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Colostrum benefits : Viral infections vs. colostrum
Viruses are extremely tiny - much smaller than
bacteria. They invade individual cells and turn them into tiny factories
to make more viruses. The pharmaceutical community has developed
antibiotic after antibiotic to target an ever-growing group of bacterial
pathogen, yet few medicines today work on viral infections. Health-care
practitioners have little ammunition when it comes to
viruses.
Viral diseases include colds and flu, chicken pox,
hepatitis, measles, herpes, viral pneumonia, shingles, Epstein Barr virus,
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), AIDS, and numerous others. That are
also a host of intestinal viruses that cause diarrhea and other
life-threatening symptoms. Viruses cause serious health difficulties each
year.
In my opinion, aiding the good guys- experts call it
enhancing host resistance- is the way to go. I think it's a crying shame
that natural supplements and other immune system boosting herbs aren't
more widely used. Instead, doctors keep writing prescriptions for
antibiotics, which gradually breed stronger, more virulent germs that
require stronger, and always more expensive, antibiotics.
Generally speaking, pharmaceuticals have just one
active ingredient with which to fend off an infectious invader. That's
like going into battle with one bullet in your rifle. What's great about
natural supplement is that each one contains many, even hundreds, of
biologically active compounds, some in dose ranges that might provide real
benefit to us humans. Natural supplements give your body an entire arsenal
from which to select the weapons it needs.
In the last few years, colostrum and a number of its
individual components have been seriously studied for their effects
against a variety of viral diseases. As with the bacteria pathogens,
colostrum's ability to help with viral infections is more likely due to
immune support and the combination of substances than to any specific
antibody reaction.
Colostrum anti-viral properties include:
-Lactoferrin, an iron binding protein with antiviral,
antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is currently being
studied for its effects against the HIV virus, herpes, and even
cancer.
- Cytokines, which regulate the intensity of the
immune response. They are known to boost the production of antibodies
important in fighting viral infections.
- Leukocytes, the white blood cells that engulf
invading organisms, including viruses.
- Proline Rich polypeptide, is a small protein chain
in colostrum with the same ability to regulate the immune system as the
hormones of they thymus gland, as reported by a 1979 study published in
Immunology.
Proline Rich poly peptide helps regulate the immune
system to maintain balance between under and over-activity- extremely
important for those with autoimmune disease. It is also a very powerful
anti-inflammatory agent, which may help relieve painful flair-ups.
Proline-Rich polypeptide also stimulates the body's immune cells to
produce cytokines: immune- regulating proteins that regulate the duration
and intensity of the body's immune response.
In a 1998 study conducted at the laboratory of
Virology, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy
of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland, it was shown that when praline rich
polypeptide isolated from bovine colostrums was added to the immune cells
found in the membrane lining the abdominal cavity and viscera immediately
after virus absorption or one day before or after viral infection,
infected cells were better able to inhibit virus replication.
Proline rich polypeptide is one of the key component
that virologists all over the world are researching on in the battle
against the ever growing virus threat.
I have no doubt that colostrum is effective against
many types of viruses, as these studies show. Notice that researchers are
not saying that colostrum immune factors and other components are
effective against every type of virus. But they help a great deal on
several significant diseases.
If you are suffering from viral infection such as
herpes viral infection on your skin, apply colostrum powder and some water
to the infected skin area 3 times a day. The part of the skin will become
dry and will heal much faster than other methods.
References
Orzechowska, B., et al. �Antiviral effect of proline
rich polypeptide in murine resident peritoneal cells.� Acta Virol;
1998;42(2):75-78.
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