What is colostrum good for?

Perhaps the first and foremost thing that must be understood about colostrum is what it is not and must be seen as...

Colostrum is not medication. Colostrum is designed to maintain health and prevent diseases rather than cure a disease that someone already may have.

What then does colostrum do for adults, children and babies? A couple of topics will follow;

Gut Health

A healthy functional gastrointestinal tract is key to any living being and their health. Many diseases have their origins in the gut and the proper absorption of nutrients is key to maintaining the body in top condition.

The condition of our gastrointestinal tract, the mouth, the esophagus, the stomach, the large and small intestines is an important health concern due to the amount of potentially harmful material that passes through the tract.

Yet, gut health is mostly ignored unless we are suffering from diarrhea, indigestion or other GI problems. We do not talk about our digestive processes, yet we talk about improving our sex lives, botox wrinkles, etc.

When the proportion of beneficial bacteria in the intestines outnumbers the harmful bacteria, the intestines are in a state named "orthobiosis", meaning balance, coined by Elie Metchnikoff.

When that proportion of good healthy bacteria gets off for some reason, and the harmful bacteria predominate the status, the gut is in a state named "dysbiosis" or imbalance.

Dysbiosis has a number of harmful consequences, including leaky gut syndrome, where the permeability of the gut lining is increased so that toxins and pathogens normally excluded from passing through the gut lining, now move freely into the body. This contribute to a multitude of gut related diseases.

It also contribute to many autoimmune conditions, such as Crohn's Disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Most food allergies can be traced to leaky gut syndrome.

There are many other causes of leaky gut in addition to dysbiosis, including alcoholism, taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, (NSAIDs)aging and the excessive amounts of toxins in the gut.

Whatever the cause, leaky gut can have serious and even life threatening consequences.

Colostrum is the best remedy known for all round gut health. Colostrum restores leaky gut to normal permeability levels. It contains growth factors and hormones to help repair damage to the intestinal lining, including damage caused by NSAIDs and other medications and restore gut integrity.

It contains massive doses of immunoglobulins which help to control harmful bacteria and fungi such as Candida in order to restore orthobiosis. It is clinically proven to control bacteria such as "H.pylori" which cause ulcers and many other bacteria.

Colostrum is also been seen to increase the surface area of the intestinal lining, improving the absorption of nutrients.

In all of this, there is no known side effects from colostrum.