The Anti-Bacterial Health Wonder

Many would put her age-defying agility and enviable figure down to her professional ballet training and regular Pilates.

But Debbie McGee, one of the favourites for the Strictly Come Dancing crown this year – making her possibly the oldest winner in the show’s history – has credited something much more bizarre.

The 59-year-old widow of magician Paul Daniels starts each day with a spoonful of finely ground silver particles.

The supplement she swears by is called Active Silver and contains what’s known as ‘colloidal’ silver — microscopic particles suspended in water, which many believe helps ward off infection, boosts the immune system and can be used to treat everything from acne to eye infections.

Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is also a fan and uses hers as a spray when she goes on flights to ward off germs, she revealed on her lifestyle website, Goop recently.

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WHAT IS IT?

Microscopic silver particles are produced from silver bars in a process known as electrolysis and then suspended in ultra-pure or distilled water.

It’s marketed as a mineral supplement to support the body’s natural immune system as an effective antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and skin-healing solution.

Debbie McGee buys hers for £15 a bottle from Active Silver, which was launched two years ago by former communications worker Lucy Roberts and her father Dick Goodall. He has been involved in the water treatment industry for 40 years and has been making colloidal silver for over 20 years, including installing water purification systems into hospitals and airports using silver electrolysis technology.

‘We manufacture Active Silver under strict controls in our own premises in Berkshire, using the purest silver available which we buy in 1oz bars, and an advanced electrolysis technique,’ explains Lucy.

It has a concentration of less than 10ppm (parts per million), with a tiny particle size between 0.0005 to 0.005 microns. (A micron is 10,000th of a centimetre.)

Dick explains: ‘The smaller the particle size, the greater the number of active particles per bottle, and the easier it is for the body or skin to absorb, process and eliminate them.

‘Once the concentration of colloidal silver goes above around 10ppm, typically the particle sizes become bigger and less effective.’

But should we really be ingesting what is essentially a metal, albeit in tiny concentrations? Val Edwards-Jones is emeritus professor of microbiology at Manchester Metropolitan University and says it’s safe to take orally in low concentrations. More than 10ppm, and it could cause a build-up in toxicity. ‘You can excrete silver from the body as long as it’s not in high doses,’ she says.

‘So, there are preparations of colloidal silver that you can buy which are safe to take, and I know people who say they are wonderful.

‘I personally don’t take them because I haven’t seen any evidence that demonstrates that they work internally.’

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