The IGR-1 and other growth factors in colostrum help burn fat and build lean muscle mass. On the other hand, the effectiveness of the immune factors present in colostrum is lowered by stomach acid. The immune components are most effective when they are able to reach the intestinal tract. Therefore, the best way to ensure that colostrum's immune factors remain intact and make it through the stomach to the intestinal tract is to take colostrum in capsule form. If you want to get the benefits of the two different major groups of components in colostrum, ideally you should take it in two different forms-in powder to take advantage of its growth factors and in capsule form to get the maximum benefit from its immune factors.
Colostrum works best on an empty stomach.
Do not take any other supplements at the same time that you take colostrum and wait at least twenty minutes before eating. Drinking water afterwards is very beneficial. If you have to put it in food for your animal, mix it in a little yogurt or butter, just enough to get them to take it. Each animal and each person is unique with regard to the amount of colostrum they need. Start with the suggested use on the bottle label.