Colostrum & Transfer Factor™
question of what is the difference in colostrum and Transfer Factor™
often comes up. I'm glad to
see more companies producing a colostral product because it validates what
we've been saying for the past year - that nature has provided in the
first maternal milk, the ability to positively influence the immune
analogy between the two products is similar to the analogy between crude
oil and jet fuel. You don't
put crude oil in a jet plane's tank. You
refine or extract out what you wish from the crude oil and put the
finished product into the tank.
bit of Human Growth Hormones
can go to the dairy section of your grocery store and buy milk and get 1)
through 5). We don't want
these in our product. 6)
Antibodies provide short-term or passive protection, but the
trouble is that the antibodies that a cow produces are specific to a
cow. The antibodies a
human would produce are specific to a human.
When something is specific to a species (a cow) then another
species, over a period of time, will develop antibodies to the antibodies
because in this example, a human would recognize a cow's antibodies as
foreign, as non-self, and would develop an immune response, which
can make us ill. So we remove
the antibodies. People speak
positively about (7, HGA, but it is not a real factor due to its minuscule
is important is 8) and 1) - transfer factors, and here is why
Transfer Factor ™ is superior:
New Zealand Dairy Board recommends that one receive 45 grams of
colostrum daily in order
to receive immune system benefits. Colostrum
usually comes at 500 mg capsules and the recommended daily consumption is
500 mg, three times a day, or 1.5 grams a day.
The average bottle comes in a 90 count, so that if you do the math
mg 3x daily = 1.5 grams daily x 30 days = 45 grams in 30 days consumption
(remember that one gram is 1000 mg, 1/2 gram is 500 mg).
does contain a small amount of transfer factors. However, to get the
same amount of transfer factors for a daily maintenance dosage, you will
need to ingest 90 500mg capsules of colostrum to equal the
same amount in 3 200mg capsules of Transfer Factor™ from
is good. It's just that we've
found a more efficient way to consume the beneficial immune system
properties by extracting out what we wish and leaving everything else
behind. And that's what the
patent on each bottle refers to - the extraction process discovered
or developed in 1989, but not made commercially viable until 1998.
never speak against colostrum. It's
the mother load of Transfer Factor™.
It's just that we've found a way to take nature’s beneficial gift
to the newborn and to concentrate the transfer factors into a capsule.
And this allows a much broader protective pattern to be ingested
other thing - Lactose intolerance (milk allergy) is a fact of life.
Colostrum contains lactose. Transfer
Factor™ does not. We can
therefore use Transfer Factor™ in people who are lactose intolerant.
- Lactoferrin is often mentioned regarding colostrum.
In fact, lactoferrin is almost non-existent in bovine
colostrum. It is high in human
and other bi-pedal animals' colostrum, and in porcine (pig) colostrum, but
not an issue in cow's colostrum.
Rob Robertson, MD
Factor is not intended to cure or treat disease. It is designed to
enhance immune system function to optimal levels. The immune system
enhancement is responsible for any clinical improvements.