Anyone braves enough to try a Crickstart protein bar? Why crickets? They're really nutritious. By dry weight, they have: 2x more PROTEIN vs. beef 7x more VITAMIN B12 vs. salmon 2x more IRON vs. spinach 2x more CALCIUM vs. milk 3x more POTASSIUM vs. bananas Complete Protein The protein in crickets is complete, meaning it’s made up of all 9 essential amino acids, like other animal proteins. These amino acids must be consumed through diet because they can’t be produced by the body and they’re necessary to all metabolic processes. In case you were wondering, they are: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. Crickets have you covered. Vitamin B12 Crickets are an amazing source of B12, also called cobalamin, a vitamin that is not found in plants. It’s critical to brain and nervous system health, to the conversion of food into energy, and to DNA synthesis and red blood cell formation among other things. In the foods most people are used to eating, B12 is the highest in fish and seafood. The fact that crickets contain 7x more B12 than salmon is hard to believe, but it’s true (50x more than chicken, FYI!). Chitin It’s pronounced kītin and it’s what the exoskeleton of arthropods like insects and crustaceans is made of. In crustaceans like lobster it’s too hard to eat, but in crickets it’s soft, like in soft-shell crab. It turns out chitin is an amazing prebiotic fibre, which feeds the good bacteria in your gut. Chitin is even sold as a (pricy) supplement. https://crickstart.ca/pages/why-crickets. #cricketprotein #sustainable ##proteinbar #canadian #completeprotein #nutritious #farmtofood # (at Cinder's Naturals Health Food Store)