Edible insects role in transmission of parasitic diseases to humans (2019)

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 5:57 PM UTC

kodah wrote: post #340

eth0up wrote: post #261

The importance of this subject is underestimated and applies as well quite independently of whether humans eat the insects directly or not. Consider the cuban tree frog for example, which has long since initiated its campaign in Florida to host and spread throughout the food chain the rat lungworm nematode. Rat lungworm (angiostrongylus) holds its own in the burgeoning presence of hideous and hostile parasites. It is…

So, reading this is intimidating. Can you ELI5 what risk these pose to humans or species in close proximity to us?

Post by antirez » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

bbkane wrote: post #368

antirez wrote: post #353

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No offence, but I would rather suggest improving your reading skills. Books don't have newlines or spacing, mostly: do you have issues reading a novel as well? That would be a major problem. But I bet you don't have any issues reading books, because this demand of spacing is a lot stronger among US readers and I bet is mostly cultural rather than a real issue.

Cultural issues are as real as any other issues... Isn't it much easier to make an easy neutral change to your writing that will be positive for some readers than to assert their culture should learn to read better?

Post by adwn » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 6:03 PM UTC

selimthegrim wrote: post #289

daniel-cussen wrote: post #285

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I basically agree with that. So keep in mind the world eats basically European cuisine. It is for this reason that in Paris yes food is great but nothing is exotic because eg Duck á la Orange is known everywhere (and it was particularly exported in the 20th century, and particularly with the Green Revolution). And it's made to suit Europeans, so it seems like the restrictions are lax but actually European Christian d…

If you think the Orthodox can dictate to non-Orthodox you haven’t spent much time in America.

Post by MichaelCollins » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 6:11 PM UTC

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wonderbore wrote: post #56

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> Ask yourself why humans refrained from eating them Plenty of humans don't eat plenty of meats and sea animals either. Traditions don't necessarily contain good wisdom. I think seeing a bug feast on feces and then having it sneak up on your food stashes might trigger an obvious reaction (similar to pigs and the reason why some don't eat them)

Compared with cows or sheep pigs eat what humans can eat, so growing pigs means wasting a lot of food that could be fed to people. Many historians argue that this was the primary reason why pork was banned in Islam and Judaism, not because pigs were considered unclean.

Post by MichaelCollins » Thu, Aug 18, 2022, 6:18 PM UTC

trinachi wrote: post #253

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #195

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I thought the generally accepted science was that humans can learn disgust reactions socially, so that they are more adaptable on a non-evolutionary timescale. > The disgust system is a psychological mechanism for producing pathogen avoidant behaviour [10–12]. In previous work, we have stressed the universality of disgust, showing that there is much that is similar about disgust responses between animals and humans,…

There's a strong cultural component when it comes to disgust. People in many parts of the world eat insects regularly as a part of their standard diets. In the US, most people don't think of honey or lobster (aquatic arthropod) or carmine (red food coloring) as "insect food" but these items most definitely fit in that category and are commonly consumed. In the past, people in the west found yogurt, sushi, and lobster…