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 *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome