With all the hype surrounding vitamins, minerals, herbs and
supplements, sometimes it’s hard to know where to start.
The answer is really quite simple— we start at the beginning
— life. Colostrum is the first food of life! Immune and growth
factors in colostrum provide the newborn with the essential
nutrients needed to begin a healthy life. Intended to be the
first substance a newborn ingests, it is safe for all ages.
While it’s relatively new on the market, colostrum has been
used for thousands of years to help maintain the health of
people worldwide. For adults, supplementing with colostrum
can help restore and sustain health.
We know that cow’s milk provides our bodies with vitamin D
and calcium, but our four-legged friends provide an even
more powerful substance for our health, — bovine colostrum.
Colostrum is the nutrient-rich, pre-milk fluid that is secreted
by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their
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During the fifties and sixties, many doctors recommended against breastfeeding. So many of us
never got the natural "seeding" -- the initial boost to our immune and digestive systems -- which
Colostrum provides. Plus, after puberty, the amount of immune and growth factors present in our
bodies begins to decline. We become more vulnerable to disease, our energy level and
enthusiasm lessens, our skin loses its elasticity, and we gain unwanted weight and lose
muscle tone.
Immune factors in bovine colostrum can help balance and support a healthy immune system;
which is the key to good health. Growth factors supply the necessary building blocks for the
newborn, enhancing the growth of cells, muscles, tissue, bone and cartilage. As we age, our
bodies produce less and less of these vital factors, increasing signs of aging, and making it
more difficult for us to fight disease.
Pollution, toxins, carcinogens, smoking, alcohol and overuse of antibiotics can lead to a
decrease in our immune response, resulting in disease. Colostrum can help restore the body’s
ability to function properly in both newborns and adults. It even works great for our pets!
Most experts agree that the majority of disease and illness begins in the gastrointestinal tract.
Pathogens (viruses, bacteria, yeast, and fungus) enter the body through our nose, ears, and
mouth and can attach themselves to the lining of the bowel, where they grow and multiply,
causing a huge variety of diseases. Colostrum helps inhibit the binding of pathogens to the
bowel lining, inhibiting their proliferation.
All humans are exposed to these deadly invaders throughout their lives. Unfortunately, these
days, they are in the air we breathe and the food we eat. When our bodies are healthy, our
immune system fights off these pathogens without needing any help. However, if our immune
system is compromised in any way (which is unfortunately true for most of us), colostrum can
help our bodies restore proper immune function.
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Research has shown that Colostrum has powerful natural immune and growth factors that
bring the body to a state of homeostasis -- its powerful, vital natural state of health and well
being. Colostrum helps support healthy immune function; it also enables us to resist the
harmful effects of pollutants, contaminants and allergens where they attack us.
Plus, the growth factors in Colostrum create many of the positive "side-effects" of a healthy
organism -- an enhanced ability to metabolize or "burn" fat, greater ease in building lean
muscle mass, and enhanced rejuvenation of skin and muscle.
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