WEBVTT - Is Cockroach Milk the Next Big Thing?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff from How Stuff Works, Hey, brain Stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren Vogel, Bam here, you can go ahead and stop

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<v Speaker 1>the world and let me get off. Scuttle Butt from

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<v Speaker 1>the super food sector has it that cockroach milk could

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<v Speaker 1>become a new niche in the non dairy milk craze.

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<v Speaker 1>Americans do love their dairy free alternative milks. Non dairy

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<v Speaker 1>milk sales grew six over the past five years, skyrocketing

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<v Speaker 1>to an estimated two billion in seventeen so I, almond

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<v Speaker 1>and coconut are the current top favorites, but other plant

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<v Speaker 1>based milks include pecan, cash you, macadamia, hazelnut, kinwa, flax out, rice,

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<v Speaker 1>and hemp are also on the rise, and a new

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<v Speaker 1>market research report predicts that global plant based milk sales

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<v Speaker 1>will exceed thirty four billion dollars by four But I

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<v Speaker 1>said cockroach milk. The chatter about cockroach milk first started

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<v Speaker 1>in that's when a study published in the Journal of

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<v Speaker 1>the International Union of Crystallography reported that the milk like

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<v Speaker 1>substance found in the mid gut of the Pacific beetle

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<v Speaker 1>cockroach is one of the most nutritious substances on Earth.

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<v Speaker 1>The Diplottera punctata, which is the only cockroach known to

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<v Speaker 1>give birth to live young instead of laying eggs like

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<v Speaker 1>regular roaches, produces protein crystals that are what scientists call

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<v Speaker 1>a complete food, containing proteins, fats, and sugars. Just one

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<v Speaker 1>of these crystals has more than three times the amount

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<v Speaker 1>of energy in an equivalent amount of buffalo milk, which

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<v Speaker 1>in turn has more energy than plain old cow's milk.

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<v Speaker 1>Bottom line, it's packed with calories and nutrients. Because milking

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<v Speaker 1>cockroaches is not a viable option, an international team of

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<v Speaker 1>researchers headed by scientists from the Institute of Stem Cell

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<v Speaker 1>Biology and Regenerative Medicine in India have figured out a

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<v Speaker 1>way to sequence the genes that produce the milk protein crystals.

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<v Speaker 1>They hope to eventually employ yeast as an efficient way

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<v Speaker 1>to produce these milk yielding protein crystals in large quantities.

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<v Speaker 1>The study suggests that because it's such a dense, time

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<v Speaker 1>released protein source, cockroach milk could help alleviate food and

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<v Speaker 1>security around the world. The light philosopher and self help

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<v Speaker 1>guru Dr Wayne Dyer once queried this food for thought,

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<v Speaker 1>Can you see the beauty in a cockroach? Well? Can you.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's episode was written by Carrie Tato and produced by

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler Clang. For more on this and lots of other

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