In the first 48 hours after giving birth, a mother produces a very special, pre-milk breast fluid called colostrum. It contains numerous substances which protect the infant from infections and other diseases, and stimulates growth and over fifty different health supportive processes, some of which last a life time. These powerful factors have been shown to be beneficial also to people of all ages.
 

Bovine Colostrum

All mammals produce colostrum however, cow (bovine) colostrum is the only animal form that can be utilized by humans. Since dairy cows produce more colostrum than is needed by the newborn calves, the excess can be processed for human use as a powder for children and adults. Actually bovine colostrum contains even more health supportive substances than human colostrum.
One of the most important ingredients in colostrum is the immune globulin, IgF-I which stimulates healing, muscle growth, and the production of immune cells, reduces the need for insulin, and increases the burning of fat. Bovine colostrum contains ten times the amount of lgF-l than human colostrum.
 

Colostrum For Children

Many babies today are not breast fed even in the first critical few days. They have no source of colostrum unless they are given a supplement, since no milk or baby formula contains this important substance Infants, with a developing immune system, are vulnerable to bacteria and virus infections.

They also need stimulation to many basic metabolic processes necessary during their rapid growth and their entry into the world outside the protective immunity of the mothers womb. Colostrum capsules may be easily opened and the powder sprinkled into baby formula and later into the child's food.
 

Colostrum For Adults

As we age we produce less immune and growth factors that are needed to heal tissue damage and to fight disease. Colostrum can provide many of these important factors which are often included in anti aging programs.
Energy And The Physical Body
In addition to IgF- 1, and TgF-A & B. Epithelial Growth Factor (EgF) regenerate muscle, nerve, bone and cartilage - affecting all of the structural cells of the body, and helping to increase the anabolic process of protein synthesis, build lean muscle tissue, and burn fat for energy.

FirstFood^TM Colostrum with Flanagan Microclusters®

Constituents of FirstFood

The important substances in colostrum include

1) Immunoglobulins (antibodies): FirstFood contains all of the immunoglobulins -IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM.
2) Lactoferrin: an iron-binding protein which releases iron to the red blood cells.
3) Proline-rich Polypeptide (PRP): regulates under activity or over activity of the immune system.
4) IgF- 1: Insulin Like and Transforming Growth Factors stimulates T-cell production, muscle growth, and reduces insulin need.
5) Leukocytes: stimulate production of interferon.
6) Hydrogen peroxide producing enzymes: attack bacteria.
7) Lysozyme: destroys bacteria and viruses.
8) Cytokines: stimulate and regulate immune response, communications, and tumor destruction.
9) Interlukin l0: reduces inflammation.
10) Long chain sugars: block bacteria from attaching to mucus membranes.
11 ) Orotic acid: helps prevent anemia.
 

Preparation of FirstFood

RBC's pure bovine origin colostrum is harvested from controlled, healthy cows at a state licensed, USDA inspected, dairy it is shown by laboratory testing to be free of bacteria, herbicides, pesticides, and antibiotics. It is collected in the 24 hours after the birth of the cow's second calving at which time the highest concentration of immune and growth factors are present. It is then frozen and sent to a licensed food processing facility for processing as a powder, which is finally measured into VCaps in an FDA registered manufacturing laboratory.

Unlike many complex proteins, colostrum is not reduced to individual amino acids in the stomach because of natural digestive enzyme inhibitors. This permits colostrum to pass intact into the intestinal tract for absorption into the blood stream.
 

Colostrum with Flanagan Microclusters®

To lower specific gravity of the fluids mixed with colostrum and to increase absorption, RBC blends colostrum with Flanagan Microclusters®, an exclusive RBC ingredient, long recognized to enhance utilization of nutritional supplements.
 

Item #	Description	Wholesale	BV	Retail
1750	FirstFoodTM  Colostrum with Microclusters® 90VCaps	$25.00	$25.00	$33.00

What is Colostrum?

Colostrum is the first milk or "pre-milk" that is provided by the mothers of all mam-mals during the first 24-48 hours following birth. It provides many life supporting immune and growth factors that insure the health and vitality of the newborn. Colostrum is so important that most baby mam-mals would simply die without it.

Now, colostrum has been widely shown to possess certain immune enhancing prop-erties for children and adults. Royal BodyCare's FirstFood Colostrum supplement with Flanagan Microclusters® is bo-vine colostrum that is naturally harvested from healthy cows in USDA inspected dair-ies. It is low heat processed, gently spray dried and de-fatted to provide the most active immunoglobulins possible. Excess colostrum is naturally produced, so calves are not compromised by its collection. Re-cent research has supported the health ben-efits of colostrum in the following areas:
 

• Colostrum provides passive absorbable antibodies and immunoglobulins that attack certain viruses and bacteria. It has numerous other factors that support and help regulate immunity.
• Colostrum contains lactoferrin, which has been found to support red blood cell integrity and iron binding capacity.
• Colostrum has certain growth enhancing factors, studied for their effects on muscle repair and growth.
   

