Gut Check: Is Eating Bugs Good for Your Gut?

EVERYDAY HHEALTH ^ | March 1, 2024 | Megan Mikaelian, Medically Reviewed byIra Daniel Breite, MD

[wardamneagle]

Man....f*ck dat sh*t.....

[Republican Wildcat]

Well...if you need to throw up, yes...because that’s what the idea of eating bugs makes me feel like doing.

[Jim W N]

BRAIN Check...

[Jonty30]

Stock up on legumes and brown rice and ketchup. You’ll be eating like a king, compared to how everybody else will be eating.

[Reno89519]

No way! And there are other studies out there questioning the health of this, especially on a larger scale.

Okay, let idiots eat bugs, maybe catch and eat cochroches in their houses, etc. I'll stick to bacon, steaks, and healthier choices.

[LeoTDB69]

Do I look like I care about a carbon footprint?

Throw on an extra steak.

[Vermont Lt]

I knew a man who was a POW. He told me when you get hungry enough, you will eat anything you can catch.

When I am THAT hungry, we can have this discussion. I imagine at my age, my guts will give out long before that happens.

[null and void]

Fried meal worms aren’t bad...

[dfwgator]

Fried meal worms may taste like pumpkin pie, but I’d never know, cuz I wouldn’t eat the filthy mofos.

[Vermont Lt]

I hope I never learn that.

I ate a chipmunk once. That’s as small as I think I will go.

[Organic Panic]

Golly. If I was a suspicious person I would suspect the WEF goons paid for this important article about how great it is to eat bugs.

[4Liberty]

[KarlInOhio]

Will Klaus Schwab and the WEF next say they growing your own bugs will hurt Mother Earth and you can only eat the bugs they supply?

We will own everything and you better be happy, or at least silent, about it.

[McGavin999]

So are the leftists sharing this information with Africa? How about other famine and food starved people? Just think of the foreign aid that could be saved

[Harpotoo]

No but bacon is;’-)

[Flaming Conservative]

I don’t want to eat bugs, but I’m sure if we ate the bugs God told the Israelites to eat, we’d be fine.

[Gen.Blather]

Every species of anything has its own kaleidoscope of flora and fauna. A host of bacteria, viruses, prions and fungus. We have adapted to whatever lives in the food we eat. Now we’re venturing into territory we haven’t been into for probably hundreds of thousands of years. I wonder what new disease is just waiting to spread from beetles to humans.

[joshua c]

dung beetles

[Mr Rogers]

We don’t need fiber. However, bugs could probably make a good protein supplement. Our bodies break protein down into amino acids and having the correct blend of amino acids to build muscle tissue is important. Depends on the specific insect but it looks like some (not ALL!) provide a balance close to what we need.