The Humble Ass

Thanks to Andrew Zimmern, attention was drawn to donkey milk, not many people this part of the world appreciate or heard of the benefits.

Cosmetics have been created using donkey milk as the main ingredient.

Well, historians are sure that Cleopatra fill the bath tub with the milk for the radiant skin women would die for.

And yes, donkey milk has been described as liquid viagra in Santiago Chile.



Nutritionists describe donkey milk as having a lower content of fat than cow milk and as being the closest to human milk; therefore, it is richer in vitamins, proteins and many other nutritious minerals and compounds.

Maria Esther de Capovilla from Ecuador died at 116 years of age and appears to have owed much of her longevity to donkey milk. Donkey milk factories would love to use this as sales booster but according to Olivier Denys from Belgium's only donkey milk farm, "donkey milk is very good for your health, for the digestion and intestine, but we hadn't heard that it extended lifetimes." How's that for honesty.



The donkey is mentioned in the Bible 142 times and in the Quran four times. It is now well known that Joseph and Mary came to Bethlehem with a donkey as transportation. And there is this ancient saying: Do not "covet" your neighbor's wife or donkey.