This story is from April 24, 2016

Is the donkey milk bath the next big thing?

Egyptian queen Cleopatra's daily bath in milk supplied by 700 lac tating donkeys is the stuff of legend.
Is the donkey milk bath the next big thing?
Key Highlights
• The milk is known to erase facial wrinkles, make the skin delicate and make it whiter.
• The milk is odourless and tastes like skimmed cow's milk, only it is a tad sweeter.
Egyptian queen Cleopatra's daily bath in milk supplied by 700 lactating donkeys is the stuff of legend. Now, the tradition is making a comeback, with people bathing in donkey's milk -using it as a soap or moisturizer -and even drinking it to get amazing skin.
The milk is known to erase facial wrinkles, make the skin delicate and make it whiter. Donkey milk, which has long been hailed as a cure for a variety of ailments like liver problems, fever, infectious diseases, poisoning, joint pain and nose bleeds and as an anti-aging skin tonic -first by Greek physician Hippocrates -has also been used by Pope Francis, who had revealed in 2014 that he was fed that as a baby in Argentina to supplement his mother's milk.

The milk is odourless and tastes like skimmed cow's milk, only it is a tad sweeter. As it is rich in lactose and low in fat, it comes close to human milk. The milk is vitamin-rich, contains anti-bacterial proteins and anti-allergens, which help the immune system and alleviate skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis and even asthma and bronchitis. What's more? It is now even available as chocolate and liqueur!
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