Researcher studies impact of eating crickets on gut health


Researcher studies impact of eating crickets on gut health


Tiffany Weir, associate professor in the Colorado State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, has been working on a project that has crawled into the public sphere in recent years: cricket consumption.

Valerie Stull, doctoral graduate from the University of Wisconsin – Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, worked with Weir as an undergraduate, and has become very interested in the sustainability of insect farming. When she contacted Weir about doing a project together, she pointed out that, while the academic community knew of many great nutritional benefits in eating insects, they weren`t sure what effects it has on microbiota in the gut....

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Ken Notes: Again, we will eat exponentially more crickets when we are blissful unaware that we are eating them at all. Think about it, "Hey want some new chocolate ice cream vs. hey want to try some new frozen chocolate cricket stuff"....

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