date:Jul 19, 2019
body had compared them with classical functional foods such as olive oil or orange juice in terms of antioxidant activity.
Antioxidant activity is that free-radical scavenging ability that typically designates a superfood although this poorly defined term is eschewed by researchers, says Serafini.
The researchers tested a range of commercially available edible insects and invertebrates, using various measures of antioxidant activity.
Inedible parts like wings and stings were removed, then th