Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 28 July 16

SUPERFOODS are known for being a little left of field. Most of us would be willing to stomach some kale or chia seeds but how about cockroach milk? The Times of India is reporting that scientists have discovered cockroach milk is four times as nutritious as cow’s milk and boasts a unique form of protein. If you weren’t cringing before you will be now: the milk comes from the Pacific beetle cockroach which secretes a type of milk containing protein crystals to feed its embryos. Apparently those crystals are pretty good for us too. “‘The crystals are like a complete food. If you look into the protein sequences, they have all the essential amino acids,” reported the newspaper. Milking cockroaches sounds a little tricky so the researchers are trying to find a way to produce the protein crystals in their lab. Does synthetic cockroach milk sound any better? BACON, is there anything it can’t do for us? Today we add another use to the list: beating off criminals. It comes after reports out of the US of an 86-year-old woman who had just made a large cash withdrawal and was accosted by an unknown woman shortly after in the supermarket. When the crook demanded money she defended herself and got rid of the attacker by repeatedly hitting her with a packet of bacon.

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