I’ve been known to butcher a few sacred cows in my time… but today, I’m going after the actual sacred cow.
What can I say, I can’t help myself.
You probably already know how Indians — the ones in India, not the ones we’re supposed to call Native Americans — feel about their cows. They’re sacred animals. McDonalds in India won’t even put a single beef item on the menu.
And now, India is taking bovine devotion to a new level. They’re turning cow dung into drugs.
A brave reporter from the AFP recently visited Indian facilities where "scientists" working on these doo-doo drugs claim they can treat or cure everything from bad breath to liver problems to cancer.
"What they eat is what they release," cow nutrition researcher Raghav Gandhi told the news agency. "Cow dung stores all the vital nutrients and minerals. The urine is blessed with disinfectant properties."
Gandhi even told the reporter that he sings to the cows to help them to, ahem, produce.
The dung is dried and turned into powder, which is put into the meds. The poo is also being turned into toothpaste, soap and shampoo.. or is that sham-poo?
It doesn’t stop there, I’m afraid. One producer is even distilling cow urine and turning it into a soft drink.
GROSS… but even I have to admit, cow pee can’t be any worse for you than cola.
But maybe I’m being a little harsh. After all, there’s something to be said for truth in advertising.
I’ve always argued that most of Big Pharma’s drugs are basically just steaming piles of poop. At least the makers of these wacky new treatments come right out and admit what’s in their meds.
Serving up a steaming pile of reality,