Evidence brief · Supplement
Bovine Colostrum for Athlete URTIs
Evidence grade C — Fewer infections
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 1
- graded outcome
- 0
- references listed
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1 at grade C — 1 graded row
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Athlete URTIsEvidence grade C
Fewer infections
Smallmixed
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Thin evidence: Athlete URTIs (grade C).
The evidence in words
The verdict
For athlete urtis, Bovine Colostrum earns evidence grade C (small effect, mixed consistency) — the evidence is limited or mixed. Fewer infections
How it might work
It supplies immunoglobulins, lactoferrin, and growth factors that support the gut lining and mucosal immunity.
How to use it
Safety & cautions
Generally safe; dairy-allergy caution.
Bottom line
An early-evidence gut-barrier and athlete-immunity supplement. Reasonable to trial; not yet firmly established.
Goes with
- Bovine ColostrumRead the full Bovine Colostrum monographEvidence grade C
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Bovine Colostrum for Gut permeabilityEvidence grade C — ReducedEvidence grade C
- Bovine Colostrum: side effects, safety & interactionsGenerally safe; dairy-allergy caution.Evidence grade C
- LactoferrinAn iron-binding milk protein with real signals for gut immunity, iron status and acne — versatile, promising, still maturing.Evidence grade C
- Lactoferrin for AcneEvidence grade C — ModestEvidence grade C
Sources
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Last revised . A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.