I recently have found more evidence that a very old post I did may have more validity than I thought back then when I wrote about it. That old post is “The Connection Between Colostrum, Growth, and Height”. it seemed that Tyler would also immediately write about the possibility that Colostrum would work when he posted something similar “Increase longitudinal bone growth with Colostrum?”

Now there is this article I found written in 2009 entitled “Colostrum Functions Like Human Growth Hormone to Reverse the Aging Process”. The article is probably written for the page to gain traffic and get ad clicks but it is still rather informative. I wrote the old article about colostrum and its potential to help people grow taller when the website was still rather new but now I am a little better informed on what is going on. 

Tyler mentioned back in that post that we should figure out what type of cytokines are in the colostrum and whether the growth factor that get ingested make it to the blood stream or does the stomach just break down growth factors and they never manage to get to the areas where growth happens.

From the article above…

Research has shown that colostrum is the one supplement that can bring help to everyone that uses it, largely because of its ability to perform many of the functions of human growth hormone (HGH) in the body.

The colostrum also has some anti-inflammatory effects on intestiinal epithelial cells.

While human mothers produce a small amount of colostrum, cows produce approximately nine gallons during the first thirty-six hours after giving birth. Colostrum is produced by almost all mammals, and is not species specific…

This means that supplementing with colostrum provides many of the benefits of HGH without the high cost or need for daily injections. It is IGF-1 that is responsible for many of the benefits provided by colostrum. Studies indicating that bovine colostrum supplementation can increase levels of IGF-1 in the body date back to 1998.

Growth factors from colostrum:

IGF-1 is a truncated form of IGF that is 10 times more potent than IGF-2 in stimulating hypertrophy and cell regeneration. It is present in bovine colostrum. (International Journal of Cellular Biology, 1996)

Fibroblast growth factor, IGF-1 and epithelial growth factor are all important mitogens for healing the skin. They are all found in bovine colostrum. (Journal of Surgery Research, 1995)

Analysis & Interpretation:

It is not a good idea to believe everything you read from the internet but this article seems to have been written by someone who knew what they were talking about. If the facts are real, then we can say that colostrum seem to have very similar properties and effects as human growth hormon, HGH. IGF-1 is also found inside colostrum.

That initial bit of cream that mammal mothers produce after they give birth to babies seem to be colostrum and this has many anti-bacterial, anti-viral properties making sure the baby is well fed and protected when it is first born. This compound seem to be extremely good for humans and for protection from pathogens and illness which stunt growth for developing children.

If I was to suggest maybe a supplement to take for people who are still growing, getting real colostrum supplements is something that I would consider to use.