Storage: Keep tightly closed in a dry place (not refrigerator): Do not expose to temperatures above 85 degrees F.
How does ArthoPro help relieve arthritis?
Inflammation in the body can occur when toxins are released, or leak from the gut and attach themselves to various tissues. If toxins attach to joints, inflammation results. Colostrum helps provide antibodies to many toxins, including bacteria, viruses and yeasts. If toxins are neutralized by the immune factors in colostrum, they cannot attach tissues in the body. Secondly, colostrum has been proven to help increase cell and tissue growth in the intestine due to its high content of growth factors. By stimulating new growth of the intestinal lining, colostrum helps prevent leakage of toxins into the body, again helping to prevent the number one symptom of arthritis, inflammation.
What is Colostrum?
Research on colostrum has shown that it is beneficial in helping treat gastrointestinal disorders such as diarrhea, and contains high titers of antibodies for more than 20 specific pathogens. New Life Colostrum is formulated by very innovative methods to provide a concentrated, potent product. New Life Colostrum is now processed with a beta-lipid coating, which helps create an enhanced delivery mechanism for our product. According to clinical research, coating a substance with beta-lipid helps increase the dispersion and assimilation in the bowel by nearly 100%. The added lipids help to maintain and provide cell membrane integrity, help provide high levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, as well as helping to deliver the nutritional benefits of phospholipids like phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylcholine.
What are the ingredients in ArthroPro?
Glucosamine Sulfate
Glucosamine sulfate contains sulfur, a very important element in the biochemical synthesis, maintenance and repair of connective tissue and cartilage. This molecule “feeds” cartilage, helping to repair damaged tissue and stimulating growth in the joints. It has been shown to help provide beneficial effects when administered orally to arthritis sufferers. Glucosamine sulfate may help produce a gradual reduction in joint and tendon pain, and help improve range of mobility.
MSM
MSM is an organic, natural form of sulfur. In the body sulfur forms disulfide bonds. Thousands of these bonds make up connective tissue and cartilage, the major constituents of joints. Supplementation of MSM can help in the natural repair of the structural system, which deteriorates in arthritic conditions.
Cetyl myristoleate and lipase enzyme
Cetyl myristoleate is the ester of the fatty acid, myristoleate acid. It works as a lubricant for joints, helping muscles to glide more easily over bones. Cetyl myristoleate has shown to help relieve inflammation and pain from arthritis. A 1996 study demonstrated the use of cetyl myristoleate and glucosamine sulfate as a treatment of joint degeneration. In patients who took cetyl myristoleate alone, there was a 63% recovery. Patients who received glucosamine sulfate and cetyl myristoleate showed 87% improvement, where as those who took placebo regimen showed only a 14% improvement. It should be noted that cetyl myristoleate should be taken with a lipase enzyme to increase absorption and assimilation into the body.
Helps Fight Infections
It has been claimed that bovine colostrum can help fight certain infections. However, the research studies used to support that claim used colostrum derived from cows immunized in a way that caused them to produce unusually large amounts of a specific antibody in their colostrum. For example, in a double-blind study, children with diarrhea caused by a rotavirus were treated with immunoglobulins extracted from colostrum, derived from cows immunized with rotavirus. Compared with the placebo, administration of the immunoglobulins significantly reduced the amount of diarrhea and the amount of oral rehydration solution required. In addition, the rotavirus was eliminated from the stool significantly more rapidly in the immunoglobulin group than in the placebo group (1.5 days vs. 2.9 days).1
Digestion
In addition to a positive effect against acute rotavirus diarrhea,2 3 there is also evidence that specific forms of colostrum (derived from specially immunized cows or those with confirmed presence of specific antibodies) are effective against diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum, Helicobacter pylori, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium difficile.4 5 6 7 8 However, it is not known whether commercially available colostrum provides significant amounts of the specific immunoglobulins that are active against these organisms. Furthermore, unless the immunoglobulins are present in high enough concentrations, the preparation is not likely to be effective. There is evidence that the majority of the antimicrobial effect of both bovine colostrum and one of its chief antibiotic components (lactoferrin) are destroyed by gastric secretions and by the digestive enzyme, trypsin.9
Muscle Growth
Bovine colostrum contains bovine versions of many human growth factors, including insulin-like growth factor, transforming growth factor, epithelial growth factor, and even growth hormones that are capable of stimulating muscle growth. The concentration of bovine insulin-like growth factor I (ILGF-I) in colostrum range from 200 to 2,000 mcg/L, compared with less than 10 mcg/L in normal cow’s milk.10 Thus, in theory, bovine colostrum might be able to stimulate muscle growth in humans. However, although bovine ILGF-I has been shown to be identical to human ILGF-I in some analytical studies11 and to be absorbed and transported into the circulation in calves,12 the effects of bovine ILGF-I and other bovine growth substances in humans after oral administration, has not been determined in clinical trials.
Possible Benefits for Athletes
In a preliminary study of male athletes, supplementation with 125 ml of colostrum per day for eight days produced a statistically significant increase in the serum concentration of insulin-like growth factor.13 However the magnitude of the increase was small, and the clinical significance of that change is not clear. Thus, claims that bovine colostrum can help burn fat and promote muscle growth by raising the level of ILGF-I or other molecules must be considered premature.
Gastro-Intestinal Health
Bovine colostrum may be helpful in protecting against peptic ulcer formation caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin, ibuprofen, and indomethacin. In a study in rats, pretreatment with 0.5 or 1.0 ml of a colostrum preparation reduced indomethacin-induced gastric injury by 30% and 60%, respectively.14 Whether bovine colostrum exerts this effect in humans has not been determined.
Claims that bovine colostrum elevates mood, that “colostrum is a natural and healthy means of stimulating the brain to release serotonin and dopamine and prolong their re-uptake,” or that “colostrum also activates the release of other chemicals in the brain that affect alertness and concentration” are unsubstantiated.
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