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| By Robert Cohen Executive Director |
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 Vitamin D from skin and brains! "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:
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!
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