Question
Can drinking colostrum enhance a child’s immunity?
Answer
Colostrum may affect the nutritional needs for normal growth in infants, leading to malnutrition. Infants’ immunity mainly comes from the mother, which gradually diminishes after about five months, entering an immune gap period at six months when additional immune enhancement may be needed. However, the immunoglobulins in colostrum are heterologous, and their actual help to humans is subject to medical debate. Therefore, whether to give children colostrum should be determined based on individual circumstances.