Ionic silver is the biologically active, infection-fighting form of colloidal silver. If it's not ionic, it cannot kill pathogens.
Metallic silver is biologically inert. It has zero effect against pathogens in the human body, until it gets converted to ionic silver by shedding silver ions in the presence of acidic bodily fluids.
Every reputable clinical expert on silver acknowledges that fact. So repeat that to yourself over and over and over again until it's so ingrained in your brain that no one can ever dislodge it again with their ridiculous gimmicky ideas and silly notions.
If you've got ionic silver, you've got silver that's already in its active, infection-fighting form. If you convert it back to metallic silver from whence it came, your body will simply have to convert it back to ionic silver when you ingest it. So why not just ingest the ionic silver? Anything else is just plain stupid.
Look, there's plenty of money to be made in colloidal silver gimmickry. And there are plenty of people willing to part you from your hard-earned money with those gimmicks.
I'll just suffice it to say, there's no need on the face of God's green earth to convert your ionic colloidal silver to metallic colloidal silver. All you're doing is making it work slower in the body, because once you chemically convert it back to metallic silver and ingest it in its metallic form, it then has to be gradually converted back to ionic silver in the body order to be effective against pathogens.
I've already explained that process numerous times throughout the course of this article. And I've demonstrated that the human body is designed to use silver (and all other minerals) in their ionic form rather than their elemental metal form. I've repeated it until I'm blue in the face, and the blue color is not because of argyria, it's because of exasperation with all of the nonsense being promulgated on the internet about colloidal silver.
I've even shown that the human body has a special transport mechanism for escorting silver ions through the harsh chemical environment of the gastrointestinal tract and into the bloodstream, tissues, organs and cells of the body where pathogens like to colonize.
So I'll suffice it to say this:
If someone tells you that you have to buy their magic pixie dust and add it to your ionic colloidal silver suspension in order to turn it into "true colloidal silver"... smile politely while hiding your wallet, and walk quickly away in the other direction.