I’m easily tired lately due to my hectic schedule. So, in order to overcome my lack of energy, I went to the nearest pharmacy and bought a supplement. I browsed through the shelf, picking up several bottles after bottles to have the right one for my body. The salesgirl quite adamant to give free consultation why I’m in needs such vitamins after vitamins. By the time she finishes, the list has reached more than 10 bottles. Perhaps she genuinely worried over my wary and unkempt look plus with the dark circle.
Somehow, I’ve decided to try on Evening Primrose Oil, I’ve heard that it is good for woman’s blood circle. I’ve taken several capsules until I realize something. There is no Halal logo anywhere on the bottle. Immediately, I stop the intake and let it be in my office drawer for months.
While I rummaging my drawer looking after my file, I’ve found the bottle again and decided to thoroughly check out the brand in a whim. The result is disastrous. Not only has it had no Halal logo, the gelatin in soft gel shell is from bovine source. Yuck!
This is what I found from the net about this bovine:
The biological subfamily bovinae includes a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large sized ungulates, including domestic cattle, the bison, the water buffalo, the yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes
Can I imagine that all this while I’ve been eating non-halal food for weeks? How careless I am in taking serious over the halal issue. I’m being so lackadaisical thinking that since it’s just a mere vitamin, I shouldn’t check before buying and eating it. Halal goes beyond pig and wine, mind you.
I couldn’t forgive myself for being a sloppy. I’m a Muslim, and as a true Muslimah, I should practice good governance on foods intake. From now on, I would be careful, I mean, extra careful in buying things that will goes down the throat.
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