I notice this message was cross-posted to lots of people who might be in
the know about cow juice and thought I might as well post a serious
question I've been puzzling with for weeks.

I use and sell licorice extracts for the treatment of chronic fatique
associated with low blood pressure and/or adrenal insufficiency, and for
the chemoprevention of cancer.  These are potent extracts that you will
not find on any health food store shelf.   They are so potent in fact
they their use could cause serious problems in some people who take too
much.  Hince, we have made ever effort to keep the dose down to the
lowest level possible to avoid any ill effects and still be effective
for fatigue and cancer prevention.

We have found that if we desolve small doses of licorice into to 500 ml
of whole milk, the ead results makes all the difference in the world. 
It seems that the whole milk potentiates the licorice extract by at
least 200-500%.  Some of us believe that it is the fat in the whole milk
which is slowing down the gastric emptying rate and allowing the
licorice to be metabolized before it is washed through the system.  

However, since licorice is metabolized by a special bacteria in the
intestinal flora called Eubacterium sp., other of us believe that whole
milk is stimulating or in some way effecting the growth of Eubacterium
sp, which in turn, metabolizes the licorice.  

We have another who believes milk contains sodium and other ingredients
which compliments the licorice treatment.

We ahve also found one reference indicating that the use of licorice in
milk is not a new idea.  According to this old book, 2,000 years ago,
tribesmen in the Middle East were using licorice mixed with mares milk
to treat the fatigue of heat exhaustion.  I don't have any idea how hard
it is to milk a mare, or why they would choose mare's milk in the first
place, but it sounds like these people must have derived a most positive
benefit from the mixture, otherwise why milk a horse?

Anybody got any ideas that might bring us closer to finding out with
licorice extracst work so much better in whole milk?

Please email me because I might miss your message due to all the
newsgroups.

Captain Dave Williams
davidwms@ix.netcom.com
http://www.serve.com/licorice   (not ready for prime time due to heavy
construction)