Milk does your body good!

Milk is one of the newest trends in body care these days, and it is showing up all over the place. Milk is in the media, hair salons, wellness centers, day spas, department stores, and health food stores, only to name a few. There is cow milk, goat milk, soy milk, almond milk, oat milk, and milk you may not care to know the origin. Why the sudden popularity? Read on and find out.

Milk has been used for beauty treatments for quite some time, and there is evidence that Cleopatra soaked in baths of donkey or goat milk for hours at a time to beautify her skin. Asian cultures have relied on the benefits of rice milk for centuries to nourish and soothe skin, while cultures in tropical climates have found that coconut milk has numerous skin soothing properties.

Milk comes from the mammary glands of female mammals, so it makes perfect sense that it would be loaded with nutrients. In addition, milk is abundant in many plant species and is commonly derived from nuts, seeds and fruits. Today, milk of both plant and animal origin can be found in all sorts of body care products.

For some, milk brings to mind thoughts of wholesomeness, simplicity, or purity, and this easily draws people to try body treatments and products that contain any form of it. Who wouldn’t want to soak in a creamy, milky-white bath of cinnamon scented oat milk or have their body covered in a warm elixir made with milk, honey and orange zest? The possibilities are endless: peaches and cream, almond milk and roses, chocolate-mint cream, or coconut milk and lime. Many spas around the world offer some type of treatment that utilizes milk, while body care product lines have introduced it into shampoos, soaps, lotions and nail care.

Milk contains lactic acid, which actually dissolves the glue that binds dead skin cells to our skin’s surface. Consequently, the milk is sloughing off dead skin cells and acting as an exfoliant. When we exfoliate our skin, it automatically feels softer, but when exfoliation is combined with the skin smoothing and hydrating effects of milk, it may no longer feel like your own. Milk contains proteins, enzymes, amino acids, and antioxidants, all incredibly valuable for our skin. The milk proteins are skin-enhancing since they promote smoothness and help to strengthen skin structure. The milk enzymes and amino acids are responsible for stimulating the skin’s natural moisture barrier, which makes way for intense hydration and skin cell regeneration. Finally, milk’s antioxidants are great for combating environmental damage and provide future protection from further damage.

Now, you have a better understanding of milk’s sudden popularity in the body care industry. Not only do the combinations of milk and other elements sound delicious, but they also provide nutrition for the skin, often times are all-natural, and can be just plain fun! Next time you are near body care products, take a look, and I’m sure you’ll find some milk around.

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Kosher Foods Popular

By Miklos Margaretten

Until recently, it was close to impossible for the kosher or health conscious traveler to keep his religious or healthy meals while in transit. Now developments in the kosher food industry are making this challenge much easier.

The health conscious and dieters are finding Kosher food is better for you and offers a very wide range of items and dishes, and this trend is spreading rapidly.

Keeping kosher means following dietary laws handed down through the centuries among the Jewish faithful. Kosher has its roots in the Old Testament. Kosher laws are generally more strict than U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards.

Religious inspectors also rule out sick or injured animals that would be normally be accepted in non-Kosher markets.

In our modern world where most animals are often treated roughly, keeping Kosher means eating a much healthier grade of meat.

Kosher tradition features a major group of foods known as Parve. Parve includes a huge variety of fruits, vegetables, and grains in their natural, unprocessed state. This is exactly what many people who are trying to eat a healthier, low-fat, high-fiber diet are looking for.

These days Kosher food is widely available and often can be ordered pre-packaged via the Internet or mail. This makes a perfect option for anyone who wants to try Kosher, eat Kosher occasionally, or needs a stash of good Kosher meals when traveling.

Options include a wide variety of vegetables and salads along with meat, chicken, and fish dinners. Also available are salt-free meals and veggie dinners for people with special dietary needs. You can chose from menu items with traditional Jewish names to items that might seem to come from your average neighborhood restaurant. The difference is that everything is prepared with very high Kosher standards for ingredients and preparation.

