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The wonders of Donkey's milk

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Donkey's milk is better than cow's milk. Donkey milk is considered to be the closest to woman’s milk. It is very nourishing because it contains more lactose and less fat than cow’s milk. It was used until the beginning of the twentieth century as a substitute to breast milk. The 1928 testimony of Dr. Charles Porcher (1872-1933) of the Lyon National Veterinary Institution showed that the practice was still used, to a lesser extent, in the interwar years: It seems that we are getting back to asses’ milk to raise children in the earliest infancy, notably when the child is of delicate health. Asses’ milk has not been quite totally abandoned, but if 25 or 30 years ago, a few well looked-after asses were easily found in the city to provide milk nourishing young babies, it is no longer the case today. More recently, studies have shown that that asses’ milk could serve as an alternative to cow’s milk for children allergic to bovine proteins. Asses’ milk was also f

Is it is good time to sell your property in Turkey?

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Hundreds of holiday home owners in Turkey selling up Property investors with holiday homes in Turkey are selling them because of the economic downturn, according to real estate agents. Many of them are British who fear that they will not be able to keep up with mortgage payments and are concerned that tourism numbers will be low this year despite reports that more visitors than ever are expected. Those who are keeping their properties are trying to find ways of making them pay including taking in bed and breakfast guests and renting them out even though they didn't in the past. There are also reports of the banks repossessing holiday homes whose owners have defaulted on payments. In western Turkey where a lot of towns rely on tourism for income, thousands of holiday homes are on the market. In Muğla's Fethiye district around 2,500 properties out of 6,500 owned by British people are on sale, according to the Real Estate Counse