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First Colostrum
Your First Food!
Colostrum Helps Athletes Burn Fat ... Build Muscle
Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 CNR Publications
Athletes
and those who work out and exercise regularly and seriously are
always looking for ways to enhance their performance and get better
results. According to both clinical research and anecdotal evidence,
colostrum may be the most potent natural substance yet discovered
that helps athletes get the results they want. In fact, many body-builders
and exercise experts say that colostrum is the most effective muscle-building
agent they have ever used without resorting to illegal (and dangerous)
steroids.
Writing in Iron Man Magazine (a
journal for serious bodybuilders), Daniel Shawn states that the
IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor) found in colostrum ". . . has
a strikingly more anabolic effect than any known com-pound, even
steroids."
IGF-1 is able to "promote muscle
growth by itself", writes Steve Schwade, Associate Editor of Muscle
& Fitness, in their May, 1992 issue. "Bovine colostrum has
a higher concentration of IGF-1 than human colostrum", he continues,
"and its structure is virtually identical. Human IGF-1 and bovine
IGF-1 differ by only three amino acids in the 67-amino-acid chain
that makes up the IGF-1 molecule. Because of this similarity, bovine
IGF-1 is just as potent as the human form."
Schwade goes on to quote current
research showing that colostrum slows protein breakdown, and ".
. . stimulates glucose transport in muscle." This means that muscles
make more efficient use of the fuel available to them.
When it comes to fat metabolism,
the growth factors in colostrum "shift fuel utilization from carbohydrate
to fat. This doesn¡¯t mean you can eat more fat. But it does mean
that your body will burn more fat, including fat made from the carbohydrate
and protein you eat, producing fuel more efficiently.", continued
Schwade. Schwade's summary: "The bottom line is that the growth
factors (in colostrum) speed protein synthesis and slow protein
catabolism (protein breakdown), leading to an increase in lean muscle
mass without a corresponding rise in adipose tissue."
Again, Daniel Shawn from Ironman
Magazine : "Plain and simple, IGF-1 is the end-all and the be-
all of anabolic peptide growth factors. Where can you get it? Colostrum.
" Olympic Boxing Gold Medallist
Ray Mercer started using colostrum after he was diagnosed with Hepatitis
C and his heavyweight match against Evander Holyfield was cancelled.
However, Mercer says that not only did colostrum help him recover
from Hepatitis C, but it "gave me more energy, I¡¯m pressing more
weight, and my gut problems are gone."
Recently, more studies have been
performed with athletes. Writing in Nutrition Science News in
May of 1996, Edmund Burke, Ph.D., reports on research involving
the Finnish Olympic Ski Team. "The athletes worked out extremely
hard and their blood creatine-kinase levels were monitored over
a seven day period. Creatine-kinase is a critically important muscle-cell
enzyme that has been shown to be a marker of muscle-cell damage
if detected in the blood. Thus, when blood creatine levels rise,
it is often a sign of significant muscle damage. Compared to team
members who drank placebos, the athletes who consumed a colostrum
drink showed roughly one half the blood creatine-kinase levels four
days after acute exercise." They also said, subjectively, that they
were less fatigued and that their performance seemed to have improved.
In the same article, Burke goes
on to say that colostrum also "improves athletic performance through
the gut." Colostrum enhances assimilation of nutrients through the
intestines and thus increases the efficiency of carbohydrate and
amino acid uptake. Also, the growth factors in colostrum help "seal"
the gut from ulceration which reduces the efficiency of uptake.
So what happens when taking colostrum is that more of the nutrients
from the food you eat can be utilized as fuel for exercise, whether
of the cardiovascular or muscle-building variety.
The benefits of colostrum are great
news for those of us who exercise regularly but who haven¡¯t been
seeing the results we want.
See you in the gym!
FITNESS BENEFITS OF
COLOSTRUM
By Donald Henderson, M.D.
Athletes have searched for years,
sometimes at great risk to their overall well-being, to find the
"miracle" drug or supplement that will help them enhance their performances.
The ideal answer would be something
that allows the body to use or boost its own internal powers, designed
by Mother Nature, to help us build energy, muscle and cardiovascular
endurance.
I believe we may have that answer,
and my supposition is strongly supported by both clinical research
and anecdotal evidence. Its bovine colostrum, perhaps the most potent
natural substance available that helps athletes enhance their performance
and get better results. Many bodybuilders and exercise experts say
that colostrum is the most effective muscle-building agent they
have ever used without resorting to illegal and dangerous steroids.
The fitness effects of colostrum
were recently documented again in new studies out of Australia,
which showed the significant fitness gains, including improved stamina
and shortened recovery time, for athletes of the national football
and cycling teams who took colostrum.
Colostrum is the first mammary-secreted
nourishment that any mammal, including humans, gives its newborn
for the first 24 to 48 hours of life. It contains numerous immune-system
compounds and growth factors, which trigger at least 50 processes
in newborns, ranging from the development of the immune system to
the growth of all body cells. Medical evidence also shows that adults
can get the same tremendous wide-ranging benefits that colostrum
offers newborns.
The key is the growth factors found
in colostrum. They have been shown to tone muscles, "melt" body
fat, return elasticity to the skin and increase bone density.
In May, 1996, Edmund Burke, Ph.D.,
reported the research results of colostrum use with the Finnish
Olympic Ski Team. Results showed that the athletes who drank a colostrum
drink were less fatigued and showed improved performances, compared
to the team members who drank placebos.
Another Finnish study showed that
sprinters and jumpers who took bovine colostrum increased serum
IGF-I concentration during strength and speed training.
Besides its amazing fitness effects,
colostrum contains powerful immune factors (Immunoglobulins, Cytokines
and Interferon) that work to restore potent immune function. Colostrum
also contains PRP (Polyproline-Rich-Peptides), shown in medical
studies to help regulate an under- or overactive immune system,
and Lactoferrin, which has been proven in numerous research studies
to be a potent, broad-spectrum natural antibiotic and antiviral
agent.
Colostrum is the only natural source
with the perfect synergy between the immune factors and all of our
body¡¯s growth factors in perfect combination, as nature intended.
Colostrum is completely natural, free of side effects, and is an
excellent alternative to hundreds of drugs, including performance-enhancing
stereoids. The benefits of colostrum are great news for everyone
from the professional athlete to the weekend warrior.
Dr.
Donald Henderson is a graduate of Florida Medical School and holds
a Master¡¯s degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public
Health. He is currently Chief of Staff at Daniel Freeman Memorial
Hospital in Los Angeles, a partner in private practice, and Assistant
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology at UCLA School
of Medicine.
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