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Could incorporating insects into a carnivore diet provide additional nutritional advantages or break taboos regarding food sources within this community?
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    No, I don’t believe that eating insects could provide additional nutritional advantages to the carnivore lifestyle. 
    Ruminant meats provide all of the nutrition that the human body needs for optimal health. 
    I’ve eaten insects either in survival training or in visiting other countries where it’s the norm and I am not a fan of eating them. If it was a matter of survival I know I can eat them but given a choice I’ll pass. 
     

    There are no rules to eating the way we do but there are guidelines. Carnivore is a diet that consists of eating a diet high in animal fats. A moderate amount of animal protein. Plenty of salt and water. Each individual can eat whatever they want and we won’t judge so if you want to eat bugs then more power to you. 

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    The first health concern when consuming insects is mycotoxins, mainly due to their carcinogenic effect on the human body when consumed. And people with shell-fish allergies should not even attempt to eat them. Furthermore, insect contain chitin and cannot be fully processed by the human body, we simply do not have the enzymes. It's like eating fiber or cellulose, often avoided on carnivore, for several reasons. Why put something in your body it cannot fully digest? I'd say that eating insects is much closer to eating plants, as they are likewise not fully digestible, known to cause all kinds of trouble. 

    A study in mice and rats they did find an enzyme that allegedly insures full digestion of chitin, however, we are not mice, nor rats. 

    When considering eating insect, consider possible risk which may include, infection, urinary stone formation, respiratory disease, parasites, and possible allergic reactions. 

    I wouldn't consider it a pragmatic solution to any diet, with too many unanswered questions, while too many possible risks.

    On the other side, the possible benefits of eating edible insects may lower your LDL. But then again, so does eating Oreo cookies, take your pick. 

    Can eating insects provide nutritional advances? Perhaps, but compared to meat? It would be pointless. 

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    On 2/8/2025 at 4:38 PM, Guest RobertAmake said:

    Could incorporating insects into a carnivore diet provide additional nutritional advantages

    No. This isn't to say that insect protein and insect consumption isn't nutritious. It certainly can be. But it doesn't offer any advantage over typical mammal, bird, and aquatic animals. It's just another alternate source of food... if needed.

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