>I was amazed at her story as just the thought of cow
>colostrum sounds yucky to me, and all of it's heath claims outrageous.
>I'm starting to think it may not be so bad as I thought.

One of the Australian football teams took bovine colostrum for a season, as
part of a study. No idea if it was written up. I read that the main thing
they found was that they recovered faster from injury. They won the national
league premiership too. Chances are, none of them had mastitis, but if this
stuff were to have some anti-inflammatory properties ....  Personally, I
can't bear the thought of deriving the calves of the colostrum.

Peter Hartmann speculates that human colostrum is sticky, viscous and in
such small quantities so it can more effectively coat the lining of the gut
as the first feeds go through. If that is so, what harm might be done by
diluting it and flushing out the system with a water, glucose or ABM feed in
the first few days? In coming years I expect we will find that early and
exclusive breastfeeding has more benefits than we ever dreamed of - lifetime
benefits.

Ros Escott
Tasmania, Australia

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