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On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> While such products may indeed have beneficial qualities they will be
> unacceptable for anyone who follows a kosher diet. Krill are shellfish,
> very low on the food chain.
>
We keep kosher. I take NKO for medical reasons. It treats, very
successfully, an issue that nothing else has been able to treat. Breaking
kashrut (or shabbat etc) is important and even required when a life is at
stake.
> There is also a legitimate concern that over-harvesting of krill for
> industrial use will pull the rug out from under a lot of other forms of
> marine life, notably seals and whales.
>
Agreed. Though at this point, it appears that krill is much more
sustainable than fish in terms of using the oils for human consumption.
>
> In my cursory reading of two Wikipedia articles (krill and krill oil) I did
> not find anything to suggest that krill oil contains Vitamin D.
>
It always seems that I am missing significant numbers of lactnet posts. Did
anyone suggest that it did?
Katherine
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