{"id":63009,"date":"2026-01-04T05:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63009"},"modified":"2026-01-04T05:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T18:46:05","slug":"study-finds-bovine-colostrum-3x-more-effective-than-flu-vaccination-in-preventing-flu-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63009","title":{"rendered":"Study Finds Bovine Colostrum 3\u00d7 More Effective Than Flu Vaccination in Preventing Flu Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The study authors concluded:<\/p>\n

Colostrum, both in healthy subjects and high-risk cardiovascular patients, is at least 3 times more effective than vaccination to prevent flu and is very cost-effective.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This conclusion was later corroborated in a second registry study<\/a><\/strong>, in which colostrum-based immunomodulators again outperformed flu vaccination<\/strong>, reducing flu episodes by ~40\u201350%, cutting illness duration by roughly half, and lowering costs by more than 2-fold, while vaccination performed no better than no prevention.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/petermcculloughmd\/p\/study-finds-bovine-colostrum-3-more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The study authors concluded: Colostrum, both in healthy subjects and high-risk cardiovascular patients, is at least 3 times more effective than vaccination to prevent flu and is very cost-effective. This conclusion was later corroborated in a second registry study, in which colostrum-based immunomodulators again outperformed flu vaccination, reducing flu episodes by ~40\u201350%, cutting illness duration … <\/p>\n

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