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No_Constant8644 t1_jdd4p1j wrote
Reply to comment by ChemicalRain5513 in Do insects have "meat" like other animals? I know that grubs, mealworms, etc. are eaten in some parts of the world, but if, for instance, beetles were the size of cows, could you butcher one and make beetle steak? by 9RFCat9
There are different strains of E. Coli. The strain in your gut is suited to that location and is kept in homeostasis within your body.
A different strain would not necessarily be kept in check by normal body processes and your immune system would likely see it as an illness thus causing the immune response (a.k.a. Symptoms of illness)
The same thing happens with yeast infections (e.g. thrush) yeast naturally lives on us, but when something causes our body’s to get out of balance it can allow for the yeast to multiply and take over where it normally would not.
No_Constant8644 t1_jdd5228 wrote
Reply to comment by PyroSAJ in Do insects have "meat" like other animals? I know that grubs, mealworms, etc. are eaten in some parts of the world, but if, for instance, beetles were the size of cows, could you butcher one and make beetle steak? by 9RFCat9
The “bone” is actually chitin, which is the same thing the flesh of mushrooms are made of so it is actually edible just not great in larger amounts.