What to know about colostrum supplements: What experts say

Should you add colostrum to your daily diet?

On social media, influencers add scoops of the powder to drinks. On podcasts, ads for the supplement tout it for a number of benefits: better immunity, improved gut health, weight loss, exercise recovery .

“Colostrum has been one of the highest interest supplements over the past year,” a spokesperson for GNC wrote in an email. In GNC’s upcoming “Anti Trend Report,” colostrum supplements were highlighted as one of the biggest supplement trends of the year.

Sometimes referred to as “ liquid gold ” because of its honeylike appearance, or the “starter kit” for infants, colostrum is a crucial part of newborns’ development.

But what about adults? And what if that colostrum comes from a cow, not a human?

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