Here’s why you should never kill a cockroach you find in your house

Cockroaches are common insect pests found all over the world. Familiar to most people, cockroaches are very resourceful insects that can live, eat, and breed in your home without you even knowing it

While they don’t usually bite, cockroaches can still cause health problems for some people in an infested house or apartment. Some people can experience allergy and asthma symptoms from breathing in cockroach skin and waste.

If you think you have cockroaches, do not panic. Finding roaches is not a sign that your house is dirty. Even if you clean regularly and maintain a tidy home, cockroaches can usually find food and water without much trouble. This allows them to thrive in many environments.

They are gold’: High protein, high nutrition.

Scientists say cockroach meat contains vitamins, protein, and other nutritional benefits, would you give a cockroach shake a try?

In fact, lab research has shown that it’s more than three times as nutritious as cow’s milk, buffalo milk, and human breast milk.

When I say cockroach, it’s likely that you immediately lose your appetite. But if you can get over your understandable revulsion and scarf a few of their young’uns down, you’ll do your body a huge favour. A 100-gram serving of cockroaches has 24 micrograms of vitamin B12, almost 10 times the RDA.

B12 keeps the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy and also helps make DNA, the genetic material in all cells. If you don’t get enough of this stuff, illnesses such as anaemia, heart disease and nerve-system damage are clear and present dangers. The vitamin is also essential for healthy skin, hair, and nails, as it aids in cell reproduction and constant renewal of the skin.”

A cockroach walking across the floor is enough to send shivers up many people’s spines. Fortunately, of the 4,500 different species of cockroaches, 99.7 per cent live in environments away from humans. Before you step on a cockroach, you might consider the benefits they provide to natural ecosystems as well as humans.

But yes it should be cooked properly to kill its bacteria present on its body. We probably consider eating insects as disgusting especially in western society we don’t even consider them. But in many cultures, especially Asians including cockroaches and other insects they include in their diet.

In Thailand, they consider Cockroaches a yummy dish especially when it is deep-fried in the oil to get that crunchy texture and taste.

Cockroach milk is a protein-rich, crystallized substance produced by a specific type of cockroach called Diploptera punctata.

This species is unique because it gives birth to live offspring. Members make “milk” in the form of protein crystals to serve as food for their developing young.

In recent years, scientists have discovered that this milk-like crystalline substance is nutritious and considered a complete food, as it’s a good source of protein, carbs, and fats.

Additionally, cockroach milk is considered a complete protein source, as it provides all nine essential amino acids ⁠— the building blocks of protein that can only be attained through your diet.

High in nutrients

Cockroach milk has gained buzz as a superfood due to its nutritional content.

Cockroach farming is a thing

In China, cockroaches are harvested for medicinal benefits.

“They really are a miracle drug. They can cure a number of ailments and they work much faster than other medicine,” Liu Yusheng, a professor at the Shandong Agricultural university and the head of Shandong province’s Insect Association, told The Telegraph.