a colloidal silver generator that does it right, from the very start, consider a Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from The Silver Edge – the world’s #1 best-selling colloidal silver generator for over 10 years running.

Instead of focusing on faddish concepts and buzzwords, like “alkalinity,” the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator does what no other generator can – it produces ionic silver particles that are so small, you get nearly 100% bioavailability when you ingest it (compared to maybe 40-50% bioavailability for the colloidal silver produced by conventional generators).

In other words, because the silver particles produced by a Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator are vastly smaller, you’ll enjoy:

increased absorption into the body

increased distribution throughout the body

increased utilization against pathogens throughout the body (smaller particles kill pathogens faster and better than larger particles)

and increased elimination of the silver particles once the silver has worked its infection-fighting magic.

In short, because of the phenomenal absorption and utilization qualities of micro-particle colloidal silver, you no longer have to take high concentrations of colloidal silver to achieve the desired results. And that’s because the silver particles are so exceptionally small, they’re vastly more bioavailable.

What Type of Water SHOULD Be Used for Making Colloidal Silver?

Here’s a very in-depth article about what type of water you should be using to make your own colloidal silver, what types to avoid, and what to look for in a successfully produced batch:

Make Sure You’re Using the Right Water for Your Colloidal Silver!

Do You Have Any Questions About Making Your Own Colloidal Silver?

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Produces uncommonly small silver micro-particles as low as .8 nm. That’s a fraction of a single nanometer. Compare that to health food store colloidal silver which can contain silver particles as large as 200 nm to 1,000 nm (or even larger), and you’ll see why micro-particle colloidal silver is the very best there is! Smaller particles mean your body can absorb and utilize up to 99% of the colloidal silver you take, compared to maybe 30% or 40% with many health food store brands!

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The Bottom Line…

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Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another insightful article on colloidal silver….

Yours for the safe, sane and responsible use of colloidal silver,
Steve Barwick Signature
Steve Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual

Helpful Links:

FREE Colloidal Silver Safe Dosage Report

Colloidal Silver Secrets Group on Facebook

Make Your Own Colloidal Silver for Pennies

.9999 Pure Silver Wire for Making Colloidal Silver

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