TAKING THE ADVICE FROM PROFESSIONAL NUTRITIONISTS AND SOME GRAINS OF UNSQUEAMISH EMPIRICAL COMMON SENSE........





Once they have been cooked, the oats and any insect remains or byproducts are just more protein, fats and carbohydrates for your body to digest.

Aside from most American's psychological aversion, insects are  nutritious, and they have been feeding upon food that is not toxic (your oats to be exact), so they should be safe to consume. The boiling water used to cook the oats will kill off any harmful bacteria that may be present as well, making it safe for you to consume.

In reality, it is virtually impossible to completely remove all traces of insects from raw agricultural grain foods, which is how the weevils (or their eggs) got there in the first place. They are simply too small or too numerous to remove fully, so they are present even if you never actually see them hatch, so you have been eating them all along. It’s just that these are more mature.....

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  1. vaporcloudAugust 11, 2022 at 9:01 AM

    I went to the ORKIN WEBSITE......which "warns" potential weevil-eaters that "Grains harboring flour beetles are inedible and can contain carcasses, molted skin or feces" Such unscientific, commercial comments lead squeamish Americans to waste hundreds of millions of tons of edible food.......

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