Colostrum and Consumers
Now the adult population (both men and women) have gone crazy over colostrum. Everyone wants to drink this first milk as if it was holy water. But is it good for the adult?
Recently there has been a lot of hype made about colostrum and many people have started to sell this product.
Colostrum which is available on the market today is derived from cows’ milk. There are 100s of colostrum products out on the market. Some are lyophilized into powders and others are available as a liquid. The majority contain extra proteins like casein and whey. The whey proteins contain a myriad of molecules including antibodies and IGF-1.
However, many other formulations have never been analyzed and the exact ingredients in each remain a mystery. However, one should not get too excited about the presence of IGF-1 and all the great immunoglobulins in colostrum. When these are taken orally by the adult, the stomach acidity inactivates the majority of proteins and immunogloubulins. So far, it is believed that no IGF-1 gets into the blood stream.
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