Counterpoints

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.