Dear Friends,
If you drink milk in America, you're eating pigs!
"Have you seen the little piggies, crawling in the dirt?
And for all the little piggies, life is getting worse." (George
Harrison, The Beatles. 1968)
Observant Jews, Muslims, and vegetarians eat no pig, or so
they believe. The information in this column is going to provide
one very sad surprise for those who drink milk.
At one time, Vitamin D-2 was added to milk. Vitamin D-2 is
manufactured by exposing bacteria and algae to ultra-violet
light. D-2 imparted a bitter taste to dairy products, and
so was replaced by vitamin D-3. The source of Vitamin D-3
may now leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
I recently attempted to learn the source of Vitamin D-3 by
calling dairy processors. I called the United States Department
of Agriculture. I called my own New Jersey State Department
of Agriculture. I called dairy industry professors and editors
of dairy magazines.
Not one individual could give me the answer.
Finally, I learned about an industry conference called the
Vitamin D workshop. Anthony Norman Norman@ucrac1.ucr.edu responded
to my inquiry:
"Basically D-3 always is derived from an animal. The
sunlight reaction that converts 7-dehydrocholesterol to vitamin
D-3 is a 'pure' chemical reaction that occurs in your skin
in certain cells."
Do they extract D-3 from human skin and add that substance
to milk? Certainly not. Marian Herbert of the Vitamin D Workshop,
a division of the biochemistry department at the University
of California, wrote:
"The provitamin known as 7-dehydrocholesterol is extracted
and isolated from the skins of mammals and purified."
I have subsequently learned that Vitamin D-3 can come from
four different sources:
Pig skin, sheep skin, raw fish liver, and pig brains. Most
of the time, Vitamin D-3 is extracted from pig skin and sold
to dairy processors.
Folks...Those who keep Kosher do so by observing the dietary
laws set down in the Bible. In EXODUS 23:19 we read:
"You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk."
Dairy and meat do not mix. That is a taboo in the homes of
many Americans.
Today you learn that this biblical and social "abomination" is
routinely disrespected by 21st century milk
producers.
If you drink milk, you consume extracts from animals.
In kindergarten and first grade, children learn that Vitamin
D is the "Sunshine Vitamin." We soon forget our
lessons, and subordinate our knowledge to dairy industry
brainwashing.
Some secrets are well kept.
The Vitamin D-3 secret can now be told.
Spread the news! Send this link through cyberspace:
http://www.notmilk.com/pigmilk.html
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com