>Chitin is a large, structural polysaccharide made from chains of modified glucose. Chitin is found in the exoskeletons of insects, the cell walls of fungi, and certain hard structures in invertebrates and fish. In terms of abundance, chitin is second to only cellulose. >Like cellulose, no vertebrate animals can digest chitin on their own. >Like cellulose, no vertebrate animals can digest chitin on their own. >Like cellulose, no vertebrate animals can digest chitin on their own. >Like cellulose, no vertebrate animals can digest chitin on their own. >Like cellulose, no vertebrate animals can digest chitin on their own.
X = Chronic inflammation Y = Pediatric Lung Disease Z = Allergic Asthma
>chitinase-like proteins have been described as dysregulated in a variety of diseases characterized by chronic inflammation and tissue remodeling
>Chitin is a major component of a variety of allergy-triggering environmental components, including house-dust mites or fungal spores, and fungal asthma is increasingly appreciated as an under-diagnosed disease entity
>the role of chitinases and chitinase-like proteins in pediatric lung diseases are reviewed, leading up to a summary of ideas how these mechanisms could be exploited to improve diagnostics and therapeutics in lung diseases in childhood and beyond
>highlighted by Shibata et al. who demonstrated that chitin activates peritoneal/alveolar macrophages and natural killer (NK) cells to express a number of pro-inflammatory cytokines
>Van Dyken et al. further demonstrated that fungal chitin from asthma-associated home environments induced allergic eosinophilic lung inflammation
>Collectively, these studies strongly suggest that chitin can contribute to the development of allergic type 2 (Th2) inflammation by activating innate immune cells.
>When viewed in combination, chitin is a central component of potential pro-allergic microbes (e.g., Aspergillus fumigatus and house-dust mite) and has been shown to drive Th2-associated immune responses. Mechanisms that interfere with chitin metabolism are therefore of high relevance for allergic diseases and infections with chitin-bearing pathogens such as fungi.
>acidic mammalian chitinase has been linked to allergic asthma and hypersensitivitie
The chitinase-like protein YKL-40 and its involvement in lung diseases
>Not realizing that corn fields can by infested by crickets
Christian Smith
'can't digest chitin on their own' is pretty meaningless. Human gut microflora outnumber human cells 10;1 in most people, and do lots of stuff that we'd be SOL without them. All of that adds up to the same kind of reaction plenty of people have to gluten. I've got family who are gluten-intolerant or even celiac, and I'd be mad as a hornet if someone tried to outlaw bread because of it. I'm not a big bug-lover but it's an amino-diverse, ecologically sustainable protein source. Y'all making Any Forums look bad.
>ecologically sustainable protein source Yeah so is grassfed beef, what's your fucking point?
Austin Gomez
I finally gave in and ate the bugs. I love bug meat now!
Logan Lewis
It's shit like this They do to say, 5 years from now >WHAT'S THE MATTER YOU'VE BEEN EATING THEM ALL THIS TIME AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING?!? and leftists will make that argument
This make it actually sound like a great low calorie meat alternative
Christopher Myers
chinese here. the fact that you can't digest it is a good thing. it means it works like fiber cleaning out your intestines. i tried insects on my trip to Hong Kong and it was actually really good. my ansecestors ate insects for generations and nothing happened.
Thomas Davis
The point is that you have no clue how much land and water is used to produce grass-fed beef. There is nothing sustainable about it and you will never be able to feed even half of earth population on it.
Jaxon Lewis
Eat NOTHING but zee bugs for 3 months and report back in, if you're still alive that is. Enjoy those ass-worms.
Cooper White
>i tried insects on my trip to Hong Kong and it was actually really good. my ansecestors ate insects for generations and nothing happened.
They turned into chinks
Landon Roberts
>muh world population Not my problem, eat beans faggot My country is mostly pasturage and has been that way for thousands of years so fuck off with your "not sustainable" shit. It's such an essential part of our history and culture that many of our myths revolve around cattle, fuck you
Owen Sanders
No shit. Anyone who has accidentally eaten shrimp/prawn skin knows this.
Jeremiah Gray
Yeah Im sure that worked out great for you, its not like the history of your country basically revolves around famines lmao.
Robert Ortiz
r u chitin me
Cameron Rodriguez
Yea cows can too i thought. Still, humans cant
Nicholas Brown
They took the cows, also the grain. There were food riots and people attacked the carts bringing food to the ports but mostly died of disease before they starved. So you can see why letting outlanders determine what we eat might be a hard sell, keep your eyes on your papayas and off our cows.
