The Many Health Benefits Of Colostrum for Adults and Babies

Hearthy Colostrum-The Gold Standard 

Hearthy Colostrum is natures super foods designed to be comprehensive as nature intended with the important nutritional components for health and vitality throughout all stages of life. We were the first to pioneer colostrum. 

Multiple Applications:

  • Gut Health-supports the gut's natural repair process, restoring normal function by optimizing your intestine integrity levels through dual 
  1. Immunoglobulins: help address harmful pathogens and toxins. Colostrum contains prebiotic to feed beneficial bacteria and support balance gut. 
  2. Growth factors-help repair intestinal lining restore gut integrity with nutrient absorptions.
  3. Helps your child's digestive system function better and soothe your child's tummy. 
  • Immune Support-balance immune response, beneficial for sustaining good health. Seventy percent (70%) of your immune system immune system located in the gut. 
  • Sport Nutrition-helps increase muscle mass and exercise recovery and endurance
  1. Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGF): helps the body stimulate protein synthesis and soft tissue repair.
  2.  Immunoglobulins: helps boosts the immune system during athletic training
  3.  Growth Factors: supports cellular proliferation and restitution
  • Skin Health-contains growth and immune factors that support healthy skin

Great for Athletes and Bodybuilders. Here Why?

  1. Supports muscle mass
  2. Helps improve recovery
  3. During training, helps improve peak anaerobic training
  4. Supports a healthy immune system during exercise
  5. Helps reduce exercise muscle damage in athletes

What is Colostrum?

Colostrum is a fluid that is produced by all mammals. Specifically, females and their mammary glands. This fluid is also known as the “first milk”. Colostrum is produced after giving birth to a baby, human, or animal. Like human colostrum, bovine colostrum contains a multitude of antibodies, which are proteins that help the immune system fight off bacteria, infections, and disease during the first stages of the life of an infant. Research now shows that the health benefits of colostrum, specifically bovine colostrum supplements, also provide a multitude of benefits for adults. The supplements are made from bovine colostrum that has been pasteurized, dried, and packaged in both pills and powder. The powders that are created can be mixed with almost any liquid.

 

The Nutrition Value and Health Benefits Of Colostrum

Bovine Colostrum is very nutritious and contains more nutrients, antibodies, carbohydrates, fats, digestive enzymes, growth hormones, minerals, and vitamins, than cows milk. The health benefits of colostrum are primarily linked to certain protein compounds. This includes antibodies, growth factors, and lactoferrin. Because bovine colostrum is rich in nutrients that are known to fight disease, as well as promote growth. Also, it has been sited to help immunity, aid in healing injuries, repairing nervous system damage, treat infections, and many other benefits.

 

Bovine Colostrum has an extensive History of Safe Use

  • United Natural Product Alliance- Colostrum grandfathered as an old dietary ingredient under United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA)
  • GRAS Self Affirmed (Generally Recognized as Safe)-A 2019 independent scientific expert panel affirmed the safety of bovine colostrum as Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) for specific for food and beverage uses. 
  • 6000+ Studies illuminating science of bovine colostrum with new studies exploring safe applications for human and animal health

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Colostrum And Antibodies

One of the primary reasons that people use this supplement is because it helps in the production of antibodies. Whenever you get sick, antibodies are produced by the bone marrow. These antibodies can attack invaders in your system which causes you to get sick. Antibodies are also proteins. Although your body can adapt to new diseases, it does need to have an abundance of protein, also called immunoglobulins, that can be utilized for this purpose. Not only can it go after different forms of bacteria, but it can adapt and attack viruses that are in your system.


Overall, bovine colostrum is one of the best supplements that can be taken by adults, and children that are no longer nursing, to help with immune health. This is because it is high in immunoglobulin G (IgG), which is an antibody that yields systemic immunity. Human colostrum only provides local immunity and primarily contains IgA. Bovine Colostrum helps balance the immune system so that the body can fight off infections or other illnesses.

health benefits of colostrum

Colostrum And Growth

The growth of the human body is controlled by human growth hormones (HGH). The amount of HGH that is produced in the body determines how the body will develop. It is important to note that the amount of HGH, produced by the pituitary gland, doubles during puberty which is why young adults have the vast majority of their growth during their teenage years. The increase in HGH causes a chain reaction as it travels through the bloodstream, interacts with the liver, and begins to produce insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). This chain reaction is the start of the growth changes that naturally occur in the human body.

Gut Health Benefits of Colostrum

Diarrhea can be caused or initiated by many different factors and is considered to be a malfunction caused by pathogens and infection in the gut. Bovine colostrum, taken daily, has been found to help with this issue. Studies have shown significant improvement in chronic diarrhea for individuals that are immunocompromised.

growth hormones from colostrum

 

Are There Any Downsides To Colostrum?

In general, there are not a lot of downsides or problems associated with using colostrum as a supplement. If you have any type of allergy to milk or even soy, it is recommended not to use this supplement. However, if cows are raised without the use of synthetic hormones, or pesticides, the potential for these reactions are minimal. Cows that are raised on antibiotics can pass this on into their colostrum. While there are many different brands of this supplement available for purchase, Hearthy Foods, made in the USA, is an award-winning manufacture of this product and focuses on quality antibiotic free products.

How Much Colostrum Should be Taken to Promote Health?

While there is no standard dosage defined when it comes to taking colostrum, some studies show that taking 500 to 2000 milligrams per day can be beneficial. The amount taken daily can be divided and taken twice a day as well. Studies have also shown that during times of illness or increased stress that increasing the dosage can be beneficial as well.


The health benefits of colostrum should motivate you to consider using it. If you do not have any allergic reactions to dairy products, this might be the right choice for you. Overall, it's a great way to add more protein and vitamins to your diet, along with all of the minerals and health benefits that come with this all-natural supplement.

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How Does Colostrum Work?

 Colostrum is an Immune Modulator comprised
of a synergistic combination including:

  • ▪ Immunoglobulin G (IgG): main antibodies directly reactive to invading pathogens
  • Cytokines: small peptide molecules important in the regulation of immune response
  • Lactoferrin: an 80 kDa iron-binding glycoprotein with antiviral and antimicrobial activity
  • Lysozyme: an enzyme that helps to support immune function
  • Lactoperoxidase: a major antibacterial enzyme

Directions:

Blend in a 500 mg to 2000 mg in blender with any liquid of your choice. 

FINAL NOTES

Every choice we make regarding the food and supplements that we take into our bodies plays a role in our overall health! Making sure that we are choosing things that are healthy for us and add nutritional value is extremely important. Colostrum has many health benefits. Not only does this supplement benefit our newborn babies but it provides many amazing benefits for adults as well. For more information on Hearthy Foods Colostrum check out our store!

 

Further Information and Reference.

https://www.drberg.com/blog/the-benefits-of-colostrum

 

STATEMENT

These statements have not been evaluated by FDA. 

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