Colostrum May Help Prevent Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

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A 2003 study by the Health Sciences Department ofpercentage of the subjects taking Colostrum reported
the University of South Australia suggests that takingupper respiratory infection related symptoms.
concentrated bovine colostrum supplements couldSymptom duration, however, did not differ. This
reduce the incidence of upper respiratory tractsuggests that the immune benefits achieved by
infections.Colostrum can be very good in terms of being a
The study involved subjects being randomly allocatedpreventative, but that it does not have any measurable
to consume 60g/day of Colostrum for eight weeks,effect on an infection once it has already taken hold.
then examining their occurrence of symptoms. ResultsThat is why it is important to use Colostrum properly,
from the first week were kept separate from thoseas a preventative, and not depend on it to cure illness.
from the last seven weeks.These overall results of this research study show that
The results showed that during the first week ofwhile Concentrated Bovine Colostrum doesn't take
supplementation, there was no measurable differenceeffect immediately, it does have definite immune
in symptoms in the proportion of subjects taking theenhancing and infection preventing effects when taken
supplement as opposed to those who didn't. During theconsistently, over an extended period of time.