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New Safe Diet Food!

By Mikhaila

Hi all,

Big news, bad news. So for some reason, I’ve stopped being able to tolerate beef. It’s all I was eating and now I can’t stomach it, I guess the people who said I would sensitize to these foods were right. FORTUNATELY, I’ve found a solution. Insects. They’re basically meat and pretty crunchy. So far so good. I’ve only tried crickets but I’ve added links below to other insects. At least there’s more variety here, right? I highly doubt any insect would cause an IgG response, so they’re probably safe.

Black Ants – nothing added

Crickets – I’ve actually had to buy these from pet stores… For some reason, they don’t make crickets without adding a whole bunch of additives to them. The only ones I could find online were BBQ flavored, and many had added milk and sugar. How is that healthier?

The ones from pet stores are organic and have nothing added so they’re safe to consume. I used to feed them to my bearded dragons so that’s pretty funny.

Facts:

  • The UN states that 20 percent of the world eats insects. Perhaps those are the parts of the world where obesity isn’t’ a problem? A coincidence? I think not.
  • A number of insects have a higher protein amount (per 100g) than beef!
  • It’s good for the environment (fuck bugs, amirite?). They take less water to raise than normal sources of protein (beef) and contribute much less to greenhouse gases.

Articles promoting bug consumption:

edibleinsects.com

The Telegraph (coincidentally recently featuring my dad)

Time magazine

Will keep everyone posted.

UPDATE:

April fools. Got my mom too! 🙂 Hope nobody got too concerned. I am not eating insects, meat is still a-okay and will be for a very long time.

 

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58 Comments

  1. Have you been tracking the beef supplier? There could be a contamination issue in the supply chain that’s triggered a response?
    What about seasonal issues (in the source of meat)? The way the animal is slaughtered can also impact the level of stress hormones left in the meat, which then triggers a reaction in you.
    Just thinking out loud, not offering any expert opinions.

  2. I can’t even imagine!
    May I recommend experimenting with something:
    EFT
    Faster EFT
    Hypnotherapy
    Mindscaping
    Any of these to affect change in your body so it will allow you to carefully eat other foods.

    Best regards and just wow, no words to where this is taking you!

    1. Shit, you got me scared there for a second. Meat (beef practically) is all I eat. I was like, I don’t wanna eat crickets if eating beef fails!

  3. Despite the April Fool’s, insects do make sense as part of a carnivorous diet. Insects are meat. Our ancestors snacked on them.

    Here’s a blog discussing insects from a paleo perspective (author is French and doesn’t have perfect English):
    http://www.entomoveproject.com/blog/2015/09/24/are-insects-a-true-paleo-food-part-3/

    Here’s a paper on the nutrition and tastes of different insects: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352364616300013

    Here’s an argument that we evolved to carnivory via insectivory: http://donmatesz.blogspot.com/2017/03/human-ancestors-vegetarians-or-obligate.html

    The main concern would be shellfish allergy. Sensitive people should start small. Mikhaila personally might want to be cautious about this, unless she knows she doesn’t have shellfish allergy. Not sure where typically-packaged edible insects stand on the histamine issue. But insects would be a respectable snack for most people eating carnivorously.

    Bugs give you some additional nutrients that you would not get just from eating steak. They have n-acetyl-glucosamine from the chitin in their shells. This is often sold as expensive supplements. Bugs are a source of animal fiber. They have full protein, until plants. Crickets are good for B12.

    I have some cricket powder, which I eat a little bit of several times a week as part of a carnivorous diet. It tastes nutty.

  4. LOL! You totally had me going there. Too many National Geographic specials in my past . . . .

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