What is it and what does it do?
How can it calm a stomach?
Colostrum from a cow I believe. It’s the equivalent of the ‘breast milk’ during the first few days after a baby is born which has a different in composition than regular breast milk. Supposed to boost the immune system and is very important for babies in their first few weeks. Not sure it there is any science showing any benefits for athletes using cow’s colostrum.
Colostrum from a cow I believe. It’s the equivalent of the ‘breast milk’ during the first few days after a baby is born which has a different in composition than regular breast milk. Supposed to boost the immune system and is very important for babies in their first few weeks. Not sure it there is any science showing any benefits for athletes using cow’s colostrum.
Interesting. I think they (Bielschemech or whatever) sponsor Kienle. I read a Google translation of their website once and read something along the lines of “managing inflammation through therapeutic bee stings” at which point I said “nope” and closed the tab.
Colostrum from all species is very high in immunoglobulins, proteins involved in the immune response to antigens and pathogens, and very low in the other milk proteins (caseins). The neonatal gut absorption of intact proteins is very high, so the immunoglobulins pass right into the blood stream where they do their work.
Whether or not cow immunoglobulins would do a human any good (if they were absorbed intact) is highly suspect. Secondly, the digestive system, with enzymes like trypsin, pepsin, chymotrypsin, etc. will digest proteins into small peptides before they can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
This product is pure nonsense.
*“Data” is not the plural of “anecdote”. *
Colostrum from all species is very high in immunoglobulins, proteins involved in the immune response to antigens and pathogens, and very low in the other milk proteins (caseins). The neonatal gut absorption of intact proteins is very high, so the immunoglobulins pass right into the blood stream where they do their work.
Whether or not cow immunoglobulins would do a human any good (if they were absorbed intact) is highly suspect. Secondly, the digestive system, with enzymes like trypsin, pepsin, chymotrypsin, etc. will digest proteins into small peptides before they can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
This product is pure nonsense.
*“Data” is not the plural of “anecdote”. *
Not affiliated or a customer/user, but I have to ask:
You mean as much nonsense as similar products sold in the US?
I’d prefer something like that (if I’d ever would consider “supplementing” with milk), when I look at the engineered, antibiotics and steroid 'enriched" comparable “products” sold in the US.
And from a nutritional standpoint it is good protein (although pretty expensive).
So at least no harm, no foul, correct?
Well, at $279 (on sale!) for a single “peak peak balance packet” I’d say that it’s some seriously expensive snake oil.
I’ll stick with my beet juice.
Dr. Susan Kraftner is a hoot! The tablets are basically guarana and colostrum… I’ve tried them and they are said to help strengthen your immune system so you don’t get sick when you overtrain… Macca was on board with her - - which tells you something… Also seems like something Starky would push, but doesn’t because he’s not a real athlete…
if you are interested in more info on bovine (cow) colostrum the Natural Health Products Directorate in Health Canada has this monograph with bibliography:
http://webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca/nhpid-bdipsn/monoReq.do?id=2096&lang=eng
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I won a years supply of it in an online contest a few years ago. That included a ton of the daily chewy tablets and the booster tablets. I was, like everyone on here, super skeptical they’d work, but it was free so I gave it them a go. From my review of the scientific literature on them, the only benefit officially measured by study (at least a few years ago) was a decrease in respiratory infections in swimmers.
As for my own experience, I really like the booster tabs. I have historically had really bad GI problems during/after races. I started taking a booster ~20 minutes before a race start for all races. For long course races, I crush one booster up into a powder, then mix it in a flask with 4 gels and a bit of water. I take this during the bike (not all at once). Since doing this, no more GI problems. Zero. I also take them on days I feel really run down and they seem to help, probably mostly from the guarana.
I definitely agree they are really expensive, appear to have outrageously beneficial claims on their website, and I never would have tried them had I not gotten a years worth free to play around with. That said, I now buy 2-3 boxes of booster tablets a year and always use the special cocktail described above when racing long course.