Maybe we should pop in and educate the public - Events will be held at:
Willunga Farmers’ Market: 8am-11.30am, Saturday 4 March 2023. Willunga High School, Main Road, Willunga.
Adelaide Farmers’ Market: 8:30am-12pm, Sunday 5 March 2023. Adelaide Sho…
Maybe we should pop in and educate the public - Events will be held at:
Willunga Farmers’ Market: 8am-11.30am, Saturday 4 March 2023. Willunga High School, Main Road, Willunga.
Adelaide Farmers’ Market: 8:30am-12pm, Sunday 5 March 2023. Adelaide Showground, Rose Terrace, Wayville.
Mount Gambier: 10am-1pm, 2pm-4pm, Monday 6 March 2023. The Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre.
https://glamadelaide.com.au/crunch-on-a-cricket-at-the-free-edible-insect-pop-up-event-at-the-adelaide-uni/
🪳🪲🐜🦗🕷Health effects from eating bugs:
Potential role of chitinase 3-like-1 in inflammation-associated carcinogenic changes of epithelial cells:
The family of mammalian chitinases includes members both with and without glycohydrolase enzymatic activity against chitin, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine. Chitin is the structural component of fungi, crustaceans, insects and parasitic nematodes, but is completely absent in mammals. Exposure to antigens containing chitin- or chitin-like structures sometimes induces strong T helper type-I responses in mammals, which may be associated with the induction of mammalian chitinases. Chitinase 3-like-1 (CHI3L1), a member of the mammalian chitinase family, is induced specifically during the course of inflammation in such disorders as inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis and asthma. In addition, CHI3L1 is expressed and secreted by several types of solid tumors including glioblastoma, colon cancer, breast cancer and malignant melanoma. Although the exact function of CHI3L1 in inflammation and cancer is still largely unknown, CHI3L1 plays a pivotal role in exacerbating the inflammatory processes and in promoting angiogenesis and remodeling of the extracellular matrix. CHI3L1 may be highly involved in the chronic engagement of inflammation which potentiates development of epithelial tumorigenesis presumably by activating the mitogen-activated protein kinase and the protein kinase B signaling pathways. Anti-CHI3L1 antibodies or pan-chitinase inhibitors may have the potential to suppress CHI3L1-mediated chronic inflammation and the subsequent carcinogenic change in epithelial cells.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19908331/
