A repost of NighSky's and Mr Fusions posts on insect eating.

From NightSky:
https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=243012
https://twitter.com/WallStreetApes/status/1809720110309163232

A 2017 Gov Study, showed Eating Bugs “Injure Organs, Cause MS, Systemic Lupus, Cancer and Death”

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“The Government knows quite a bit about eating bugs. Turns out it's very, very unhealthy. I pulled these right out of the National Library of Medicine, 2017 study, funded by the government, said that, the chitin in bugs, the exoskeletons, will provoke human innate immunity to generate a deluge of inflammatory cytokines, which injure organs and in persistent situations lead to death, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus, and cancer.

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From Mr Fusion:

"Chitin and chitinase: Role in pathogenicity, allergenicity and health"

https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=243017

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Abstract:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28093332/

Full article:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141813016325181

Int J Biol Macromol 2017 Apr:97:331-338
Chitin and chitinase: Role in pathogenicity, allergenicity and health

Abstract

Chitin, a polysaccharide with particular abundance in fungi, nematodes and arthropods is immunogenic. It acts as a threat to other organisms, to tackle which they have been endowed with chitinase enzyme. Even if this enzyme is not present in all organisms, they possess proteins having chitin-binding domain(s) (ChtBD). Many lethal viruses like Ebola, and HCV (Hepatitis C virus) have these domains to manipulate their carriers and target organisms. In keeping with the basic rule of survival, the self-origin (own body component) chitins and chitinases are protective, but that of non-self origin (from other organisms) are detrimental to health.

https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=243060

It's already being added to our food!

(Thanks Jo, I cringed when I found out my favorite candy - Swedish Fish - Has Cochineal in it! - Lynda/RumorMail)

E120 Cochineal – This crimson red colour comes from the crushed shell of the cactus insect, Dactylopious coccus.

E904 Shellac – This substance is obtained from the resin produced by the Lac insect. It’s a native of India and is related to mealy bugs and scale insects.