Posted on 08/08/2018 8:40:48 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Looking for a more natural digestive system cleanse? You may be able to find the ingredients right in your own backyard. A new study finds that adding crickets to your daily diet regimen may be good for your gut and offers several health benefits.
Valerie Stull, lead author of the study and recent doctoral graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Environmental Studies, started eating insects herself at age 12 during a family vacation to Central America. She recalls being “grossed out” when she found herself having to eat a plate of fried ants, but took a surprising liking to the exotic cuisine after her first bite: “It tasted like food, it was good,” she admits.
Now Stull is out to prove that chowing down on common bugs should be considered more than just a last resort. “There is a lot of interest right now in edible insects,” she says in a university release. “It’s gaining traction in Europe and in the U.S. as a sustainable, environmentally friendly protein source compared to traditional livestock.”
The results of her experiment proved just as much. She found that not only do crickets promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut, but there doesn’t appear to be any detriment to eating large amounts of crickets regularly. In fact, consuming healthy servings of crickets can even reduce inflammation in the body. Good news!
For the study, Stull and her research team recruited 20 men and women (ages 18 to 48) to eat a breakfast that included muffins or shakes made from 25 grams of powdered cricket meal for two weeks. Some participants were fed an insect-free dish to serve as a control group. All participants then returned to their normal diets for another two weeks, before switching roles for a follow-up period. The control group ate the buggy breakfast, while those who enjoyed the cricket meal treats initially were served the control option.
Blood and stool samples were collected at the start of the study, after the first two-week period, and then again after the follow-up period. Participants also completed questionnaires about the diet.
While none of the participants complained of any ill effects from the cricket breakfast, the authors did note an increase in a key metabolic enzyme that supports better gut health, and a decrease in an inflammatory protein associated with cancer and depression. They also spotted a significant amount of “good” gut bacteria that known to promote overall digestive health.
Over two billion people consume insects in one form or another all over the world. The six-legged bugs are known to be good dietary sources of protein, vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats.
Yup. Another “nudge nudge” tactic for the green agenda.
HAHA, but also they need to be farmed crickets, wild crickets like those sneaking into our houses in fall time (at least they do where I live) eat all kinds of crap.
John the Baptist ate LOCUST BEANS, AKA Carob, a wild tree that grows in the Middle East:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratonia_siliqua
Darn...caught me! I didn’t search first. I almost always search first, but I figured “Who else would post a cricket food story.”
Crickets release little Green-House gases.
Cows release a huge amount.
No I have not but I do a fine job on my own grill if I may say so myself.
“If you can eat locust, why not crickets?”
Because crickets are nothing more than glorified cockroaches that sing. They eat feces, dead animals or anything else. Nasty little bugs.
LAV
Old SNL routine — a TV commercial for a new breakfast cereal called “Quarry”. It’s full of minerals!!!!
The little girl at the family breakfast table gleefully says: “I like it ‘cause it’s crunchy!”
It’s a new weight loss plan. Eat Crickets... or starve.
New study shows this is healthier than getting addicted to crack as a weight loss plan.
Uh... no thanks.
Well, Locusts often eat dry plant matter on the ground and will forage for weak or dead grasshoppers when plant food is scarce.
Yes. But it wasn't because they were on sale at Walmart.
I read a magazine from Singapore from last year or so talking about how hip Americans were eating bugs and how Singaporeans needed to ditch their revulsion. Yuck!
Definitely an agenda being pushed by the Globalists.
[[How do they taste, and can I eat them alive?]]
No sorry=- you have to be deceased to eat them
Good one!
Living off the land like this is routinely taught in military SERE training.
Can I just squish them instead? :)
“A new study finds that adding crickets to your daily diet regimen may be good for your gut and offers several health benefits.”
The beauty of this is that a lot of democrats will fall for it being the gullible fools they are.
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