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Do you have a source for statements about getting parasites from eating cooked insects? Cows and pigs are more closely related to humans than insects are and t
by Tagbert 4y ago
Do you have a source for statements about getting parasites from eating cooked insects?
Cows and pigs are more closely related to humans than insects are and their parasites are more likely to be able to cross the species barrier than an insect parasite. That is why we generally cook meat to kill parasites.
- prometheus76 4y agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613697/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613697/ To summarize, we don't know the exact impact cooking would have on reducing the risk (the studies haven't been performed), but the risk is to the tune of ~30% of the insects tested from insect farms were contaminated with parasites that are dangerous to humans.