Colostrum: the Natural Way to Achieve Lasting Pain Relief
FEATURE
Douglas Wyatt
Millions of Americans treat their chronic pain with over-the-counter pain relievers and prescription pain medications, yet few realize that they’re actually doing more harm than good to their bodies. These drugs offer temporary relief but do nothing to halt the progression of tissue damage. Continued use of pain medications may instead worsen one’s condition, whether it be arthritis, fibromyalgia, pain due to a musculoskeletal injury, or another autoimmune condition. Finding a natural, nonaddictive solution is key to helping patients manage their pain successfully without creating other health issues and, in time, restore them to good health.
Chronic pain is a pervasive health problem, with an estimated one hundred million Americans affected.1 That equates to approximately half of the adult population. What’s even more concerning is that the majority of these same people are also suffering from allergies and autoimmune conditions caused by gastrointestinal permeability, or leaky gut syndrome. Pain medications are a significant contributor to leaky gut syndrome, as they erode the lining of the stomach and small intestine. Although many people consider over-the-counter NSAIDs to be “safe” because they are generally sold as such, they have
"The good news is that supplementing with powdered bovine colostrum can heal and prevent leaky gut syndrome."
unwittingly condemned themselves to an existence with leaky gut and all of its health ramifications. Considering that the gut lining is only one cell thick, even the occasional aspirin here and there might do damage.
The good news is that supplementing with powdered bovine colostrum can heal and prevent leaky gut syndrome. Research shows that colostrum heals the gut lining even when patients are taking NSAIDs.2 3 Daily supplementation, therefore, is key to preventing further tissue damage and may help regenerate new tissue. The natural hormones and growth factors in colostrum stimulate cellular repair, growth, and regeneration throughout the body.4 Regardless of whether patients are taking pain medication, colostrum supplementation is recommended
to combat the many other dietary, lifestyle, and environmental contributors to intestinal permeability.
Equally good news for people suffering with chronic pain is that colostrum is nature's ultimate remedy against inflammation and pain. Not only does colostrum contain anti-inflammatory components, such as cytokines and infopeptides, its synergistic relationship with the growth factors and other immune factors, proline-rich polypeptides, and sulfur micronutrients is truly remarkable. Cytokines have been shown to mediate numerous vital biological processes, including inflammation.5 Infopeptides reduce inflammation as well as allow the immune system to reorient and correct its response mechanism against autoimmune disease processes. Clinical observations of the effects of infopeptides in humans show reductions in inflammation, edema, pain, and fever regardless of cause.6
The proline-rich polypeptides (PRPs), also known as colostrinin, are immune system modulators that relieve pain and swelling by stopping the prowess of an overly aggressive immune response, such as overproduction of T cells and lymphocytes.7 It halts the overactive immune response that characterizes autoimmune conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. In addition to its pain-relieving benefit, supplementation with concentrated proline-rich polypeptides has a positive “side effect.” PRPs have been shown to improve cognitive symptoms in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.8-9
Colostrum contains bioavailable sulfur micronutrients, such as MSM, that have a demonstrable benefit on the inflammation of arthritis. Sulfur helps the body neutralize toxins and aids in the development of its structural systems, of which the bones, tendons, and cartilage may be subject to inflammation. Sulfur is important to the makeup of collagen, such that a bioavailable sulfur source is important to maintaining elasticity and flexibility of the joints. The MSM in colostrum supplies the body with sulfur in a form that it can use to create new cells and repair damaged tissue.
The anti-inflammatory, anti-pain benefits of bovine colostrum are not limited to oral supplementation. Topical application can be utilized to reduce the inflammation, pain, and infection associated with wounds. Research has demonstrated that topical application of powdered colostrum can stimulate healthy granulation tissue formation, reduce inflammatory cells, prevent infection, and decrease both the amount of time required for healing and the amount of pain experienced by the patient.10 Topical application used in combination with a dressing improves wound management, decreases complications, and enhances healing. It has been suggested that the growth factors in colostrum stimulate keratinocyte proliferation and migration essential for tissue repair.11 There is significant benefit to deep wounds that can be particularly difficult to treat, including diabetic ulcers, venous ulcers, trophic ulcers, severe burns, pressure sores, necrotizing fasciitis, and surgical wounds.
Lactoferrin, which is abundant in colostrum, supports multiple biological processes involved in skin wound healing.12 Lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein that promotes skin wound healing by enhancing the initial inflammatory phase. It also exhibits anti-inflammatory activity, which is necessary to neutralize an overabundant immune response. Although skin cells normally produce their own lactoferrin, supplementing with exogenous lactoferrin will further increase the antiinflammatory response.13 Research suggests that lactoferrin directly promotes both the formation of granulation tissue and re-epithelialization. Lactoferrin, along with other immune factors in colostrum, can inhibit bacterial pathogens and reduce the risk of infection.
In conclusion, bovine colostrum is a multipurpose nutritional supplement with oral and topical applications for pain management. When used in combination with your adjustments and prescribed exercises, colostrum helps patients retain or regain muscular strength, decrease recovery time, and reduce inflammation and pain. Certainly, a patient who isn’t experiencing pain is more likely to do his or her exercises, and as their strength improves, they’re less likely to aggravate an existing injury or cause a new one. Bovine colostrum is the all-natural, safe-for-every-age, and proven supplement for tissue healing, which may lead to a patient’s decreased need for either prescription or over-the-counter pain medications. When individuals understand the dangers of pain medications and the serious health consequences of leaky gut syndrome, the acceptance of
bovine colostrum as a pain reliever will gain more prominence in the practitioner’s toolbox and the patient’s medicine cabinet.
Supplementing with bovine colostrum is the only true way to healing, and daily supplementation is required to achieve and maintain healing benefits. No other food, nutritional supplement, or medication contains the immune and growth factors necessary to heal leaky gut syndrome, restore the gut microbiome, and reduce inflammation and pain. Immune and growth factors in colostrum and raw milk were once the mainstay of the human diet and kept people healthy for millennia. As people began living in cities, diets changed greatly, and the mass production of widely available pasteurized milk guaranteed the disappearance of these critical immune and growth factors. And with this disappearance came the emergence of allergies, autoimmune diseases, chronic health conditions, pain, and suffering. So, as a practitioner, the best solution you can offer your patients, even if they don’t currently have a pain management issue, is powdered bovine colostrum.
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Douglas Wyatt is the founder of Sovereign Labo ratories, the colostrum company providing the most efficacious bovine colostrum; proven to heal and protect leaky gut syndrome. As Director of the Center fnr 7\Tnfritinnril R~c~rirch h~ ic ih~ 1~adino~ rn~ri in colostrum and is credited with reintroducing bovine colostrum for human use. For more information, email infoffimysovlabs.com or call 1-928-202-4031. Or to become a Sovereign Labs provider go to: www.joinsoverignlabs. com
