{"id":5362,"date":"2010-02-27T04:40:23","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T09:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362"},"modified":"2015-12-29T08:31:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T13:31:23","slug":"diabetes-cure-in-cow-urine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes Cure in Cow Urine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indian researchers have found that cow urine contains certain molecules that can fight diabetes, according to this report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not to knock anyone&#8217;s good, hard research, but what popped into my mind when I read this was a scene with the witches in Macbeth:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Eye of newt, and toe of frog,<br \/>\nWool of bat, and tongue of dog,<br \/>\nAdder&#8217;s fork, and blind-worm&#8217;s sting,<br \/>\nLizard&#8217;s leg, and howlet&#8217;s wing,&#8211;<br \/>\nFor a charm of powerful trouble,<br \/>\nLike a hell-broth boil and bubble.&#8221;<br \/>\n<cite>Macbeth (IV, i, 14-15)<\/cite><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">* My suggestion: substitute the words &#8220;pee of cow&#8221; in place of &#8220;eye of newt.&#8221;\u00a0 Not bad, right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The truth is, I don&#8217;t know what to make of this report, and since it&#8217;s so sparse it&#8217;s difficult to gauge the seriousness of the research.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think using bovine urine molecules would be considered xenotransplanation, like infusing <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/jessica-apple\/blogs\/type-1-blogs\/the-beast-within-experimental-diabetes-treatment-infuses-pig-cells-into-humans\/3276\/\">pig islet cells into humans<\/a>.\u00a0 But certainly, whatever it is,\u00a0 if it works (and no cows are harmed while their urine is harvested) then I&#8217;m all for it.\u00a0 Hey &#8211; with <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/robert\/blogs\/type-2-blogs\/avandia-and-heart-disease-part-1\/5111\/\">Avandia<\/a> under fire there is a nice opening for a new diabetes drug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[dailymotion]http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xcdvy9_cow-urine-key-ingredient-in-breakth_news[\/dailymotion]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[590,617],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Diabetes Cure in Cow Urine?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jessica Apple\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362\",\"name\":\"Diabetes Cure in Cow Urine?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-27T09:40:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-29T13:31:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1f33fe649de04a31a493d746b6e72607\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5362#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Diabetes Cure in Cow Urine?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\",\"name\":\"ASweetLife\",\"description\":\"The Diabetes Magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1f33fe649de04a31a493d746b6e72607\",\"name\":\"Jessica Apple\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c10409e04c60ee9e1a01fbe9c4a704b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c10409e04c60ee9e1a01fbe9c4a704b9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jessica Apple\"},\"description\":\"Jessica Apple grew up in Houston. 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