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Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

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Post by e12e »

jacques_chester wrote: post #19

It actually has a comparable nutritional profile to commercial waffles: http://i.imgur.com/rg4DN02.jpg (Substantially fewer overall calories for almost as much protein, is the punchline) Whey is cheap and plentiful. If you don't like the idea of cows, soy and pea protein is cheap and plentiful.

Only problem with those waffles, is that if you eat 100% of your "daily"* protein needs, you eat too much sodium.

In case of "daily" needs, I think protein is a bit of an odd one out -- if you work out hard, you need a lot more* protein than the "average" don't ever move at all person. I'm not even sure where the US daily values are from/what they relate to. If they truly are average, I suspect they are wildly wrong for anyone that actually exercise their bodies in a healthy way.

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

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Post by ksherlock »

e12e wrote: post #60
enraged_camel wrote: post #41

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>>I never understood why people eat this crap when it's so easy to get protein from simple, natural sources. Yep. Eggs. Milk. Protein powder. Even cheese. Protein bars are nice when you're on-the-go though.

> Eggs. Milk. Protein powder. Even cheese. Am I wrong, or is "one of these things, not like the other"? What is "protein powder" (made from)? To me it seems like the odd one out? (I'm not saying you shouldn't eat protein powder, but -- it is made from something, right -- most likely(?) powdered egg whites?)

> What is "protein powder" (made from)?

Usually whey or soy. I've seen hemp and other plant sources, too.

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

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Post by ars »

quail wrote: post #58
ars wrote: post #55

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> You have a citation for that claim? You can use google just as well as I can. Search for "insect feel pain". They don't have the necessary nerves to carry pain signals. As an example, if you cut off part of the leg of an ant it keeps walking like normal, and doesn't show any indication that it felt anything. (They used this with a cool experiment that showed ants count steps when navigating - the shorter legs meant…

I did research this topic and recent studies show insects DO feel pain, and unlike you I have a citation to back it up: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867403...

No, this shows the larva are able to sense heat, not pain.

Read the actual paper, not the title.

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

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Post by drivingmenuts »

sk5t wrote: post #12
drivingmenuts wrote: post #7

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How about: Oh, hells no. I get it: it's an experimental product that may or may not be actually healthier and more nutrient-packed than conventional foods. It might even help alleviate some of my health issues. I can't look past the whole "insect" thing. Maybe a few generations down the line, say, my grandkids kids (theoretical grandkids) may think nothing of it. But there's too much cultural inculcation for me to ev…

Have you considered the possibility that you might be unusually (relative to the rest of the globe) quite squeamish? What makes cricket flour any worse than raw fish or a nice, runny, sunny-side-up egg? Or more directly: do you eat commercially-prepared peanut butter?

Squeamish? I'm pretty sure I'm not.

I grew up on a cattle ranch and regularly poked cow stomachs with a stick behind our local cattle processor. As a kid, I had to go out at 4am and 30 degrees F with my grandfather to deliver a breech birth calf (didn't end well).

I'm not afraid of most bugs (spiders a bit, tarantulas a lot, crickets not even a smidge) but I've never had any desire to eat them.

It's cultural: Bugs are not people food.

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