Colostrum is a hot supplement in the athletics world, according to Dr.
Louise Burke, the Head of Nutrition at the Australian Institute of
Sport in Canberra.
Recent research shows that bovine colostrum supplementation can improve
performance in activities requiring both strength and endurance.
A study
by
Buckley and his research team at the University of South Australia
(1999) examined a group of eight elite female rowers. In this study, the
women consumed either bovine colostrum (60g/day) or a whey protein
powder (placebo). The colostrum-supplemented group performed
significantly greater in terms of distance covered and work performed
during a 4-minute maximal rowing effort.
Another study by Buckley (2003)
compared the effect of bovine colostrum supplementation to whey protein
powder on 51 male athletes, and found that colostrum supplementation
during training significantly increased peak anaerobic power.
A study from the University of Tasmania, Australia (2002) has reported
that eight weeks of colostrum supplementation resulted in an improvement
in cycling performance. These
findings were presented at the
Pre-Olympic Sports Medicine Conference in Brisbane (Coombs et al.,
2000). Compared to their initial performance eight weeks earlier, the
group taking 20 grams of colostrum per day completed the time trial 158
seconds faster whereas the group taking whey protein improved their
performance time by only 37 seconds.
Researchers at
Numico Research in the Netherlands (2002) confirm that colostrum
supplementation improves sport performance better than whey protein. A
double-blind, placebo controlled study using 35 elite field hockey
players, including players from the Dutch national team, showed that
highly trained athletes supplemented with colostrum can achieve enhanced
performance. The hockey players taking colostrum improved sprint
performance significantly better than the whey group.
A
study in Finland showed an increase in physical performance during
maximal exercise with colostrum supplementation. Colostrum
supplementation promoted greater oxygen uptake and flight times during
squat jump exercises. Therefore such supplementation can improve
running and jumping performance.
Similar results
were found in a study which measured vertical jump performance. After 8
weeks of training with 60 grams of colostrum supplementation per day,
vertical jump performance increased more than twice as much as those in
the control group while serum IGF-1 levels remained the same for both
groups.
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FACT!!!
The Australian Olympic team proved the effectiveness of colostrum
supplementation when they won 16 gold and 58 overall medals at the 2000
Olympic.
