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COLOSTRUM - Nature's First Food
 

 


What is Colostrum?

Colostrum has been called "nature's first food". It is the pre-milk fluid produced from the mother's mammary glands during the first 36 hours after birth. It is not milk or a nutritional supplement. It is the whole 'functional' food for the new-born -naturally occurring and in perfect combination. Its function is to provide the basis for life. Your life.

Colostrum supplies life-supporting immune and growth factors and a perfect combination of vitamins and minerals to insure the health, vitality, and growth of the new-born. Each drop contains the promise of life - immunoglobulins, growth factors, antibodies, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, amino acids, and other special substances designed to help the body face a lifetime of invasion by various viruses, bacteria, allergens and toxins bent on destruction.

Yet the onset of almost all infectious and degenerative disease, including cancer and heart disease, is preceded or accompanied by lowered immune system function. Colostrum is unique in nature in that it is the only complete food to provide critical immune factors, such as immunoglobulins, leukocytes, cytokines, lactoferrin, interferon and prolene rich peptides (PRP), that the body needs to fight infection and restore immune function.


Where Does Colostrum Come From?

The idea of harvesting colostrum isn't new. Dairy farmers have been collecting colostrum for centuries to feed to calves that lose their mothers during the birthing process. Cows process more than is required for their new calf so we just collect the excess. Bovine colostrum is perfect because it is not species-specific. Therefore it works for us and has 10 to 20 times more immune factors than human colostrum.


All health starts from the GI tract

Doctors acknowledge that most disease enters the body through the mucous membranes in the intestinal gastric tract. The majority of the antibodies and immunoglobulins present in colostrum are not absorbed, but remain in the intestinal tract where they attack pathogens before they can penetrate the body's defences. In addition, Colostrum's growth factors help heal the bowel lining, balance intestinal flora and support proper digestive function.

According to the medical research, the presence of such a wide spectrum of immunoglobulins, antibodies and accessory immune factors in Colostrum offers tremendous possibilities in the prevention and recovery of illness in humans and mammalian pets.


Side Effects?

There are no negative side effects and the growth factors produce significant positive side effects, which are:

  • Reduces wrinkles
  • Accelerates fat burning
  • Regulates mood swings
  • Balances blood sugar levels
  • Increases performance
  • Accelerates wound/tissue healing
  • Increases mental alertness

Why New Zealand Colostrum?

All colostrum IS NOT the same. From start to finish, Alpha Lipid colostrum harvested from cows raised in New Zealand is superior to any other colostrum in the world. This is all due to the ideal pure climate, pesticide, antibiotic and BSE free pasture-fed cows, highly regulated farming techniques, and a multi-million dollar investment in the equipment necessary to best process Alpha Lipid colostrum from New Image properly. No other colostrum can compare.


How do I take it?

It's simple. Healthy children and adults should take two tablets or capsules FIRST thing in the morning with a glass of water.

If you have any health concerns, you just increase the amount taken until you get results and then reduce to the maintenance level of two tablets (or capsules) a day. Use a powder if you prefer. Also great for pets.


Other points to note:

  • Vegetarians, including many Hindu spiritual leaders, have been taking colostrum for centuries.
  • Colostrum is proven to improve athlete's performance and build body mass
  • Non breast fed children should take colostrum to provide the immune and growth factors breast feeding would have provided and formula feeding cannot.

"Colostrum is so safe, it has been prepared by nature as the first food
for infants. It would be hard to imagine any nutritional substance more
natural or beneficial."
- International Institute of Nutritional Research


Buying Alpha Lipid Colostrum
New Image is the first retailer, and leading retailer of colostrum in the world. For further information on Alpha Lipid colostrum from New Image, contact any Positive Living Colostrum Mentor for further questions and service.

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Colostrum Mentors for Positive Living
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All Colostrum Mentors know and understand Fibromyalgia.

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and Most Other Countries
contact  Jacqui at Positive Living

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