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What can Colostrum do for Me?

Colostrum has been found to contain numerous substances that protect the in-fant from infections and other diseases, stimulate growth, and over fifty other vari-ous health supportive processes, some of which last a lifetime. These powerful fac-tors have been shown to be beneficial to people of all ages. Studies by thousands of prestigious and respected medical and re-search institutions have shown that colostrum has the potential to:
 

• Powerfully boost the immune system.
• Accelerate healing of all types of injuries. m Repair nervous system damage.
• Burn fat and build lean muscle mass.
• Increase vitality and stamina.
• Elevate mood.
   

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What is Bovine Colostrum?

All mammals produce colostrum, how-ever cow (bovine) colostrum is the only animal form that can be utilized by humans. Since dairy cows produce more colostrum than is needed by newborn calves, the excess can be processed for human use as a powder for children and adults. In fact, bovine colostrum contains more health sup-portive substances than human colostrum.

One of the most important ingredients in colostrum is immune globulin IgF-1, which stimulates healing, muscle growth, and the production of immune cells. In addition, it reduces the need for insulin, and increases the burning of fat. Bovine colostrum con-tains ten times the amount of IgF-1 found in human colostrum.
 

Problems and Solutions

During the 1950's and 60's, many doctors recommended against breast-feeding. This was the height of the "arrogance of science -trying to convince us that man-made for-mulas could actually be better than mother's milk. As a result, many of us never got the initial boost to our immune and digestive systems which colostrum provides. In ad-dition, after puberty, the amount of im-mune and growth factors present in our bodies begins to decline. We become vul-nerable to disease, our energy level and enthusiasm starts to decline, our skin loses elasticity, and we gain unwanted weight and lose muscle tone. And, since we live in a toxic environment with pollutants and allergens all around us, our immune sys-tems are under constant attack.

Research has shown that colostrum has the powerful ability to bring the body in to a state of homeostasis - a powerful, vital, natural state of health, well being and bal-ance. Colostrum helps us to combat disease-causing organisms such as harmful bacteria, viruses, yeasts and parasites, and also enables us to resist the harmful effects of pollutants, contaminants and allergens by strengthening the immune system.
 

Colostrum's Immune Factors

The onset of most infectious and degenerative diseases, including cancer and heart disease, is preceded or accompanied by, lowered immune system function. Studies show colostrum contains powerful immune factors (immunoglobulins, cytokines, lactoferrin, etc.) that work together to re-store immune function.

Colostrum also contains PRP (Proline-Rich Polypeptide), shown in medical stud-ies to boost underactive immune systems. It also helps balance overactive immune systems, present in auto immune disease -conditions in which the body actually at-tacks itself.

Doctors acknowledge that most disease enters the body through the intestine. The majority of the antibodies and immunoglobulins present in colostrum are not ab-sorbed, but remain in the intestinal tract, where they attack disease causing organ-isms before they can penetrate the body's defenses and make us ill. In addition, colostrum's growth factors help heal the intestinal lining to prevent further penetration and harm.

According to medical research, the pres-ence of such a wide spectrum of immunoglobulins, antibodies and accessory immune factors in colostrum offers tremendous pos-sibilities in the prevention of, and recovery from, illness.
 

Colostrum Growth Factors

Medical studies have shown that colostrum growth factors can help the body:

• Regenerate and accelerate normal growth of aged or injured muscle, bone, cartilage, skin collagen and nerve tissue.
• Burn fat for fuel instead of muscle tissue in times of fasting and dieting.
• Build and retain lean muscle mass.
• Repair the body's vital DNA and RNA.
• Balance and regulate blood sugar levels.
• Heal burns, cuts, abrasions, incisions and mouth sores with topical application.
• Control infection and pain associated with sensitive teeth and dental work.
• Regulate blood glucose levels and "brain chemicals," providing alertness and better concentration.
• Regulate the brain's "feel good " chemicals (serotonin and dopamine) to brighten our moods.

Is Colostrum Safe and Effective for Humans?

Research has shown that bovine colos-trum is easily assimilable by humans and is up to 40 times richer in immune factors than human colostrum. Also, the research shows that only cows' colostrum contains special glycoproteins and protease inhibitors which are extremely effective at protecting the destruction of colostrum's active compo-nents by adult human digestive enzymes and stomach acids.

Bovine colostrum is safe for human con-sumption. According to Dr. RobertPreston with the International Institute of Nutri-tional Research, "Colostrum is so safe, it has been prepared by nature as the first food for infants. It would behard to imagineany nutri-tional substance more natural or beneficial."

There have been no contra-indications, side effects or allergies reported through thousands of years of human use of bovine colostrum. Also, bovine colostrum creates no problems for those individuals with lactose intolerance.
 

