Colostrum and Viral infections
About Viruses
A virus is an extremely tiny (submicroscopic) infectious agent that is unable to grow or reproduce outside a host cell. They invade individual cells and multiply using the cell's genetic material. Viruses infect all life forms and are divided into animal, plant and bacterial types, according of the type of host. It is arguable whether viruses are living organisms. Some scientists did not want to consider them as living, because they do not meet the criteria of the definition of life. However, they have genes and evolve by natural selection and they are described as organisms at the edge of life.
Viruses and our health
Viral infections in humans and animals mostly result in an immune response and disease, but most viruses are eliminated by the immune system.
Examples of diseases caused by viruses are colds and flu, chicken pox, hepatitis, measles, herpes, viral pneumonia, shingles, Epstein Barr virus, respiratory syncytial virus, AIDS and numerous others. There are also viruses causing diarrhoea and other life-threatening diseases.
Antibiotics have no effect on viruses, but some antiviral drugs have been developed to treat life-threatening infections.
holvita™ colostrum can help with:
Studies carried out with colostrum show that colostrum has a potential multi-purpose anti-viral properties helping the immune system fight infection and relieve symptoms.
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Immunoglobulin components and anti-viral activities in bovine colostrum. Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 1990 Mar;64(3):274-9.