People everywhere are starting to view Kosher certification as a mark of a food's superior quality, cleanliness, and healthfulness.

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Milk goes to school

Imagine a nutrition education program so compelling that a middle school teacher requests the installation of a milk machine on campus so students have healthier beverage choices at snack time.

That is exactly what happened at Mitchell Senior Elementary School in Atwater, Calif., after Patty Stroming taught Dairy Council of California’s middle-school program, Exercise Your Options. She is now working with her school superintendent to get the milk machine on campus.

School districts around the country are scrutinizing foods available on campus for their nutritional contributions given the growing concern for obesity and other health problems associated with poor eating habits.

Consumption of milk and dairy foods sharply declines when children reach sixth, seventh and eighth grades, as they become more independent and are eating away from the home. This is an age when they need to be getting calcium in their diet and building peak bone mass.

By focusing on behavior change, nutrition education programs like Exercise Your Options provide the dairy industry with an opportunity to affect milk consumption statistics given the health portfolio of milk and dairy foods, which is growing in importance as science continues to unfold new contributions to optimal health from the family of dairy foods. The program incorporates real-world CD-ROM-based video scenarios that personalize the challenges students face in deciding what to eat and how much exercise they need. The segments address situations ranging from how to eat a healthy breakfast and make nutritious choices at a shopping mall food court, to figuring out how much exercise to get and determining the best fast food choices. Of particular importance is that the segments prominently feature dairy foods as important choices in creating a nutritious diet.

Last spring, when the federal government announced its MyPyramid program, most of the nation’s nutrition education programs — including Dairy Council’s — had to revise nutritional information that was based on the previous, now obsolete, Food Guide Pyramid.

Dairy Council programs are among the few available today that reflect MyPyramid and offer consumers ways to apply the recommendations to their own diet plans. As a result, Dairy Council programs are being positioned within education and health policy-maker circles as programs that disseminate information providing realistic action steps people can take to improve their food choices. Need Cholov Yisrael milk for school? Visit Tevyefarms.com!
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Soy Milk reduces Hair Growth?

Soymilk reduces hair growth and hair follicle dimensions
M. Seiberg, J.-C. Liu, L. Babiarz, E. Sharlow and S. Shapiro

Abstract: We have recently shown that soybean-derived serine protease inhibitors and soybean extracts alter skin pigmentation, suggesting that soymilk could be used as a natural alternative to skin lightening. The present studies were initiated to examine the possible effect of STI, BBI and soymilk on hair pigmentation. Interestingly, these agents were found to affect not only hair pigmentation, but also the rate of hair growth, the dimensions of the hair follicle and hair shaft, and the appearance of the hair. The studies presented here provide first evidence, at the morphological and histological level, that soymilk and the soybean-derived serine protease inhibitors could be used as effective agents for hair care and management. These agents could reduce the rate of hair growth, decrease hair shaft dimensions and alter the pattern of melanogenic gene expression.

The hair follicle is an epithelial structure that undergoes cycles of active growth (anagen), regression (catagen) and rest (telogen) (1). During anagen the hair follicle grows down into the dermis, forming a complex layered structure with a pigmented shaft. During catagen the hair follicle shortens, and in telogen the epithelial cells are resting while the hair shaft remains inside the short follicle. The morphological changes throughout the hair cycle are well-documented (2), but the regulation of the different phases of this cycle is not completely understood. The synchronized hair growth mouse model (3, 4) has been extensively utilized to better understand the regulation of hair growth and cycling.

