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Thu, 15 Oct 1998 08:08:19 -0400
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Mother's milk gives athletes a boost

           ADELAIDE, Australia (Reuters) - An eight-week study on 40
Australian athletes showed those
           who took daily doses of colostrum - the protein-rich fluid
found in mother's milk in the first few
           days after birth - had more stamina than those given a
protein placebo. While those taking
           colostrum did not do better than others in the first half of
tough two-stage training sessions, they
           came back 20% better after a short break. "They ran longer,
covered greater distance and did
           more work," exercise physiologist Jon Buckley, project leader
from the University of South
           Australia, said Wednesday. Sports authorities are expected to
closely examine colostrum and its
           effects, but Buckley did not see any reason why it should be
banned from official athletic use. "By
           definition it is a food supplement," he said. "It's milk, not
a drug."

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Cindy Curtis , RN, IBCLC  ~ Virginia , USA
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