Religious restrictions

At the time when Miss Dior was created most natural tuberose was obtained by the traditional enfleurage process (see Chapter 4). Today, partly because of high labor cost but also because of the religious restriction on the use of animal fats in producing countries such as... 

Animal sources of collage may raise moral concerns in patients due to religious restrictions, which exclude large parts of potential users from either form of biomaterial. 

Preparing and cooking poultry—Poultry is probably the most widely used protein food in the world, with few, if any, social or religious restrictions attached to it. 

In general, pork consumption (and production) is highest in the temperate zones of the world, and In those areas where the human population is relatively dense. In many countries, such as China, pigs are primarily scavengers In others, hog numbers are closely related to corn, barley, potato, and dairy production. As would be expected, the per capita consumption of pork In different countries of the world varies directly with its production and availability. Food habits and religious restrictions also affect the amount of pork consumed. 

Science deals only with hypotheses that are testable. As such, its domain is restricted to the observable natural world. While scientific methods can be used to debunk various claims, science has no way of verifying testimonies involving the supernatural. The term supernatural literally means above nature. Science works within nature, not above it. Likewise, science is unable to answer such philosophical questions as What is the purpose of life or such religious questions as What is the nature of the human spirit Though these questions are valid and have great importance to us, they rely on subjective personal experience and do not lead to testable hypotheses. 

Cinchona and its alkaloids, particularly quinine, have been used for many years in the treatment of malaria, a disease caused by protozoa, of which the most troublesome is Plasmodium falciparum. The beneficial effects of cinchona bark were first discovered in South America in the 1630s, and the bark was then brought to Europe by Jesuit missionaries. Religious intolerance initially restricted its universal acceptance, despite the widespread occurrence of malaria in Europe and elsewhere. The name cinchona is a mis-spelling derived from Chinchon. In an often quoted tale, now historically disproved, the Spanish Countess of Chinchon, wife of the viceroy of Peru, was reputedly cured of malaria by the bark. For... 

Alchemy tended to attract scholars and priests. The reasons for this are simple learning was usually restricted to the clergy, with most people being more concerned with survival than literacy. In order to read, you usually had to belong to a religious order, and monasteries became hotbeds of alchemical experimentation. Both Bartholomew and Vincent were monks, and the first translations into Latin were carried out under the auspices of a bishop. 

The proverbial well-balanced diet should be able to provide adequate amounts of all of the necessary inorganic elements the body requires. The balancing act is not as simple as it may seem. Dietary restriction both in quantify and diversity is frequently encountered for economic, social, ethnic, esthetic, and religious reasons, as well as ignorance. 

When Southern Indian restaurants appeared in DC, they were immediate eye-openers for the vegetarian crowd. Matching the culinary restrictions of many religious South Indians, these restaurants refrained from using all-meat products and eggs. Local vegetarians immediately embraced the Udupi Palace, and it has been catering to a full house ever since. 

The Religious entries are restricted exclusively to those sigils which are linked with the occult stream in general, or with the hermetic stream of esoteric Christianity in particular. in making choice of sigils frem... 

Consider food beliefs and rituals as related to illnesses. Some patient s believe that the more you eat, the healthier you will become. Other people restrict certain foods for religious reasons. 

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