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Yes, it is cricket: Italy gives go-ahead to insect flour for human use (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (20 children)

  1. apparently extremely nutritious and high in protein

  2. But obviously creepy & disgusting and many people are NOT willing to intentionally eat this.

[โ€“] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 9 months ago (17 children)

Guess what else is nutritious and high in protein, but not creepy? Beans.

I'd rather just eat more beans than crickets.

[โ€“] tryptaminev@feddit.de 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Many people cannot digest beans and other legumes properly.

[โ€“] garden_boi@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is that so? Can you link some source for this claim?

[โ€“] tryptaminev@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S096399691400698X

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9368013/

When googling unfortunately most sites are SEO food blogs, that don't refer to it properly. That beans cause gas is generalyl known though and for some people thatcan compound with other digestive problems.

[โ€“] garden_boi@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

That beans cause gas is generalyl known though

It's also known that after a while people adapt. The intestinal microbiome grows more methane-metabolising bacteria, thus decreasing the severity of any gaseous issue.

But it's true that some digestive deseases may limit people's ability to consume large amounts of legume.

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