One main function of mammalian hair is to provide environmental protection. However, that function has been lost in humans, in whom hair is kept or removed for social and cosmetic purposes. Many procedures are used to remove unwanted hair, from simple inexpensive home treatments like shaving, plucking and waxing, to expensive and potentially time-consuming methods like electrolysis, laser, light therapies and therapeutic antiandrogens. These methods differ not only in the duration of hair removal, their price range and their pain and discomfort levels, but also in their possible undesired effects (reviewed in (5)). Shaving may result in nicks and cuts in the skins surface, may increase the risk of infection, may leave a perception of an increase in the rate of hair growth, and may also leave undesirable stubble. Plucking causes pain and discomfort, and often results in poor removal of short hair. While electrolysis may keep an area free of unwanted hair for a prolonged period of time, the process is expensive and painful and may further result in scarring. Promising clinical results have been obtained with laser treatments, but not without changes in skin texture and pigmentation. Several unwanted side effects, such as liver toxicity or effects on muscularity often accompany the use of antiandrogens. Alternatives to hair removal are popular hair cosmetic treatments like hair dying or bleaching, used to reduce hair visibility in desired body parts. These treatments, which are sometimes irritating, are not always satisfying, as the emerging portions of the hair shafts are always darker than the already treated parts.
The studies presented here establish soymilk and the soybean-derived serine protease inhibitors as effective and inexpensive cosmetic agents for hair care and management. These agents could reduce the rate of hair growth, decrease hair shaft dimensions and reduce hair pigmentation, resulting in slower hair growth, softer and lighter hair shafts, and more manageable hair care.

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Cholov Yisrael - question?

Why Cholov Yisrael? Difference between this and O-UD Milk?

Most mainstream orthodox Jews drink milk every day despite their personal lack of information regarding the source of their milk. Some orthodox Jews, though, actually do know where their milk comes from. As a safeguard for the prohibition against drinking milk from a non-kosher animal, Jewish law dictates that one may only drink milk that has been “watched” by a Jew from the time of milking straight through until the time of ingestion. Milk that has been watched in this manner is known as “cholov yisrael,” literally the milk of an Israelite (a Jew). The Sages enacted this rule because of their fear that kosher milk might be mixed with non-kosher milk, unbeknownst to the eventual drinker.[49] These rules go into extreme detail regarding the required supervision of the milk. For example, the Shulchan Aruch states that if a Jew is sitting outside of a building in which a non-Jew is milking a kosher animal, then the milk is still kosher as long as the building has a window through which the Jew could theoretically check to make sure that the non-Jew isn’t tainting the milk.
But what about everyone else? Those who drink milk that is not labeled “cholov yisrael” rely on responsa from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein. Rabbi Feinstein wrote that government inspection is a valid substitute for Jewish supervision. He reasons that something that a person is quite certain has happened is considered by Jewish law as if it had indeed happened. He maintains that something that is known is on the same level as that which is seen. Therefore, since we are quite sure that dairy producers are fearful of government penalties if they adulterate their product, it is considered as if a Jew actually watched the milking process. We can assume that there is definitely no non-kosher milk in the mixture. That is, Rabbi Feinstein considers the milk completely acceptable. This is because the United States government heavily regulates food processing, and the threat of a possible fine or even a factory shutdown prevents adulteration of milk. Even Rabbi Feinstein, though, concluded his ruling with the following: “Yet, for one who is a ‘spiritual’ person it is appropriate to be strict ... and I myself am strict in this regard.
Rabbi Feinstein, though, was not the first to rely on government inspection as a permissive factor for “cholov yisrael.” The Chazon Ish wrote that “... since there is government supervision for milk to assure that non-kosher milk is not added, and [the producers] are subject to punishment for falsification ... it is like the case [in the Gemara] of a Jew’s (sic) sitting nearby, and if he were to get up he would see [and therefore we consider it equivalent to his actually seeing] ... and Pri Chadash wrote that if non-kosher milk is more expensive, then we ought to be lenient.

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Rubashkin's Response to the "attack"

By: Sholom M. Rubashkin

In the past few days an attack has been launched on our religious freedom. An organization called People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a group of extremists, has begun a very active campaign against Shechita, Jewish (Kosher) slaughter. They are an infamous political group with a radical political agenda and they are attempting to further that agenda at the expense of our religious freedom – by becoming a relevant voice in decisions directly related to the Shechita process.

