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Colostrum - Its Effect On Athletic Performance, Elimination Of Fat And Muscle Building
A double-cross blind study which was performed through the year 2000 to 2001 at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt under the supervision of Prof. Dietmar Schmidtbleicher revealed quite stunning results. The athletes who took colostrum during a training period of two months gained over 50 % more muscle mass than the placebo group (study available).
It has become common knowledge by respected researchers and institutions that colostrum helps to increase strength, stamina, lean body mass, immunity and loose fat.
Colostrum is the nutrient rich, pre-milk fluid that a mammalian (incl. the human) produces the first 24 - 48 hours after giving birth. It is the first food any of us get. Colostrums transfers essential immune- and growth factors to the newborn to insure health and vitality. Because colostrum from dairy cows has been found to be non-species specific, it can be used by all species incl. the human. As a matter of fact it is presumed, that bovine colostrum works so well for all sorts of different conditions in humans, because there is a very slight variation in the DNA-sequences which prevents the body from producing neutralizing proteins against these immune factors.
Colostrum Helps Build Muscle
The growth factors that occur naturally in colostrum (IGF-1+2, TGF-ß, PDGF,EFG, etc.) can speed protein synthesis and slow protein breakdown, leading to an increase in lean muscle mass without a corresponding rise in fatty tissue. The increase in lean muscle mass is directly linked to the daily amount of colostrum taken.
Colostrum Helps Burn Fat
When it comes to fat metablosm, colostrum’s growth factors help stimulate the body to burn fat for fuel instead of the body’s own muscle tissue. To effectively lose weight, it is important to maintain or even increase the lean muscle mass, but burn the fat at a high rate. The more muscle mass the body contains, the better is the effect on burning fat. Muscle needs a lot of energy for its maintainance and yet more for its increase which the body must take from the fat if the muscle is not available and is not provided by excess food. So, even when the scale does not show any decline in weight, the body still burns fat, but increases the muscle mass. This shows also in the decline of inches.
Colostrum Enhances Strength And Stamina
Extensive clinical studies done in Adelainde, Australia and Yväskylä, Finland, with Olympic teams proved that taking colostrum increased strength and stamina up to 20%. The amazing results fo these studies were available to all Australian and Finnish Olympice athletes who subsequently won more medals than teams from the other countries. These athletes not only reported an increase in performance and stamina, but also said, that they feel better, have more motivation for training and lost some of the side-effects of extreme training, such as runner’s diarrhea, a decline in immunity or allergies.
Colostrum Enhances immunity
The immune-enhancing benefits of colostrum are important for any weakened or overactive immune system and for athletes. It is well known that immune response declines for a while after strenuous exercise. Colostrum can help minimize this drop in immune function. It provides passive immunity through its immunoglobulins and active immunity through many other immune factors such as the growth factors, proline-rich polypeptides, interferons and interleukins.
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