Reversing Immune System Impairment with Colostrum

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Colostrum is a special non-milk breast secretion produced by all mammalian mothers during the first 48 hours after birth. Colostrum contains special antibodies, immunoglobulins, complex proteins and growth factors capable of triggering at least 50 processes and functions in the newborn.

Recently, researchers have discovered that colostrum from bovine sources has many health benefits for adults.

Therapeutic Benefits

    • Antiviral factors in colostrum can help to inhibit influenza, herpes, and other viruses.
    • Colostrum glycoproteins can help to inhibit Helicobacter Pylori bacteria, which can cause stomach ulcers.
    • Interlukin-10, an anti-inflammatory agent found in colostrum, helps to improve arthritis.
    • Colostrum can have effective antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral effects in the gastrointestinal tract.
    • Colostrum helps to correct immunodeficiency by stimulating lymphoid tissue.
    • Colostrum can help to accelerate wound healing and cartilage repair through various growth factors.
    • Colostrum PRP (proline-rich polypeptide) helps to modulate immunity by activating an underactive immune system through the thymus gland while suppressing an overactive immune system as seen in autoimmune disease (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Type I diabetes, Graves' disease, myasthenia gravis, and others).
    • Colostrum can be effective against chronic fatigue and leaky gut syndrome.
    • Colostrum growth factors can help to enhance athletic performance naturally by optimizing lean muscle mass while burning excessive fat.

Preventive Benefits

    • Colostrum can help to provide adults with immunization, preventing acute intestinal infections and inflammation (e.g. colitis, Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, candidiasis, etc.)
    • Colostrum can help to prevent viral and bacterial infections in immunodeficiency states (e.g., bone marrow recipients, AIDS patients, premature babies).
    • Colostrum can help to provide safe natural immunity for those at high risk for damage by conventional vaccinations, high concentration of iron, transporting proteins lactoferrin, and transferrin in colostrum.
    • Colostrum can help to prevent iron deficiency in both newborns and adults.
    • Colostrum can be helpful in reducing severity of allergies and infections of all types.
    • Colostrum can help to prevent some cancers by promoting normal cell growth and DNA synthesis.

For more information on colostrum see Colostrum: Life's First Food by Daniel G, Clark, M.D. or Colostrum: Man's First Food, The White Gold Discovery by Bernard Jensen, Ph.D.

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Dr. Zoltan Rona
Dr. Zoltan P. Rona is a graduate of McGill University Medical School (1977) and has a Master’s Degree in Biochemistry and Clinical Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut (1984). He is past president of The Canadian Holistic Medical Association (1987-88) and is the author of three Canadian bestsellers: The Joy of Health (1991), Return to the Joy of Health (1995) and Childhood Illness and The Allergy Connection (1997). He is co-author with Jeanne Marie Martin of The Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook (1996) and is the medical editor of the Benjamin Franklin Award winning Encyclopedia of Natural Healing (1998). He has had a private medical practice in Toronto for the past 35 years, has appeared on radio and TV as well as lectured extensively in Canada and the U.S. Dr. Rona currently writes regular articles for Reader’s Digest, Alive, Vitality magazine and for several web sites. His latest book “Vitamin D, the Sunshine Vitamin” was published in 2010. In 2011, Dr. Rona was named Chief Medical Advisor for NAKA Herbs and Vitamins and has developed a line of nutritional supplements (TriStar Naturals) which are sold in health food stores across Canada. He can be found at www.highlevelwellness.ca