From Kourtney Kardashian Barker to Gwyneth Paltrow, wellness celebrities are extolling the benefits of taking bovine colostrum supplements. Social media influencer Sofia Richie Grainge has even launched her own bovine colostrum-laced smoothie.
The supplement, they claim, offers a wide range of health benefits, including glowing skin with increased elasticity. Some brands claim that consuming bovine colostrum can protect adult humans from cold, cough and sickness bugs, improve gut health and support weight loss.
Bovine colostrum is also popular among some athletes who claim it can help improve exercise performance, build strength and speed up recovery.
I’m no stranger to the benefits of animal colostrum – before I joined academia I worked as a veterinarian. I witnessed that newborn animals who did not receive colostrum just after birth were at a significantly increased risk of death and disease. I was emphatic to my clients, then, about the crucial role of colostrum in the early …