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Bugs and worms in fruit

Posted by GuavaGirl on September 16, 2011 at 12:10pm in Main Chat

I just ate several apples from a friend's apple tree. The last one I ate had worm in it. In hindsight I realized some of the others had some weird brown spots in them too; anyway, I think I may have eaten some of the worms.

Also, I've noticed in my recent batch of dates that many  of them have larvae. At first I wasn't really checking carefully but after I saw one with larvae I started checking. But, it's likely that I ate some infested ones anyway.

This concerns me because I keep hearing about people with parasites and how this can destroy their health.

Should I be concerned about this? Should I go get tested... should we all go get tested?

I know many natropath's say we probably should because supposedly everybody has them but I'm sure they just want our money, so I'm not sure what to make of this.

 

thanks,

  Guava

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  • stephalina September 17, 2011 at 3:28pm
    Apparently we should be deworming ourselves every year if we're plant based, and at least every six months if we're eating meat (which I hope is no one on this site). Should you wish to do this, I'd recommend using herbal tinctures, like those from Nature's Botanical Pharmacy, instead of a zapper, and I'd take them for as long as it takes to see weird stuff not coming out of you in your stools and then for a few weeks after that, just to make sure you get rid of any eggs and whatnot. Or, you know, live with bugs inside of you. Either way works :)
  • ❦ Awa ❦ September 17, 2011 at 9:11am
    i dont think those worms ur talkn abt are specifically parasites .....those worms arent meant to survive in our stomach .
  • Mona September 17, 2011 at 5:06am
    bugs are full of protein :) but personaly i still feel a little strange when i eat them.. even more if i feel them in my tonge =/
  • melissa jackson September 17, 2011 at 4:37am

    I've eaten so many little bugs this summer, it's crazy! they like to live in my fridge too and share my lettuce ( organic, from my garden, I don't wash it).

     

    It doesn't bother me at all. As jacob said, would primates even think about the bugs? nope:)

    • PK > melissa jackson September 19, 2011 at 6:18am

      I do not intentionally eat the bugs, but I do like to see bugs around the fruit.  If the bugs are willing to eat it, then it must be good:)))

      I am scared of those things that the even the bugs will not touch...

      Peace, PK

    • Myca > melissa jackson September 17, 2011 at 5:00am
      So does this mean you are no longer vegan?
  • 14mfo108pn48f September 16, 2011 at 1:07pm

    larvas and worms in apples are not the same as parasites or intestinal worms.

     

    Parasites are mostly spread due to our unhealthy treatment of feces... there is a good book about toilet composting which also deals nicely with parasites...

     

    you should be happy and hope that the nutrients in the insects did you good, which I bet they did!

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