 |  Colostrum and Health Colostrum has a long history of health benefits. For centuries, it has been recognized that many species of newborn mammals need to suckle within 24 hours of birth to have the best chance of survival. The “first milk” of lactation from their mother was known to be different from later secretions, but the specific compositional differences were not described until the beginning of the 20th century. Regardless, physicians and healers have been using colostrum to manage disease for centuries. Thousands of studies exploring the benefits and uses of colostrum have been reported with nearly 150 in 2007, alone. There are nearly 90 known components and benefits in colostrum for immune health, growth, anti-infectivity, cell-signaling, anti-oxidation and endotoxin-binding; it is no wonder that so much interest continues. In the near future, we will be adding a sample of the research that exists. If you want to take a look at all of it, point your browser to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed and enter “colostrum” in the search box; there are over 6,000 listings! |