Here is some information on this attack on Shechita:

This is an attack being made against our religious freedom.

Peta is trying to make the Shechita process look bad and also a divided issue between Rabbis. This is very dangerous because the law now recognizes Shechita as humane slaughter. Division is what Peta wants in order that they will then be able step in. For example, when Rabbi Shaar Yosuv Cohen’s name was used in his article Dec 2nd - he has already issued a letter retracting his reported comments and so has Rabbi Raful. Rabbi Raful, by the way, is not a “Chief Rabbi of the Rabbinate of Israel” as reported by JPO, but only the coordinator. These rabbis were approached by a person working for Peta who told them he was a Baal Teshuva, and would like to ask some questions. After the conversation, they can report as they wish.

When the Times reporter Mcneil first called our lawyer Mr, Nat Lewin on Wed., Nov 24, he said there were two Israeli Rabbis who said what they saw on the video was not Kosher. Nat asked for their names and one was Rabbi Rosen, the other Rabbi Cohen. We did a check only to find out that Rabbi Rosen is a vegetarian and he is a head of anti-Religious affairs, and that he has stated that Shechita is against the Torah. He puts it this way “Mitsvah Haboh Beaveroh!!!” When Nat pointed this out to the reporter he realized that he was given by Peta their own Rabbi. The story which was supposed to be out by Monday was delayed till Weds.

What the NY times wrote eight days later, that Agri “could not be contacted”, is an easy way to get to write the story in the negative light the reporter wants to. DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ! That is a clear lie! NO ONE from the NY Times attempted to call for a comment. As a matter of fact, anyone who did call about was told our response. We had Mike Thomas, our PR man, on the phone the whole week fielding calls from many news stations, as well as private people.

The point is this. How many times are we shown the one sided lies from the Times, only to be fooled again time and again with what is reported in the Times?

Why are so many people establishing conclusions from a video that is presented by people who are against the whole process that is going on? “VeChakarta Vedarashto Hetev!”

,b> If you want to know more please fell free to call either Mike Thomas at 216 272 3638 or mjt1@aol.com. Or Sholom M. Rubashkin at 563 864 7812 or email: asksholom@iowabestbeef.com

The truth is, is that the response should really be written by the Rabbinical staff that certify Agriprocessors Kosher. Boruch Hashem there are nine major certifications to which Agri follows their process meticulously. This is why “Rubashkin” did not come out and respond. That would make this into a business issue when it is a war against Shechita and our Religious freedom! The Rubashkins follow Rabbinical laws set by its certifications meticulously. And will continue to do so.

But, because of the many requests I will try to explain.

There are three things going on in Agri:
1. Rabbinical: To assure Kosher standards. This area is in total control of the esteemed Rabbonim and it must stay this way.
2. USDA: USDA assures all the livestock here are handled humanely. It still does. It also Assures, the product we sell is healthy and free from any contaminants.
3. Business: Business is handled by the management of Agriprocessors and we strive to do a good professional job.

There is the famous story where Yankel is approached by Berel in Shul and is loudly accused of something terrible. Yankel is it true that you were caught stealing in Shul yesterday? Berel loudly announced for everyone to hear. Yankel turns beet red as he stammers “I just flew in from Israel, I was not even here yesterday!” Berel snickers “Now go and deny”.

Although the media likes to present the Shechita story, as an “undercover” story to gain some appeal, there is no undercover story. What hit the satellite waves was a documentation of the Shechita process in its full glory (assuming the video is not altered, and we are in the process of trying to ascertain if it was altered.). At Agriprocessors we are proud to be the only ones to have what is called a Shechita Munachas. That is where the Shochet cuts Melmalo Lemato. What you actually see is the extraordinary steps taken in assuring the best Shechita in the USA and Canada. You see how the neck facing upwards is washed well, so that there is no dirt or pebbles on the neck that would make the Shechita Possul. You then see the Shochet doing the Shechita the way it’s supposed to be done Melmalo Lemato. The Shochet then checks visually and or with his hands to make sure the Shechita is Kosher. This key point is, in this process of Shechita many Shalos which are associated with the standing Shechita are eliminated. This is the way we Shechted since Maton Torah. The animal is then rolled out to be tied and hung on a rail. This Shechita is actually Halachakly the best there is.

