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At first thought you may be repulsed by drinking cockroach milk, but let us assure you this is no ordinary cockroach we're talking about here. In fact, this type of cockroach is very different from the kind you might see crawling across your kitchen floor.

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The Pacific beetle cockroach (Diploptera punctata) is unique in that it births live young instead of laying eggs. This cockroach feeds its young a milky substance. The baby cockroaches ingest this milk, where it crystallizes in their stomachs. A team of scientists from India, France, Japan, Canada and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in America analyzed these crystals, estimating that a single cockroach milk crystal contains more than three times the energy of an equivalent amount of buffalo milk.

The milk is quite nutritious, containing all of the essential amino acids, plus carbohydrates and lipids. Even more impressive is the milk’s release mechanism, which allows the crystal to release protein at the same rate your body consumes it.

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Before you get too worried, though, this milk isn't available for human consumption and won't be until it undergoes additional testing. Plus, the final product likely won't be made from the actual cockroach milk, but rather bioengineered yeast.

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Article Source: Huffington Post