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Not in your molars. Nor in that heart around your neck. Not the heigh-ho variety either. This silver is in your clothes. Your workout clothes. Your smelly-no-more workout clothes, thanks to 99.9 percent silver running through InSport® Xodus Silverwear™.

I learned of this marvel at yet another jaunt to Run On! in Richardson (www.runontexas.com). The helpful, fit and friendly salesman explained that silver stamps out bacteria. Or as the InSport website says: It not only eliminates foul-smelling bacteria, but it also neutralizes the ammonia scent that's produced when bacteria from shed skin cells expire.

OK, such phrases evoke a bit of the yeccch factor. But hey, if something can help sweeten the sweaty air, plus eliminate static electricity, plus wick away moisture quickly...well, we aren't complaining.

If the outside temp is 52 or above, the fabric cools you. Below, it keeps you snug. Plus the shirts (about $35 for short-sleeved, about $45 for long) are soft! None of that chain-mail feeling about them like you might suspect from traditional silver attire.

Want to know more? Click here to see what the InSport folks have to say.