Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts about the safety of eating insects. Since eating raw food I have become more aware of the amount of insects that are present in raw vegetables. In general I will wash and, if appropriate, peel vegetables but this wont ensure insect free food in many cases. For example with things like sugarsnap peas I now split them down the spine with my thumb nail and inspect the inside before eating as I have frequently found little (or big) grubs living inside. Broccoli is my current problem, it is naturally hydrophobic, running it under the tap is pointless the water just beads off it (it looks like it would make more effective waterproofing than Goretex). Inspecting it carefully though I can find lots of little aphid-like insects living inside.
These insects would obviously still be present if you cooked the food, but they would be cooked which I suspect would kill any harmful germs. So does anyone have any thoughts on this, or indeed hard facts. Is it safe in general to eat insects that inhabit your vegetables raw, or is it dangerous, would it be less dangerous if they were cooked?

Thanks,

Usjes

Raw vegans do not eat insects

RawPracticalist Wrote:
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> Raw vegans do not eat insects

Correction:
Raw vegans do not *intentionally* eat insects, and that is my point, what are the consequences of the unintentional consumption?

Or how do you guarantee that you are not eating them (I suspect this is impossible, but if someone can prove me wrong I would be interested to hear their reasoning).

Usjes.

Usjes Wrote:
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> Correction:
> Raw vegans do not *intentionally* eat insects, and
> that is my point, what are the consequences of the
> unintentional consumption?
>
> Or how do you guarantee that you are not eating
> them (I suspect this is impossible, but if someone
> can prove me wrong I would be interested to hear
> their reasoning).
>
> Usjes.

You will get healthier in spite of your belief

CommonSenseRaw Wrote:
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> Usjes Wrote:
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>
> > Correction:
> > Raw vegans do not *intentionally* eat insects,
> and
> > that is my point, what are the consequences of
> the
> > unintentional consumption?
> >
> > Or how do you guarantee that you are not eating
> > them (I suspect this is impossible, but if
> someone
> > can prove me wrong I would be interested to
> hear
> > their reasoning).
> >
> > Usjes.
>
> You will get healthier in spite of your belief

Perhaps, CommonSenseRaw, if you were to post your thoughts in the form of complete sentences they might be intelligible to others, as it is your appear to be just posting drivel.

It was an answer to " what are the consequences of the unintentional consumption of insects?"

Well insects are very healthy protein, organic, raw but vegan do not willingly eat them.

But if they do eat them unknowingly they will be healthy.

Well one nice thing is that those tiny insects only take tiny bites.