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#731: September 29-30, 2022

Knowledge Fight

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Eventually We're Going to Eat Bugs

There's been a lot of misinformation flying around about chitin. The polysaccharide founded bug exoskeletons, mostly about how it's undigestable by humans and toxic. Chitin itself may not be fully digestible, but so cellulose, which doesn't stop people from eating celery, you can still get nutritional value out of eating something that contains parts that can't be fully digested. And then you just pass those parts. Like how people need fiber to stay regular.

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