| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | subsequent seven weeks, however, a much lower |
| A 2003 study by the Health Sciences Department of | | | | percentage of the subjects taking Colostrum reported |
| the University of South Australia suggests that taking | | | | upper respiratory infection related symptoms. |
| concentrated bovine colostrum supplements could | | | | Symptom duration, however, did not differ. This |
| reduce the incidence of upper respiratory tract | | | | suggests that the immune benefits achieved by |
| infections. | | | | Colostrum can be very good in terms of being a |
| The study involved subjects being randomly allocated | | | | preventative, 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. Results | | | | That is why it is important to use Colostrum properly, |
| from the first week were kept separate from those | | | | as 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 of | | | | while Concentrated Bovine Colostrum doesn't take |
| supplementation, there was no measurable difference | | | | effect immediately, it does have definite immune |
| in symptoms in the proportion of subjects taking the | | | | enhancing and infection preventing effects when taken |
| supplement as opposed to those who didn't. During the | | | | consistently, over an extended period of time. |