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Akshay Kumar revealed that he drinks cow urine for Ayurvedic reasons.
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Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has revealed that he drinks cow urine every day for Ayurvedic reasons.
The actor, who is currently filming his upcoming movie “BellBottom” in Scotland with Huma Qureshi and Lara Dutta Bhupathi, joined British adventurer and host Bear Grylls for an Instagram Live, to discuss a jungle adventure with him.
When Huma asked Akshay how he convinced himself to drink elephant poop tea on the show, Akshay said, “I wasn’t worried. I was too excited to be worried. I have cow urine for Ayurvedic reasons every day as well. that it was well”. . “
Shortly after Akshay Kumar made the reveal, hundreds of his fans Googled to see if cow urine actually had medicinal properties.
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For a long time, there has been a debate about whether cow urine can actually magically cure a number of diseases, such as cancer or even the coronavirus. In fact, several Indian politicians have recommended drinking cow urine if they want to protect themselves from the new coronavirus.
Don’t believe us? Here’s a recent example.
In July 2020, West Bengal BJP President and Lok Sabha MP Dilip Ghosh said that cow urine can cure coronavirus.
“If I talk about cows, people get sick. I tell you that a donkey will not understand the value of the cow. This is India, the land of Lord Krishna and here cows are God, we worship. We will have cow urine to keep us healthy. Take Ayurvedic medicine and don’t worry, “said Dilip Ghosh.
Now we don’t know if Akshay Kumar has been drinking cow urine to fight coronavirus, but for those wondering, here’s what we do know: Cow urine can’t miraculously cure diseases, there is no scientific evidence to show that it does yet. .
Back in April this year, when the coronavirus pandemic was in its infancy, fake news and WhatsApp forwards also suggested something similar: that cow urine can strengthen immunity and defend against the virus.
But a group of scientists on the warpath to fight the fake news infodemic, denied all those claims.
Not just the coronavirus. It has also been claimed that cow urine, or gaumutra, can cure cancer. Well, to put it plainly and simply, it doesn’t.
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In 2018, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, associate professor of pediatric and medical oncology, told News18 that he had seen many “gullible patients fall into the trap of consuming cow urine and then losing their lives.”
“No, cow urine does not prevent or cure cancers. There is no scientific evidence available to prove this. My fellow oncologists and I have yet to see a patient who exclusively consumed cow urine to cure himself of cancer, “he had said at the time.
In February, several government agencies issued a call for research proposals on “cowpathy,” that is, treatment with cow urine. He urged Indian scientists to come up with ideas on how cow urine can be used to treat diseases like diabetes or cancer, how it can be used to benefit agriculture or even in the form of shampoo and hair oil.
According to Sciencemag, this sparked outrage in the country’s scientific community with more than 500 Indian scientists writing an open letter to the government asking them to withdraw the call for proposals. The scientists said this is purely unscientific and a waste of public money, especially when other (and more significant) research in the country faces a crisis.
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