Editing Colostrum (section)

==== Sports nutrition ====
Bovine colostrum may help maintain a healthy immune system during athletic training, while supporting cellular proliferation as well as protein synthesis and soft tissue repair.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Brinkworth GD, Buckley JD, Slavotinek JP, Kurmis AP | title = Effect of bovine colostrum supplementation on the composition of resistance trained and untrained limbs in healthy young men | journal = European Journal of Applied Physiology | volume = 91 | issue = 1 | pages = 53–60 | date = January 2004 | pmid = 14504943 | doi = 10.1007/s00421-003-0944-x }}</ref><ref name="The Effect of Bovine Colostrum Supp">{{cite journal | vauthors = Duff WR, Chilibeck PD, Rooke JJ, Kaviani M, Krentz JR, Haines DM | title = The effect of bovine colostrum supplementation in older adults during resistance training | journal = International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 276–285 | date = June 2014 | pmid = 24281841 | doi = 10.1123/ijsnem.2013-0182 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kotsis Y, Mikellidi A, Aresti C, Persia E, Sotiropoulos A, Panagiotakos DB, Antonopoulou S, Nomikos T | title = A low-dose, 6-week bovine colostrum supplementation maintains performance and attenuates inflammatory indices following a Loughborough Intermittent Shuttle Test in soccer players | journal = European Journal of Nutrition | volume = 57 | issue = 3 | pages = 1181–1195 | date = April 2018 | pmid = 28285432 | pmc = 5861165 | doi = 10.1007/s00394-017-1401-7 }}</ref> One study showed that one brand of concentrated bovine colostrum powder improved running performance in one test, on average, in thirty males but did not improve performance in another test.<ref name="Bovine colostrum supplementation du">{{cite journal | vauthors = Buckley JD, Abbott MJ, Brinkworth GD, Whyte PB | title = Bovine colostrum supplementation during endurance running training improves recovery, but not performance | journal = Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = 65–79 | date = June 2002 | pmid = 12188088 | doi = 10.1016/s1440-2440(02)80028-7 }}</ref>