Latest idiotic health fad: cockroach milk

[Underseer]

https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/news/a21924/cockroach-milk-benefits/

If only I didn't have morals, I would be sooooo rich right now.

 

[Jobar]

From 2016- https://secularcafe.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37312&p=649782

Don't look for ads for this stuff to show up any time soon.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/27/healt ... index.html

"Any liquid harvested from a cockroach is not true milk. At least not as we think of it," said Becky Facer, director of school and educator programs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta.
Most people would agree. After all, the insect liquid takes the form of protein crystals in the guts of baby cockroaches.
"The protein crystals are milk for the cockroach infant. It is important for its growth and development," said Leonard Chavas, one of the scientists behind the research. He explained the crystals have a whopping three times the energy of an equivalent mass of buffalo milk, about four times the equivalent of cow's milk.

The story says they're trying to reverse-engineer the genes that produce it, in hopes of finding some less gross way of making it. I still want to post an assortment of 'vomit' smilies...

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OK, maybe I was wrong!

 

[Peez]

He explained the crystals have a whopping three times the energy of an equivalent mass of buffalo milk, about four times the equivalent of cow's milk.

Do you know what has more than nine times the energy of cow's milk (by mass)? Sucrose.

Peez

 

[bilby]

He explained the crystals have a whopping three times the energy of an equivalent mass of buffalo milk, about four times the equivalent of cow's milk.

Do you know what has more than nine times the energy of cow's milk (by mass)? Sucrose.

Peez

The sugar marketing board should all be fired for not calling it 'organic cane milk crystals'.

 

[Elixir]

He explained the crystals have a whopping three times the energy of an equivalent mass of buffalo milk, about four times the equivalent of cow's milk.

Do you know what has more than nine times the energy of cow's milk (by mass)? Sucrose.

Peez

The sugar marketing board should all be fired for not calling it 'organic cane milk crystals'.

The sugar marketing board should be hung - period. (My step-father was a VP of Spreckles sugar)
Back in the day, their tagline was "Only 18 calories per teaspoon, and it's all energy!"
Asked my step-dad "Why don't they say 'only 18 energy units per teaspoon, and IT'S ALL CALORIES!"?
No answer, just a pissed-off look.

 

[rjh01]

I would hate to have to milk them. How many would you need to milk to get a liter of milk?

I think it would be better to cook and eat the cockroach.

 

[Beer With Straw]

Way to make a post that makes me want to barf!



But, should I start buying stock?