True Colloidal Silver?

Dear CAOH,

Well to be honest I am kind of disappointed. I read that true colloidal silver is supposed to be amber in color or darker and that fake “ionic silver” comes in clear color as your product is, so I feel as though I was deceived. I would like to have true colloidal silver if you do ever happen to sell the actual product and thank you for your concern.

Romain

Romain,

I was forwarded your e-mail and I would like to respond to it. Whomever told you that or wherever you got that misinformation from is lying or totally misinformed. There is no truth to the color having to be amber, just as it doesn’t have to be clear either. We are talking 15 parts per million (PPM) here. Think of it this way: it’s like dumping 15 cups of cherry Kool-Aid into 1,000,000 cups of water; it’s not going to change the color! There is not enough substance contained in the entire bottle to effect to color in any way shape or form. Please understand that sometimes when others make claims they may be doing so solely to make themselves look good and others to look bad.

The truth is that “colloidal silver” is in fact a generic term like Xerox is for making a copy of something.  Read below and you will get a clear picture of what I am talking about.

Colloidal silver is a liquid suspension of microscopic particles of silver. A colloid is technically defined as particles which remain suspended without forming an ionic, or dissolved solution. The broader commercial definition of “colloidal silver” includes products that contain various concentrations of ionic silver, silver colloids, ionic silver compounds or silver proteins in purified water. Colloidal silver with concentrations of 30 parts per million (ppm) or less are typically manufactured using an electrolysis process, whereas colloidal silver with higher concentrations of 50 ppm or more are usually silver compounds that have been bound with a protein.

I hope this clears things up.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.

USP labeling and CAOH products

Question:  Does your Liquid V Power MVN come with a USP symbol on its bottle (United States Pharmacopoeia)? This looks like a great product. Symbol validates contents of product. Also, is your Goji grown in the U.S? Does Goji organic 100% juice go through heat pasteurization? Very interested in your products. Please e-mail some scientific research your company conducts for it’s formulations. There’s not a whole lot of information on history of company and the science behind it. Looking forward to your response.—— Big D.

Answer:  Dennis,

Thank you for your inquiry

1. About USP: Please read this post of mine

2. Our goji berries are not grown in the USA. As of this moment there are no viable sources of goji berries in the US.

3. All of our juices are “flash pasteurized”, never heat pasteurized. (Related Posts on Heat and Flash Pasteurization)

4. Our company has been in continuous operation/business for ten years now. We were also one of the first companies to sell noni juice (Totally Nude Noni), goji berries, mangosteen juice (Mangosteen Elixir), freeze dried acai powder (Absolute Acai Powder) and acai juice (Acai Max). We WERE the first to sell a goji camu-camu blend (Goji Fusion) and our Almost Nude Noni formulation.

5. Research: I have not submitted any of our products for scientific research. The individual ingredients chosen to go into the formulas are based on research already done, on the individual nutrients, herbs, minerals…. I wish we had a few extra millions lying around to pay for a research project on just one of our products, but we don’t. What specifically were you looking for and maybe I can help.

Let me know if you have any additional questions. I hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc

Response Back:  Dr. E, thanks for the response and links. I’ve read everything on CAOH website and did some further investigating of my own and you are absolutely dead on about the USP certification. Both my best friend and his wife are Chiropractors, and even the products they use and promote are “unregulated”.  The BBB and Yahoo confirm that this is a trustworthy company that sells top shelf products. Just ordered everything on your daily intake minus the lecithin and omegas’. Would have ordered them as well but already on that regimen. Thanks again for the reply.
Dennis S

What type of container is your Acai Max packaged in, glass or plastic?

Q: What type of container is your Acai Max packaged in, glass or plastic? I hear that if acai juice is put in plastic, there is a chance of leaching???

Gary

A: Gary,

We use medical/food grade plastic and the data on leaching does not apply to our plastic in question. Please follow the link below for more clarification.

Blog Post – Plastic

Sincerely,

Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc.