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Termites as human foods—A comprehensive review
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety ^ | 6/22/23 | Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Ito Fernando, Yuniar Rizky Saraswati, Teguh Rahayu, Iskandar Azmy Harahap,

Posted on 02/20/2024 11:21:59 AM PST by DallasBiff

Abstract

Global food production is anticipated to rise along with the growth of the global population. As a result, creative solutions must be devised to ensure that everyone has access to nutritious, affordable, and safe food. Consequently, including insects in diets has the potential to improve global food and nutrition security. This paper aims to share recent findings by covering edible termites as the main aspect, from their consumption record until consumer acceptance. A total of 53 termite species are reported as edible ones and distributed in 6 biogeographic realms. Generally, termites have a nutrient composition that is suitable for human consumption, and cooked termites are a better dietary choice than their raw counterparts. Besides, increasing customer interest in eating termite-based food can be achieved by making it more palatable and tastier through various cooking processes, that is, boiling, frying, grilling, roasting, smoking, and sun-drying. Moreover, edible termites can also be used as a new source of medication by exhibiting antimicrobial activity. Regarding their advantages, it is strongly encouraged to implement a seminatural rearing system to sustain the supply of edible termites. Overall, this paper makes it evident that termites are an important natural resource for food or medicine. Hence, the long-term objective is to stimulate scientific inquiry into the potential of edible insects as an answer to the problem of global food security.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: eatzeebugs; food; insects; termites; unclean
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Coming to a supermarket near you, Kroger will be first in line.

1 posted on 02/20/2024 11:21:59 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Keto friendly? Will they destroy morning wood?


2 posted on 02/20/2024 11:23:39 AM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: DallasBiff

Where’s that India ?


3 posted on 02/20/2024 11:24:31 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: DallasBiff
The Global Overlords operate at the level of a grade school bully -- "Ha! Ha! Ha! And then I made him eat a bug! You should have seen it! He was crying and everything!"
4 posted on 02/20/2024 11:25:39 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: DallasBiff

dung beetles

the perfect solution to saving the planet

think about it

might have to work on the name

“eat sh&t and save the plant!”


5 posted on 02/20/2024 11:26:04 AM PST by joshua c
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To: DallasBiff

“the potential of edible insects as an answer to the problem of global food security.”

Or we could stop the endless phookin’ wars in every starving 3rd world shiitehole, start planting crops, raising livestock, and fish farming to make more food.

I vote for second option.

Populations are collapsing so there will be more food to go around.


6 posted on 02/20/2024 11:28:03 AM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: DallasBiff

Climate-friendly air conditioning inspired by termites

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4218751/posts

Termites seem to be in the news an awful lot recently...looks like our overlords are not satisfied with us dining on blow flies, crickets and mealworms.


7 posted on 02/20/2024 11:30:26 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: DallasBiff

I knew an old lady who swallowed a fly
Alas she died


8 posted on 02/20/2024 11:30:49 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: DallasBiff

Protein is protein..............


9 posted on 02/20/2024 11:33:50 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: DallasBiff

I vill not eat ze bugs!


10 posted on 02/20/2024 11:35:35 AM PST by sauropod (Ne supra crepidam.)
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To: DallasBiff

The Globalists & elites are going to eat this too, right? If Climate Change is so serious, then we must ALL do our part.
I want Klaus Schaub and Bill Gates to be the first to eat ze bugs.


11 posted on 02/20/2024 11:37:24 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic's most controversial and outspoken FReeper)
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To: DallasBiff

Another topic that was no doubt discussed at length in Davos Switzerand over lobster, caviar, champagne, and hookers.


12 posted on 02/20/2024 11:44:14 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Red Badger
Not really although I get the joke.

Part of the reason humans do not eat bugs as a major food source is because their bodies lack certain amino acids which means they do not fill the same niche that meat from mammals, fowl and fish does. They also have something called chitin which is not only indigestible by humans but, if eaten in high enough quality, will give you a terminal case of constipation.

Even among HG societies bugs are a starvation food.

13 posted on 02/20/2024 11:51:57 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: DallasBiff
Global food production is anticipated to rise along with the growth of the global population.

All while our government pays some farmers to keep land fallow. Most of that is ostensibly to keep from oversupplying the food market and making food prices too low for farmers to survive.

14 posted on 02/20/2024 11:52:21 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: DallasBiff
Everyone loves termites for Chow


15 posted on 02/20/2024 12:16:43 PM PST by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: Right Brother

Termites eat our houses, we eat them. Way to turn wood into a high-density food source for humanity.

Although I would rather feed the termites to chickens that lay eggs, and at the end of their days as an egg machine, may then be turned into chicken stew.


16 posted on 02/20/2024 12:20:09 PM PST by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: DallasBiff

Bugs ain’t Kosher, are they?


17 posted on 02/20/2024 12:27:53 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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To: ASOC

They eat anything they can get their hands on, including other members of their species. They’ve even been known to attack and eat baby gorillas.


18 posted on 02/20/2024 12:43:06 PM PST by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: DallasBiff

I suggest make ALL DEMOCRATS eat ONLY BUGS for 5 years, then and only then come back to us with the results.

These morons who want to eat bugs, EAT THEM FOR 5 YEARS.

SHOW us by example. Otherwise STFU and Go To Hell!!!


19 posted on 02/20/2024 12:54:37 PM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: DallasBiff

If the researchers can’t supply their favorite recipes, they have no credibility.


20 posted on 02/20/2024 1:11:39 PM PST by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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