[Jacob-list] I-D Powder

[Linda]

If you used something made from sheep colostrum, would you still get that reaction?  As far as reacting to it as a disease (which it seems it is doing), isn't that a vaccine does?   Although a vaccine is stimulating a response to a specific antigen and I'm not sure what the immune system would be responding to when using cow colostrum.  

I think the term "copy" is probably not accurate.  

The concept is interesting.  There are alot of people that feel that taking colostrum is a miracle cure.  I don't know enough about this to have an opinion.  Just thought it was interesting and am interested in hearing more thoughts.

Linda

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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:31:34 EDT, Hobsickle at aol.com wrote:
> If the powder is "boosting" the immune system and raising white
> blood counts I would speculate that the body is actually reacting
> to it as a disease.  This would make sense, seeing that the cow
> antibodies are "foreign" proteins to the other animals, thus
> provoking an immune response.
>
> The thought that an animal could "copy" antibodies rather than
> having to "experimentally create antibodies by trial and error"  is
> not anything I've ever seen in my texts or other sources.  I'd have
> to hear that from an acknowledged immune system expert.
>
> Having said all that, a little harmless foreign protein to
> stimulate an immune response isn't all bad.
>
> -Dan

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