Collostrum for immunity

[FallingApart]

I've been wiating to post this until I tried it out and saw the effects on our own family. Below is a quick background and then the effect on our family.

 

My BIL was an Olympic hopeful althelete for Australia. When we first met him, he was alwasy drinking cow's collostrum shakes and our family thought he was wierd. We asked why and he told us that it was great for building muscles and was an athlete thing. That is pretty much what I remember from the story initially. Well, when DD got sick, BIL immediately told us that DD needed to be drinikng collostrum. He said that in addition to whatever else he was using it for, it was also an immunity booster. He drank the shakes for 3 years and was never sick during the entire time. At that point, that was all we knew about it. My sister and BIL then looked into it further and the main ingredient in it is immunoglobulin. Now, granted, it is from a cow. But, when I heard that, I was all over it.

 

Our family has been using this for about 4 weeks now and we have seen very good results. I know that my DD got sick last week but I believe that is because we slacked off in giving it to her. We have tried to slip it into the girls milk, but they can tell the taste difference. So, we have been making "milkshakes" and they think they are fine. My younger DD (2) isn't a fan of any type of milkshake and only drinks a few sips. But my PANDAS DD drinks the whole thing. And right now, my younger DD has green boogers and a cold and the PANDAS DD does not. Last night we refroze the milkshake and will try giving the girls just "ice cream" today.

 

If anyone is interested in this, let me know and I can get the brand name and ordering info. I'm a bit worried you are going to think I'm nutty. But, when I read Manda's post, I thought it could maybe be one more thing that might be bale to help her and that others should know as well.

[chrisw]

Hey Fallingapart,

If your weird, then I am too!! I ordered the colostrum lozenges from Synertek after MUCH research. I have been giving 1 a day to my son for about 2 weeks. I was really impressed with their website and info. Just google Synertek colostrum. When Diana went to see Dr. Cunningham, she asked her about colostrum and Dr. C said it sounded like it was fine as long as it was pasturized (which it is). Evidently, it really strengthens the immune system in many different ways. My son says the lozenges don't taste good, but they don't taste bad. I've taken several and they aren't bad. I just have my son suck on them for a minute or two and then chew it up and swallow with some water. On this website, they claim that colostrum can raise serum IGg levels up to 50%. I have no idea if that is true, but if this will give him just a little boost, it's worth it. We live in Florida and have had MUCH sickness in our schools (swine flu, and strep) lately. The other day at my sons school (he's a 4th grader) they had 95 absent. He has had nothing but occasional sneezing (I should probably be dusting my house right now!) since school started. I plan on getting the powdered form for my whole family also. I wonder if I could add it to chocolate milk without any notice?

Christie

[KeithandElizabeth]

An alternative to this for dairy sensitive children is GI Protect by XYMOGEN.

 

Our pediatrician recommended this to us for building up our son's immunity. The ingredients are IgG, IGA, IgM, IgE, IgD transferrings, IGR-1 and L-Glutamine. Unfortunately our son will not drink it - I do not know why because it is very sweet just mixed with water. I still thought I would share the information with you all. The back of the container says that this is a breakthrough in immunoglobulin antibodies and possesses 3 times more IgG and total immunoglobuilins than colostrum.

 

Elizabeth