Mary ate a little lamb

Lamb’s ear is a plant. Its silvery, light-green, fuzzy leaves are marvelous for petting. There's a plant called lambswool bush, too. But sheep's wool? As in the hair that grows from a sheep's body? Clearly not a plant. So why, then, do some vitamin D3 supplements say “vegetarian” on the packaging, but list its source of the vitamin as lanolin, which is, of course, derived from wool? Here's the bottom line, animal-loving friends: Unless it explicitly states it is vegan, the D3 supplement is animal-based (usually lanolin, but sometimes fish, too). Nordic Naturals and Garden of Life make pleasant-tasting liquid supplements using the beautiful plant lichen. I've said it a hundred times, but I don't like lichen—I love lichen. Even more now.