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Roach milk proteins fantastic food supplement (timesofindia.com)
2 points by shawndumas on July 28, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Unfortunately, that story is a major distortion of what the research is actually about because:

- people can become allergic to cockroaches

- the milk from the cockroach does not contain amino acids vital to humans

I recommend reading this article [1] to get the real reason for the research, which is the discovery of a protein in the cockroach milk that may lead to a new drug-delivery method

[1] "Cockroach milk is not the next superfood. It could be a lot more important than that." [ https://askentomologists.com/2016/07/31/cockroach-milk-is-no... ]




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