Colostrum and Children

Many babies today are not breast-fed in the first critical few days. They have no source of colostrum unless they are given a supplement, since no milk or baby formula contains this important substance. Infants, with a developing immune system, are vul-nerable to bacterial and viral infections.

Newborns and young children need stimulation to many basic metabolic pro-cessesnecessary during theirperiod of rapid growth and their entry into the world out-side the protective immunity of the mother's womb. Colostrum capsules may be easily opened and the powdersprinkled intobaby formula, and later into the child's food.
 

Colostrum for Adults

As we age we produce less immune and growth factors, needed to heal tissue dam-age and to fight disease. Colostrum can provide many of these important factors which are often included in anti-aging pro-grams.
 

Energy and the Physical Body

In addition to IgF-1, and TgF-A & B. Epithelial Growth Factor (EgF) regenerate muscle, nerve, bone and cartilage - affecting all of the structural cells of the body, and helping to increase the anabolic process of protein synthesis, build lean muscle tissue and burn fa t forenergy. Athletes and muscle builders often use colostrum supplements aspartofacomprehensiveprogramtobuild lean muscle tissue, burn fat, and increase overall strength and stamina.
 

Constituents of FirstFood Colostrum

The important substances in colostrum include:

• Immunoglobulins (antibodies).
  FirstFood contains all the immunoglobulins - IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM.
• Lactoferrin, an iron-binding protein which releases iron to the red blood cells.
• Proline-Rich Polypeptide (PRP) regulates under-activity and over-activity of the immune system.
• IgF-1. Insulin-like and Transforming Growth Factors. Stimulates T-cell production, muscle growth, and reduces insulin need.
• Leukocytes stimulate production of interferon.
• Hydrogen Peroxide produces enzymes and attacks bacteria.
• Lysozyme destroys bacteria and viruses.
• Cytokines stimulate and regulate immune response, communications and tu-mor destruction.
• Interlukin-10 reduces inflammation.
• Long chain sugars block bacteria from attaching to mucous membranes.
• Orotic acid supports red blood cell integrity.
   

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Preparation of FirstFood

Royal BodyCare's pure bovine-origin co-lostrum is harvested from controlled, healthy cows at a state licensed, USDA in-spected, dairy. It is shown, by laboratory testing, to be free of bacteria, herbicides, pesticides, and antibiotics. It is collected in the first 24 hours after the birth of the cow's second calving, at the time when the highest concentration of immune and growth fac-tors is present. It is then frozen and sent to a licensed food processing facility where it is milled into a powder, and then in an FDA registered laboratory it is measured into VCaps® (vegetarian capsules).

Unlike manycomplexproteins, colostrum is not reduced to individual amino acids in the stomach because of natural enzyme in-hibitors. This permits colostrum to pass intact into the intestinal tract where it is absorbed into the bloodstream.
 

Colostrum with Flanagan Microclusters®

To lower specific gravity of the fluids mixed with colostrum, and to increase ab-sorption, Royal BodyCare blends colostrum with Flanagan Microclusters, an exclusive Royal BodyCareingredient, long recognized to enhance and significantly implove utilization of nutritional supplements.
 

Colostrum and the Prevention of Disease

Many scientific studies attest to thepowe; of colostrum to defend the body against certain viruses and debilitating conditions including auto-immune conditions like ar-thritis, Multiple Sclerosis, allergies and asthma, and immune-deficiency related conditions like cancer and HIV. Colostrum could quite possibly be one of the richest, most health-supporting but most under-rated foods that humans can consume to-day,and because of its immune and growth enhancing properties, could be one of our best lines of defense against illness and disease. Certainly, colostrum should be considered as part of an overall nutritional program to help keep body, mind and spirit healthy, vital and balanced.
 

Bacterial and Viral Protection From Colostrum

Most infectious microorganisms enter the body through the mouth and are swal-lowed. We are confronted with E. coli and a multitude of other microorganisms con-stantly every single day. Bacteria are readily found in meat and other animal products, including eggs. Bacteria and microorgan-isms thrive on improperly cleaned eating utensils and in tap water. Viruses thrive on cold, hard surfaces such as bathroom sinks and door handles. We are confronted with microorganisms every time we open a door or use another person's phone, not to men-tion shaking someone's hand. An unbe-lievable number of organisms thrive under the fingernails. You may have heard about how unhealthy the air is in airplanes and in of five buildings.

Whether or not we can defend ourselves against these invaders which surround us depends on the health of our immune sys-tem. This, of course, is dynamic and de-pends largely on diet, but also adequate rest and also depends on exercise, personal hygiene habits, smoking, alcohol and drug use, and even stress.

Bacterial infections are often treated with antibiotics, which leads to new complica-tions. Antibiotics are also responsible for creating new and unusual challenges for the immune system. Consistent use of colostrum helps protect the body from bac-terial and viral infections. Daniel G. Clark, M.D. says, "Colostrum is the ultimate anti-aging, uneightlossandimmunesupplement."