HOW DOES COLOSTRUM POWDER BENEFIT YOUR SKIN?

WHY IS COLOSTRUM SO NUTRITIOUS?

Colostrum is a miraculous elixir that is loaded with essential immunity booster nutrients and is produced by mammals in the late months of pregnancy. Typically, it is secreted right before delivering the offspring and this secretion may last up to a few days for baby nursing. In fact, this milk is very different from the milk that is secreted after this because it is rich in tons of immune factors and disease fighting antibodies to help in providing maximum strength for vulnerable newborns.

Colostrum is generally taken by people because of its huge health benefits. However, it can also be used for skin benefits by topical application. This is because it helps in regenerating and repairing skin cells in a very rapid manner, thereby enhancing the skin radiance and glow. Moreover, it boosts the natural secretions of certain antibacterial compounds by skin cells and hence prevents skin infections and acne. Nowadays, it is used as a key ingredient in professional-grade skincare products to provide hydration and many other benefits

HOW TO SOURCE COLOSTRUM ETHICALLY

Although colostrum can be extracted from a lot of mammals, pure bovine colostrum extract of nutritious green grass-fed cows can bring the best outcomes. Moreover, the extract taken within the first six hours of the calf's birth is maximally loaded with super nutrients. But the matter of ethics is that once the newborn calf is well-fed, only then the remaining feed should be utilized for synthesizing the natural health supplements from the extract. This is the most ethical and humane method of extracting and filtering colostrum and transforming it into a dehydrated nutrient powder to ensure the supply line by bringing no harm to the animals. Furthermore, the cows which are selected should be fed with pesticide-free, hormone-free, and antibiotic-free feed in order to ensure high quality by meeting purity standards of supplementary and cosmetic grade colostrum.

SUPER SKIN BENEFITS OF COLOSTRUM

Our skin not only covers our body structures but also provides the first line of defense to our body against disease-causing agents that can harm our body very badly. This makes it an integral part of our immune system, thereby aiding in our safety and health maintenance. Therefore, it becomes very crucial to maintain the health and hydration of our skin. This helps in beating various infections, aging, and damage from deteriorating environmental factors as well as UV rays from sunlight.

With the vision of bringing colostrum benefits to our skin various high-quality natural dietary supplements and skincare products are being manufactured incorporating colostrum extracts. This helps in delivering strength and support to the skin cells by enhancing hydration, the immune response of the skin, and fortification of skin cells with nutrients. Bovine colostrum is known to contain a number of immune and growth factors which strongly support the anti-aging processes of the skin. These factors include various polypeptides that help in signaling certain immune pathways. Consequently, there occurs activation of Melanocytes and Langerhans cells present in skin. These cells act as immune sentinels and send the warning signals to our immune system on encountering any foreign contaminants and aid in rapid response for eliminating the agent and healing the damage caused by them.

Moreover, colostrum helps in hydrating the skin and restoring its optimum pH. This helps in enriching skin cells with immune-boosting nutrients and strengthening their barrier activity. These nutrients also help in suppressing allergic reactions such as eczema and eliminating free-radicals, thereby providing anti-aging benefits.

USE OF BOVINE COLOSTRUM FOR SKINCARE 

Although, not all of us necessarily require the immune-boosting benefits of colostrum for skincare, everyone of us with any type of skin can avail amazing benefits from it. Ones who are struggling with dry skin, acne, rosacea, or eczema are highly susceptible to other skin infections also, resulting in thinning and cracking of the skin. This damage provides very easy access to those pathogens. In these cases, colostrum based moisturizers can be the perfect healers for dehydrated, sun-damaged, and aged skin. These can seal  the cracks and enhance the cell immunity against infections and damage. Furthermore, these products can also help in enhancing skin radiance and glow by enriching it with nutrients and speeding up the repair and regeneration process. On can use skin care colostrum for diminishing:

• Uneven skin tone
• Aging
• Increasing skin sensitivity
• Dark circles
• UV damage

WHY BOVINE COLOSTRUM IS THE BEST SKIN SOLUTION?

Bovine colostrum is a storehouse of all-natural growth hormones like insulin-like growth factor 1 (IgF-1), and various other regenerative growth factors that can play a vital role in delaying the aging process and diminishing its signs. Furthermore, these growth factors can help in speedy repair of damaged cells in our body. Also, growth factors help to maintain gut wall integrity, and other conditions often associated with aging. The cow colostrum growth factors promote detoxification and antioxidant action, resulting in reduction of wrinkles, improvement of complexion, and toned facial appearance.

A 2015 clinical study suggests that colostrum powder dressings enhance the wound repair process in cuts,  burns, abrasions, and surgical incisions. Furthermore, cow colostrum immune factors exert 40 times better effects than ones of human colostrum and bring better recoveries in case of skin injuries. Above all these exceptional benefits, it is also helpful in accomplishing the following:

• Improving skin elasticity
• Accelerating the production of human growth hormone (secretions of the pituitary gland) which are known to delay the aging process.
• Reduces skin irritation and redness
• Stimulation of collagen synthesis
• Diminish skin wrinkles and fine lines
• Neutralize free radicals causing aging

HOW TO USE BOVINE COLOSTRUM AS A DAILY SKINCARE REGIME

• Mix a teaspoon of colostrum powder with one teaspoon of fresh coconut oil. Gently mix both of them and apply the mix as a face mask for exfoliation.
• Take 1-2 tablespoons of colostrum powder and mix it with water. When a thick paste is ready, then apply it as a thick layer on the face and neck. Let the pack dry and wash with cool water. Pat dry the skin with a clean towel.
• Mix a little quantity of colostrum powder with your regular facial cream and apply in thick layers on the skin of your face, neck, and hands.

To avail of the super health benefits of bovine colostrum, one can go for AsterVeda’s Colostrum 6 powder. This is because it is prepared from colostrum extracts of the selected green grass-fed, hormone-free, and healthy cow colostrum extracted within 6 hours of calf birth.