Food Mystery Solved?

by Jimmy Akin on June 13, 2010

in Curios & Humor, Diet

Things I talked about: colloidal silver, argyria, Paul Karason (below) (video), Power Boy, trade dress.

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ChristopherY June 13, 2010 at 2:29 pm

One trick to making any tea decaf is to let it steep for ten seconds or so and then dump it out and start over. Apparently almost all of the caffine comes out in the first steep. At least thats what they told us on the Celestial Seasonings factory tour.

The Pachyderminator June 13, 2010 at 3:45 pm

The link to the Paul Karason video doesn’t work, so here’s a corrected one.

Jimmy Akin June 13, 2010 at 4:01 pm

Fixed the link! Thanks Pachy!

JohnE June 13, 2010 at 4:35 pm

My wife and I called them “L&L’s”, but the kids caught on. Maybe we’ll switch to “double-dubs”.

mmi June 14, 2010 at 2:18 am

What a terrible waste of money! Imagine the poor people who could have been fed REAL food or given REAL medicine for the dollars you wasted, sir. Please confess this sacramentally.

Rosemarie June 14, 2010 at 12:51 pm

+J.M.J+
Colloidal silver isn’t strictly necessary. My Mom and I have found that olive leaf extract knocks out respiratory infections quite effectively for us. Won’t get argyria from that. Also, gargling with warm salt water helps sore throats and is way cheaper than zinc lozenges.

Mrs O June 14, 2010 at 5:38 pm

That colloidal silver isn’t going to hurt you.
There are some who swear by it (take it every time that something happens) and they are fine. Don’t go drinking silver – active. You will turn, or so I am told. I thought that was why the wealthy started wearing makeup a long time ago – from silver treatments. They probably looked liked death warmed over. But with the makeup, they just looked odd.
Hope you feel better.

Christina June 14, 2010 at 10:03 pm

Be careful with the dandelion tea. I took it for a while because it is supposedly beneficial for people with blood pressure issues. It tastes awful! Or, at least it did at first, but after drinking it for a couple weeks, the flavor grew on me. However, make sure you only let it steep for about four minutes, because if you leave it in longer than that it gets much more bitter than it already is.

Rosemarie June 17, 2010 at 4:28 am

+J.M.J+
Is it dandelion root tea? Because I know that has a diuretic effect. I don’t know about the rest of the dandelion plant, it might have the same effect.
The guy with the blue face has been drinking a glassful of homemade “colloidal silver” every day for many years. Very, very bad idea. First of all, the homemade stuff might not even be colloidal silver, it might contain ionic silver which is toxic. Second, true colloidal silver should only be taken (if at all) over a short period of time to treat a sickness, not daily as a preventative. There are much safer products that can be taken to prevent illness, or to treat it for that matter.

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