Note: the media constantly writes about the animal bellowing after it was cut in blood. FACT: The animal cannot make any sounds as the sound box was severed from the lung. Just one of the many lies. The sound track was most likely put later for maximum effect.

In other slaughter houses the animal is standing in a restrainer when Shechted. His head then would be lifted and the neck washed underhanded and the Shochet Shechts Melmato Lemalo and then check his work with his hands not being able to see. There are Heterim on this way of Shechita. In this process the animal is shackled and pulled out of the box to be hung on the rail, so the thrashing would be done in the air not on the floor. Had the extreme political group videoed there, the picture would not have been so colorful. So we got the honor of being filmed and made too look bad. But it’s really not us they are ultimately after. They are after the whole concept of Shechita and the killing of animals they claim to protect.

What you see on the video is not out of the ordinary. At Agri, because of the excellence in the Shechita process, there arises a couple of visual opportunities to make the process look worse:

At Agri where the steer is on its back (Shechita Munachas), the neck is easy for the Shochet to see, it is also easy for the camera to see. What you see is the severance of the neck along with the whole anatomy of the neck and the rush of blood associated with the Shechita process. Remember, although it is not a pretty sight the animal does not feel anything and the animal is unconscious within two seconds. So although the animal is unconscious and NO PAIN is felt, the viewer sees blood and the natural movement of the animal shaking (remember the term Pirkus in Treifus?) associated in this process and is sucked into thinking something painful is going on. Any, Shechita has blood pouring out and the animal moving for a while. Any kill floor by non kosher will have the same.

The other problem of the Shechita Munachas is that before the animal can be hung on the rail it is rolled on the loading area. This allows the camera to pick up movements of the unconscious animal on the floor. Had the animal been hung the movements would have been the same, but in the air. So Agri gets to be filmed undercover but there is no story other than Shechita is happening. Most people cannot even watch looking at Kaporros. (By the way, Peta demonstrated against the holy Minhag of Kapporos this past Erev Yom Kippur in Crown heights. They tried to make those pious people feel guilty to practice their Religion.)

Contrary to Shechita, the non kosher kill, where the steer is hit in the head with a bolt, all you will see is blood oozing out from a small hole in the head and blood coming out from its mouth. Then, when they “stick the animal in the neck and heart” the blood will flow more in a straight line like from a spigot. Unfortunately the animal may not be unconscious through all this while, only paralyzed. But it looks better, less blood! Then there is the BSE problem when the animal’s brain smashed by the bolt in the non kosher humane process particles of the brain is carried with blood stream to the meat muscles, to be eaten later.

No matter what you call it, an abattoir, a kill floor, a slaughter house, or Bais HaShechita there is blood associated in the process and lives from animals are being taken. Most people will recoil from the sight of blood because it is associated with pain. In Shechita the animal does not feel any pain. Most people could not watch a heart transplant in its full glory even though he knows that the patient is not feeling any pain. Most men could not take the sight of blood during childbirth, a happy occasion.

Shechita is the most painless way to take the animals life. G-D teaches us that if done correctly, mankind can eat meat and actually elevate the animal kingdom to the level of humans. Let nobody try to act more merciful than our merciful creator. When one does act more merciful than our creator the word for that is BLASPHEMY.

