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CHAPTER 1 DISGUSTING DIETS

We might feel queasy at the thought of eating scuttling spiders and insects, but more than 2.5 billion people would disagree. People in more than 100 countries eat bugs—1,500 different types! Bugs are a good source of protein and fat and could well help

solve the problem of worldwide famine. So keep an open mind!

Yuck! there’s a human in my soup!

Many Aboriginal bush tucker foods like witchetty grubs, termites and praying mantis do double duty as medicines. Aboriginal peoples in some parts of central Australia crush witchetty grubs into a paste and use it to soothe burns.

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