How healthy are maggots for eating?
2006-09-05 03:00:05 · 9 answers · asked by lonskipper_scot 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Not very
2006-09-05 03:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by Rudebox77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most maggots are probably killed when you chew them (you chew your food, don't you; like your Mother always told You to? If not, I bet You will from now on). Most of the remaining maggots probably were killed in the stomach. Those that were not killed in the stomach might be able to cause "gastroenteritis" (upset stomach, intestinal/abdominal cramping, diarrhea). We really do not know much about intestinal problems from maggots ("intestinal myiasis"), and it is complicated by the fact that maggots are usually present in contaminated or rotting food. So the symptoms that have been associated with eating maggot-infested food may actually result from ingesting the bacteria that was spoiling the food and not from eating the maggots.
2006-09-05 03:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by heat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maggots are high in protein, if you had to survive you'd eat them.
It wouldn't be a good idea to eat them straight off some rotten meat though since the meat is what would make you ill. If they were kept in bran and given a day or two to excrete any bad stuff then they wouldn't do you any harm. Mealworms, crickets, tarantula, ants and termites are all edible too!
2006-09-05 03:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you would have to eat considerably more than one to get any nutritional benefit whatsoever.
2006-09-05 03:05:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you bored !! i expect there's no nutritional value at all, unless you eat a plate full YUK !
2006-09-05 03:02:58 · answer #5 · answered by dawn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously, you are better off having a chicken salad!!!!!lol
2006-09-08 20:43:42 · answer #6 · answered by Happy. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of protien
2006-09-05 03:02:00 · answer #7 · answered by searchingjohn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
protein and swishy chewing
2006-09-05 03:07:19 · answer #8 · answered by aldo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
protien
2006-09-05 03:38:51 · answer #9 · answered by cry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