The cut that is being made after the Shechita is far away from the where the Shochet cut and is done in order to speed up the bleeding from the catorid arteries. Sometimes the artery will close after the Shechita and cause blood splash in the meat and opening them corrects that problem. It also speeds up the loss blood and anemia to the brain which should have welcomed by the so called humanist. This cut is Lechatchila Kosher and All Rabbonim agree.

Finally there is always the chance in any Shechita process, although very rare, that the animal will be able to get up and walk. This happens even when they use the shooting method. You can also see more on this issue by Dr. Levinger in his book on Shechita.

FACT: Remember the animal is unconscious within two seconds after the incision. This is considered instantly. You can quote HH dukes of Cornell University in a scientific study.

The point of this whole drasha is this. What Agriprocessors is seen doing, is done with the supervision of the USDA and Rabbinical supervision. Every Beis Hashchita should be that way. Nothing wrong was, or is being done. There is nothing to admit. What happened is that some viscous group who wants to stop any association of mankind with animals, just showed you all scenes you don’t see every day. They know that these scenes will be unpleasant to the viewer and that’s their goal: to get people to become vegetarians.

Here are few more assorted points to know:
• Peta’s mission statement:
Peta operates under the simple principle animals are not ours to eat, wear experiment on, or use as entertainment.
• The founder is quoted in the Washington post saying “six million Jews were killed in concentration camps, but six billion chicken are slaughterd each year.”
• A letter this year was sent to Arafat complaining why he used a donkey to kill Jews in a packed market . The donkey was innocent, they complained!!!
• The USDA will not engage this group in any discussion. They proved themselves to be untrustworthy in any agreement. They would agree only to demand more the next day. Sound like typical terrorist strategy.
• Their ultimate goal is to stop you from eating meat. How can they ever agree? The strategy is to make you so uncomfortable till succumb to their line of thinking.
• Hitler YM”S outlawed Kosher slaughter in 1933. His basis was Kosher is inhumane. Need we say anymore?!
• In the time the videos were taken more than 18,000 cattle were slaughtered. The few instances recorded is well below five percent misfires allowed in the typical USDA plant.
• In the letter from them some of you Rabbis got, there is only one recommendation on Shechita.
Who are they to recommend on a religious matter?
• They wrote me a letter with 5 recommendations to make Shechita humane. I believe Shechita is humane and will take recommendations only from our Rabbinate.
• They want to decide which way we should Shecht, Melmalo Lemato or Melmata Lemalo.
I know that this decision belongs to the Rabbonim.
• They want us to shoot the animal if Shechita does not render the animal rapidly unconscious.
This is the first step to what they do in Australia. They shoot the animal immediately after the Shechita
. • What is clear is that they want to control Shechita.
I believe that control of our religion belongs to the Rabbonim.
• This extreme group wants to put their political agenda before our right to freedom of religion
Don’t let them. Speak out!
• They talk about Humane, what they want is to become an equal voice with our Rabbonim on Shechita.
Let’s work together and stop them.
• They think they will teach us what is humane.
Jews always have and always will teach the true meaning of humane. Not the humane of Hitler and his colleagues!
• Science has found out and proven what we Jews knew all the time. The most humane way to kill an animal is by Shechita. No matter if visually it is not inviting. The main point in being Humane in Shechita is not to inflict pain. Remember, within two seconds of the incision the animal is unconscious and does not feel the pain.
• Please see the letter from C. Rader and how he describes the most commonly used method in the USA. There may not be so much blood but there is much more pain. Is this a beauty contest?
• Agri processors has an independent Humane audit done in February 04 and has passed with excellent marks. It is available on request.

E-Mail to your supermarket the truth of this issue. This is not against Agriprocessors. It’s a war against Shechita! Agriprocessors has the Z’chus to be able to give support to our Rabbonim and help them stave of this vicious attack of defamation of our religion. First explain the right to religious freedom and the need to unite and defend. Then explain the humane of Shechita both by faith and science.

I hope I was able to answer some of your questions if not please call and talk or use the e mail.

~Courtesy of Shmais.com~

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