Bovine colostrum is a hot ingredient, correct?
Yes it is. Colostrum is only produced during the first two days of lactation. The infants intestinal tract allows for the passage of large molecules that function as immunoglobulins, such as proteins, to fight infections. Since the infant was just thrust into a world full of hostility with bacteria and viruses ready to attack, nature devised this system where bioactive components from the mother are passed on to the infant. I suspect that many of these factors could not have been passed earlier through the placenta, especially since much of this new activity is in the gastrointestinal tract, which previously was a sterile environment but is now open to the world. These health factors in colostrum can be very useful to humans. As a result, several large companies are looking very seriously at new products derived from colostrum. These components can be used prophylactically or when our immune system is compromised, for instance, during disease. Chronic diseases or simple aging also may
