Colostrum

Colostrum or first milk also known as beestings or immune milk is produced in your breasts towards the later stages of pregnancy, usually around six to seven months. Colostrum is still found for a few days after birth for the baby to feed. It is a special milk thick, sticky and ranges from yellow to orange in colors. It is perfect to give as your baby’s first food, as it is tailored naturally to cater to your baby’s need. Although low in volume, it has high nutrition concentration and significant components.

Benefits Of Colostrum

• Colostrum has high quantities of proteins including beneficial growth factors (IGFs), long chained fatty acids that are polyunsaturated, carbohydrates, Vitamin A, Vitamin K and antibodies.
• Besides it has low fat content, so that babies can easily digest it. Colostrum supplies nutrients in a low volume as babies have digestive systems that are still forming.
• Colostrum has laxative effect, even though mild, which aids the baby to pass its first stool known as meconium.
• Excess bilirubin is cleared, as these blood cells are dead and useless and found in plenty during birth, as a result of reduction in blood volume. This will help in preventing jaundice.
• Colostrum prevents the intestinal tracts of babies from being permeable, as it shuts the holes. It gives the gastrointestinal tracts a barrier against the entry and sensitizing the baby from foreign substances like the food consumed by the mother.
• Colostrum is good for adults as well. Colostrum can quicken the healing of bruises and injuries, decrease the allergy symptoms, can increase memory power and concentration, revitalize the hair growth and can make your prostate better.
• It has all of the five immunoglobins igA, igD, igE, igG, as well as igM. Colostrum helps to jumpstart the fight against infections. It also helps in immunizing you from chronic diseases due to the presence of molecules known as transfer factors. The presence of antioxidant phytic acid helps in building defenses against cancer. Colostrum has leukocyte, a white cell in huge volume that protects the body from diseases, viruses and bacteria.
• Colostrum is useful as antibiotics with no side effects.
• Colostrums can be considered to be an absolutely safe natural vaccine.
• Colostrum helps diseases like chronic pain and fatigue, asthma, anemia, diabetes, influenza, hemorrhoids, gingivitis, lupus and gout. It is also helpful for nerve injuries, post-surgery pain, joint pain, multiple sclerosis, thyroid disorders, stroke, and stress, ulcers, tendonitis, shingles and temper outbursts.
• Bovine Colostrum is the early milk of cows and can be used as a dietary supplement to get physical strength and general immunity. It has lactoferrin, glycoproteins and proline-rich polypeptide. They help to fight people affected by acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It also protects Aids patients from diarrhea known as cryptosporiodisis.

After the first fortnight, colostrum will turn into mature milk. Then the antibodies concentration found in the milk will be reduced, yet the volume of milk is raised. If your baby gets breast milk it can continue to fight against viruses, germs and bacteria, even in the absence of colostrum.