Insects contain a substance called Chitin. Chitin cannot be eliminated through heat, cooking or any type of food processing, and the human body is unable to process the compound. As a matter of fact, no mammal can process chitin. Birds, lizards and reptiles can eat bugs because they have evolved with a very different digestive system designed to handle different types of food.
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