According to the American Pregnancy Association, colostrum (the milk that mothers produce) has protein, vitamins, minerals and antibodies that help us as babies. It is generally the initial form of nursing babies during the first week of birth. Today we’re going to look at cow/bovine colostrum supplements—which share similarities to mother’s milk—and see why colostrum is still worth taking as an adult.
- Strong Immune System
There are several principle components within colostrum that fortifies the immune system. This protects against gut-based infections, as well as properly ensuring the lining in your gut remains intact and doesn’t easily sever or tear (which leads to Leaky Gut Syndrome).
- Choose Correctly
In order to make shopping for colostrum easier for yourself, be sure to look for colostrum that has been flash pasteurized. What this means is that it has been pasteurized at 150°F or more to kill diseases and bacteria for 10 seconds or more. This process ensures the colostrum is effectively bio-available – meaning our cells will “accept” the supplement without fail.
- Diarrhea Control
Do you have uncontrollable (albeit embarrassing) diarrhea? The National Institute of Health revealed findings. In these findings, they revealed that bovine colostrum is effective in combating and treating diarrhea. Sadly, this is only effective in people with HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Source of Energy
Numerous respectable health professionals and researchers have found out that bovine colostrum supplements dramatically increases energy. While this occurs, the supplements also play their part in helping you burn body fat more quicker, while increasing overall muscle density. On the other hand, these results happen only when supplements are used by women who regularly train and exercise three days a week or more.
- Flu Prevention
If you are one of the poor, unfortunate women suffering through osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, you undoubtedly know about Indomethacin. Just as you undoubtedly know, first hand, that this NSAID pain relief medication causes havoc to your gastrointestinal tract. Luckily, researchers in 2001 were curious enough to see whether or not colostrum helped protect this tract from damage caused by long-term use of NSAIDs. Their results were conclusive: it does. The “Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis” also discovered that oral colostrum is effective against preventing the flu – up to 3x more effective than regulated vaccination.
- Improved Exercise
Any mother or woman who wants to get in shape may benefit most of all. All the way back in 2002, scientists conducted a study involving men and women who exercised for eight weeks. They used either colostrum or whey protein during this. After the study period, scientists looked at the results and found that members who took colostrum had higher improvements in their lean body mass.
