There is some controversy on when this colostrum is obtained from the cows. Some dealers get the colostrum as soon as the calf is delivered and others get it from the first breast milk from the cow. Some dealers claim that the active products in colostrum expire within 6- 12 hours if the milk is not obtained within this time.
Moreover, others claim that the first milk can be obtained any time. In reality cows deliver babies at any time. To get the colostrum, one has to start milking the cows right away. (remember colostrum is only available for the first few hours/days after delivery). And the only way to get this product is to milk the cow right away. And think- if the farmer is going to take the milk, how is the cow going to feed its infant?
Well, in reality many farmers kill the infant cow, sell the meat and keeping on milking the cow for the colostrum- sad but true.
Many stores claim that the colostrum has been obtained from the cow within the first 6 hours after birth of the infant cow. However, in reality this is not true. Does anyone really believe that a farmer is going to get up in the middle of the night to milk the cow just to get the colostrum for a bunch of crazy folks who were never breast fed as babies? And who knows how much colostrum is mixed in with the milk to make more profit. There are some reports which claim that much of the colostrum out on the market is just diluted powdered milk spiced up with some other stuff (remember the melamine story from china?). The reality is that the business of selling colostrum brings big money and where health foods are concerned, fakes and counterfeit are abundant.
The whole industry is unregulated and so people sell all sorts of craps- and the crazy thing is that there are even more crazier people who buy the products.
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