But just because you have a gym membership that you actually use doesnât mean you canât also have a few things at home for doing other types of workouts that you donât have time for at the gym, or for those days that you just canât make it out the front door.
The inside wall of the small intestine needs to be thin, with a really big surface area. This allows absorption to happen quickly and efficiently. If the small intestine had a thick wall and a small surface area, a lot of digested food might pass out of the body before it had a chance to be absorbed.
Although the ability to absorb colostrum is lost within a couple of days of birth, colostrum appears to still be capable of exerting a local effect on body surfaces such as the intestinal tract when it is eaten, or the skin and mouth when it is applied topically. Most commercial colostrum preparations come from cows.