Mad cow rules may prohibit many 'glandulars'
By Lisa Marshall, Camera Staff Writer
February 2, 2004
Dehydrated cow pituitary. Raw adrenal glands. Bits of bovine thyroid, thymus and trachea. Not exactly the kinds of things most consumers want to gnaw on or swallow down each morning with their multivitamin, but many alternative medicine devotees do just that.
According to local nutritionists and naturopathic doctors, an array of popular dietary supplements contain ingredients obtained from cow brains, glands, ligaments, bones and other organs. Children chew bits of cow pituitary glands to boost stunted growth; Stressed adults suck adrenal glands for energy.
