Drinking milk within two hours after a meal in which meat was included is highly detrimental to the digestive system, a conference of British doctors established today.
The conference lauded the ancient Rabbinical law prohibiting such a combination. It was termed by numerous speakers at the conference as “one of the most valuable health laws.”
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