“A major supermarket chain in the UK is finalising plans to stock insects on its shelves and market them as a cheap food source for people struggling to afford to feed their families amid soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis.”
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“A major supermarket chain in the UK is finalising plans to stock insects on its shelves and market them as a cheap food source for people struggling to afford to feed their families amid soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis.”
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Insects contain CHITIN which cannot be processed by our gut. But chitin is a polysaccharide which is very tasty to cancer, parasites, fungi,, and pretty-much all what give you sickness. Chitin is a building part of them! Also they contain METAMORPHIC steroids especially ecdysterone. This is not a food for mammals. Only BIRDS can process insect food in safe conditions. Birds digestion apparatus is completely different to ours.