Bareilly: If you are also drinking cow urine on someone’s advice, be careful now. According to a research by the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, fresh cow urine contains harmful bacteria and is not fit for human consumption. According to the research done by three PhD students and a professor of the institute, fresh cow urine contains 14 types of harmful bacteria, which can cause stomach infection. For this research, 73 samples of cow, buffalo and human urine were collected by the institute, in which it was found that buffalo urine has better antibacterial activity than cow urine, not only that, buffalo urine has better antibacterial activity than cow urine on bacteria like S. epidermidis and E. haponticii. are more effective.
A man should never consume urine
According to Bhojraj Singh, who is associated with the research and head of the epidemiology department of the institute, urine samples of three types of cows namely Sahiwal, Tharakparkar and Vindwani were taken for this research. All these cows were kept on farms, apart from buffalo and human urine samples were also included in this research. In this study conducted between June and November 2022, it was found that the urine of a healthy person has the presence of bacteria that can harm human health. Regarding the belief that cow urine is antibacterial, he said that this cannot be generalized, adding that humans should not ingest urine under any circumstances. However, more research is needed to determine whether detilized cow urine contains harmful bacteria.
Cow urine available in the market beneficial or harmful?
Cow urine is sold in the open market in our country, which does not even have a trademark of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. However, former director of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute R.S. Chouhan told our companion newspaper Times of India that dilated cow urine boosts immunity in humans, and also protects against cancer and Covid. He also claimed that he has been doing research on cow urine for the past 25 years. However, the latest research conducted by the organization did not take distilled urine samples, and the organization recommends that people only consume distilled cow urine.
Cow urine is also available online!
Once upon a time, people used to go to cowsheds to collect cow urine, but now it can be bought online as well. Half a liter of cow urine is available for Rs 50 on some shopping websites, while some websites sell 100 mg of distilled cow urine for Rs 100. Such websites also claim that they only sell cow urine from six months to one-and-a-half-year-old calves, and that their products are 100 percent pure. Besides its ability to kill bacteria, this cow urine is claimed to detoxify the body and have heaps of other health benefits. However, such a claim is not considered true in medical science, and no research has been done regarding it.
