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Eating Bugs How Dangerous is it?
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Posted on 12/09/2022 11:50:32 AM PST by DallasBiff

The Bottom Line

Kids eat bugs all the time. Few if any symptoms are likely to occur. In fact, insects form a regular part of the diet for many human cultures. Though most ingestions of edible insects tend to be harmless, people who have shellfish allergies should avoid eating insects due to the potential for cross-reactivity

My child just ate a beetle." "I think I swallowed a stinkbug." "My kids were eating ants."

Poison Control answers LOTS of calls about people who swallow insects of all kinds. Callers don't know whether to be worried, disgusted, or (sometimes) amused. If you're squeamish about eating bugs, here's the bottom line: don't worry—unless you have a known shellfish allergy.

It is likely that eating insects – on purpose – began with our hunter-gatherer ancestors. In many regions of the world like Asia, Latin America, and Africa, insects are a usual part of the diet. In fact, over 2 billion people regularly consume them. They contain protein but little fat, they may be an abundant food source, and some are considered delicacies. Grasshopper tacos, roasted stink bugs, boiled dragonflies, and fried ants are just the beginning of an international culinary adventure.

Though most ingestions of edible insects tend to be harmless, people who have shellfish allergies should avoid eating insects due to the potential for cross-reactivity. Several proteins identified in both some shellfish and insects can trigger allergic reactions in people who have a sensitivity to these compounds. Insects that can cause allergic reactions include silkworms, grasshoppers, locusts, cicadas, meal worms, and others

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bugs; eatingbugs; foodallergies; shellfish
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Oh and the freeze dried beetles in the sealed bag are perfectly safe.

Nope not going to eat bugs.

1 posted on 12/09/2022 11:50:32 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I recall from my childhood that chocolate covered roaches are available in Japan


2 posted on 12/09/2022 11:53:33 AM PST by newzjunkey (How does GA end up with 2 Dem senators & 100% GOP statewide officials??? UGH)
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To: newzjunkey

Even in the mid 70’s they were pushing this crap.


3 posted on 12/09/2022 11:55:51 AM PST by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: newzjunkey
I recall from my childhood that chocolate covered roaches are available in Japan

Tell us about Japanese natto!

4 posted on 12/09/2022 11:55:57 AM PST by plsvn
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To: DallasBiff

I recall the children’s book “How to eat Fried worms” that pops up on banned book lists although I don’t know what justification there is


5 posted on 12/09/2022 11:57:37 AM PST by newzjunkey (How does GA end up with 2 Dem senators & 100% GOP statewide officials??? UGH)
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To: DallasBiff

Locusts are edible.


6 posted on 12/09/2022 12:00:23 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: DallasBiff

You’d be amazed at how many bugs you eat in a year


7 posted on 12/09/2022 12:00:49 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: DallasBiff

I’ll bet other cultures that eat bugs do so to avoid starvation. If they could, they would be enjoying a nice juicy ribeye.


8 posted on 12/09/2022 12:01:10 PM PST by bobonthejob
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To: DallasBiff

Well, it’s not Kosher.


9 posted on 12/09/2022 12:02:50 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: DallasBiff

Anyone that pushes this crap needs to be exposed as an anti-American Marxist. Eating bugs is a change predicated on the lies of climate change and to provide an alternative to meat products to people that haven’t already bought into the vegetarian/vegan lies. By the way, you vegetarians smell like 💩 and are stupid 💩’s.


10 posted on 12/09/2022 12:04:04 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: DallasBiff

Always clip the end of a scorpion’s tail before crunching.
On saltines is good. Tequila worms are great!


11 posted on 12/09/2022 12:04:42 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: DallasBiff
In The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, Maria von Trapp talks about how they went touring after they came to the US. The audiences seem to like their singing but they weren't really connecting...until at one concert Maria accidentally swallowed a fly. When she told the audience that, I think everyone started laughing (it has been a very long time since I read the book), but in any case from then on they really connected more with the audience.
12 posted on 12/09/2022 12:05:17 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: DallasBiff
I don't mind stores and restaurant offering bugs but I bet the powers plan to force it on us.
Squirrels and other small game are in for a rough time from people who refuse to be controlled.

13 posted on 12/09/2022 12:05:39 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: newzjunkey
My grandmother returned from a Thailand trip in the late 60s with chocolate covered ants, scorpions, beetles, etc....

I preferred her trip returns from Sweden, Holland, France, and Belgium. Down comforters, candies, cheese, and incredible hand carved elaborate toys.

14 posted on 12/09/2022 12:07:04 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: BitWielder1
Nobody likes me
Everybody hates me
Guess I'll go eat worms
Big, fat, juicy ones…

15 posted on 12/09/2022 12:08:26 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: DallasBiff

In fact, over 2 billion people regularly consume them.

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They can have my share.

I remember reading in the journal of James O. Pattie, an early American pioneer in the southwest, of his encounter with what he called “grasshopper people”, a group of wretched, primitive, impoverished, naked savages whose main fare was insects. They made do on what they could get, but it occurred to me that one of the driving forces of the development of civilization was the desire to have more reliable and higher-quality sources of food.


16 posted on 12/09/2022 12:08:48 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: blackdog
John the Baptist ate locusts (akrides). He must have considered them kosher.
17 posted on 12/09/2022 12:09:51 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4658850/jewish/Are-Bugs-Kosher.htm


18 posted on 12/09/2022 12:20:29 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: DallasBiff

Only time I ate a bug was while riding my Harley.
Didn’t mean to. Didn’t enjoy it.


19 posted on 12/09/2022 12:20:37 PM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: DallasBiff

You first. (To them.)


20 posted on 12/09/2022 12:26:35 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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