Scientists say cockroach milk is an up-and-coming
superfood as a study finds it’s three times more nutritious than cow’s milk.
With the
health and wellness industry booming, people are often looking for ways that they can alter their
diet and lifestyles to improve their physical and mental well-being.
Despite how gross it sounds, nutritionists say that cockroach milk has some amazing benefits and may even be one of the most nutrient-dense substances on our planet.
A 2016
study published in the
Journal of the International Union of Crystallography analysed the milk-like fluid that is produced by female Pacific beetle cockroaches to feed their young.
They found that the yellowish substance crystallised inside the stomachs of the cockroaches’ offspring when fed to them.
As well as revealing it contains three times the calories of buffalo milk – previously the most calorie-rich mammalian milk – the researchers found it contains a tonne of proteins, amino acids and healthy sugars to help will cell growth and repair.