I recently addressed this question in my private forum (http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1508709)

Here, without the affiliate product link to the nutritional product, is what I posted:

I would go with a couple of teaspoons or more of colloidal gold (up to one good swallow).  As for the Gingko, I would stay close to the recommendations on the product label.

One thing you might want to seriously consider is supplementing with magnesium.  90-95% of us are deficient in this vital mineral and some of the symptoms include light or restless sleep and daytime sleepiness along with inability to concentrate.  Be sure to supplement on a 1 to 2 or 1 to 3 ratio with calcium, as they are important co-factors.

As a matter of fact, I would seriously consider, in addition to extra magnesium and calcium, a good all around whole food vitamin, mineral and other essential nutrient product such as the outstanding nutritional product IntraMAX.  It is advertised, correctly in my opinion, as a 100% Organic MicroComplexed™ IntraCELL™ Level IV Technology product which contains a total of 415 Nutrients all in one - with perfect whole foods and phyto nutrition and is super energizing.  It is rightfully touted as the most scientifically advanced, clinically proven, health promoting organic nutritional supplement available today.

One must remember that the brain is a vital organ just like the heart, lungs, liver, etc., and it needs optimum nutrition to function properly.  Sadly, today's SAD diet of fast foods, snacks & junk foods, microwavable meals and processed foods on the grocers shelves have left most of our kids, and us, woefully deficient in a great many nutrients the body was designed to utilize.  Sometimes the consequences manifest themselvs early on, and other times it is down the road a ways.  But you can bet that there will be consequences if not addressed and corrected.

Some other suggested essentials from one of my favorite sourcebooks, Phyllis Balch's "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" are:

• Either Elafax Focus from Efamol or Kyolic Acid from Wakunaga as directed on the labels (to restore proper fatty acid balance)
  
• GABA (Gamma-amino-butyric acid) 750 mg per day (calms the body much like tranquilizers without the side effects)
  
• Pycnogenol and/or Grapeseed Extract as directed on the label (both are powerful antioxidants offering cellular protection for the body and brain)
  
• Quercitin as directed on the label (prevents allergies from aggavating symptoms)
  
• SAMe (S-Adenosylmethionine) as directed on the label (aids in relieving stress and pain - but do not use in the event of manic-depressive disorder or if on prescription antipressants)

Ms. Balch notes that Valerian root extract has been used for ADD with dramatic results and no side effects.  Mix the alcohol free extract in juice (as directed on the product label according to age) and drink the mixture two or three times a day.

She also likes the Ginko.

All the best,

DQ (Tony)

The forum you pointed to requires a membership to access, so I can not comment on what is posted there.  I don't know what kind of setup is used to produce "colloidal gold", though I suspect it is some form of electrolysis and note that the popular silver home generators do not have the capability of making homemade ionic gold, colloidal gold, or gold solution of any kind, much less something comparable to Utopia Silver or Purest Colloids true colloidal gold.

I am pretty confident that the small particle sizes that are produced as a result of the proprietary processes of both Utopia Silver and Purest Colloids provide a significant superiority in surface area, and thus effectiveness, the same as they do with the true colloidal silver products they make.  From what I understand, those differences might also make a very large difference in safety as well.

Most products called ionic gold are produced by electrolysis and typically produce particles which range in size from 70-120 nanometers - much larger than the few nanometers in size of the true colloidal gold produced by Utopia and Purest Colloids and thus with much, much less surface area. It is surface area that determines the effectiveness of a colloid.

Furthermore, many products labeled as labeled as ionic gold are really gold chloride, also called chlorauric acid, a water soluble gold salt. That is what the powdered gold products usually are too. The reason you don't see gold chloride on the label or mentioned in the ads is because gold chloride is known to be potentially toxic to humans. Gold chloride has been known to cause peripheral neuropathy.

One simple way to tell what you have:  if it is not ruby red in color it isn't colloidal gold.

The bottom line to me is that if it were so easy, cheap and safe to make colloidal gold via simple electrolysis or via dissolving gold chloride then Utopia Silver and Purest Colloids would not have invested the hundreds of thousands of dollars in their processes.

From a personal standpoint, I have not tried any gold solution other than Utopia Silver (though I am certain that MesoGold is superb too).  When I take only a couple of teaspoons there is subtle yet noticeable difference in mood and focus.