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Colostrum is
the pre-milk fluid produced from the mother's mammary glands during the first 72
hours after birth. It provides life-supporting immune and growth factors that
insure the health and vitality of the newborn.
As
we age, we notice it takes us a little longer to fight off a cold or flu, we become
more vulnerable to disease, our energy and enthusiasm lessen, our skin loses its
elasticity, we gain unwanted weight and lose muscle tone. After maturity, we
gradually lose the immune and growth factors in our body. This impacts us to search
for anti-aging and health
products and knowledge. We've looked to plants and minerals for an answer,
isolating and mega-dosing on vitamins and minerals. Aging, illness and death occur
with the loss of immune and growth factors in our bodies. Medical science has shown
in many published reports worldwide that these can possibly be replaced in the
human body....with bovine
colostrum.
Bovine colostrum is not new. In India, for thousands of years, Ayurvedic
physicians and the spiritual leaders have documented the physical and spiritual
health benefits from colostrum. It is dried and delivered by the milkman and is
known for its healing and therapeutic ability. Scandinavian countries have been
making a delicious colostrum pudding and dessert topped with honey, for hundreds of
years, to celebrate the birth of calves and good health. It was used in the US as
an early antibiotic that was in much favor until the discovery of penicillin and
other antibiotics.
In the late 18th Century, Western scientists began to study colostrum
and document its benefits for survival, growth and development for the newborn.
Today, there are thousands of published scientific and clinical studies of major
health benefits associated with colostrum.
Lactoferrin
helps increase natural iron bio-availability, is a powerful antioxidant, and helps
support a healthy immune system.
• Lactoferrin is an
iron-binding glycoprotein found in human secretions like tears, saliva, milk and
mucous
• Helps enhance iron transport and
absorption
• Helps promote a healthy balance of natural
intestinal flora
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• Helps increase bioavailability and absorption of
nutrients in the body and helps decrease the bioavailability of iron to
pathogens
• May have anti-aging properties by helping
prevent the formation of free radicals that trigger oxidation
• Helps contribute to host defense against
pathogens by protecting lymphocytes against free iron
What are plant
sterols?Plant sterols are extracts of
certain plants that, when ingested, inhibit the absorption of cholesterol in
the small intestine. Thus, dietary cholesterol never gets into the
system.
Plant sterols are present naturally in small
quantities in many fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, cereals, legumes, vegetable
oils, and other plant sources. Plant stanols occur in even smaller quantities in
many of the same sources. Both stanols and sterols are essential components of
plant cell membranes and structurally resemble cholesterol. Foods supplemented with
plant sterols may reduce cholesterol and are a promising addition to interventions
aimed at lowering heart disease risk.
The statements in this article are not
intended to diagnose, treat and cure or prevent disease please consult your health
care physician before discontinuing medication or introducing herbs into your
diet.
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