Drinking Cockroach Milk Is Now Being Advocated For It's Health Benefits

Would You Drink Cockroach Milk?

Close up cockroach in white cup drink. Photo: ananaline (Getty)

Disclaimer: please make sure you’re not eating during the reading of this article.

I’m from a small midwestern town where eating sushi is considered a dare. A delicacy would be downing the cream from the top of unpasteurized milk. Cheeseburgers and hot dogs are as common as a Prius in L.A. Therefore, the thought of eating cockroaches — or their “milk” — is simply unfathomable. Forget eating raw slugs, there are allegedly some people who are now advocating for drinking the “milk” from a cockroach because of its “health benefits.”

Somehow this story instantly became more relevant: Expert Says Giant Palm-Sized Cockroaches Make ‘Great Pets’ For Kids

Here’s a great video that shows why this special kind of “milk” may have tremendous nutritional value for humans.

Cockroach milk crystals have more than 3x the energy of dairy milk. Seriously.https://t.co/eTfRwKROsA

— AJ+ (@ajplus) July 29, 2016

So, cockroach milk is a real thing, but it’s not so much milk as it is fatty protein crystals the insects use to feed their young.

This tweet from local TV news anchor Gerron Jordan pretty much says it all:

I’ll try to get through this script… no promises. Must be #HumpDay #CockroachMilk #Gross @WVLALocal33 pic.twitter.com/PHoiKge4BW

— Gerron Jordan (@GerronJordan) April 11, 2018

Unbelievably enough, this is also something Marie Claire brought up two years ago. Why they’re mentioning it again, I’m not sure. But it hasn’t stopped some great reaction from the Twittersphere.

You spelled chocolate wrong.

— hil.i.am (@hilaryluros) May 22, 2018

I’m sorry what? pic.twitter.com/JiRhzY8ZaT

— Laura Lee Fulmer (@lauraleefulmer) May 23, 2018

A cockroach what?!? pic.twitter.com/jxBT7UpKLp

— Christina (@klaroline123) May 22, 2018

pic.twitter.com/kaWgPtYphE

— Jeff (@5stringTex) May 22, 2018

If I eat a bowl of cereal at your house and find out you gave me Cockroach milk I’m whoopin everybody ass https://t.co/6xpsxE4vaW

— Scottie Drippin aka Papa Drip (@kell2smoove) May 23, 2018

It makes you wonder, who is actually advocating for this nonsense?

Josh Helmuth is a sports reporter in St. Louis who contributes to Mandatory.

Josh is originally from the small berg of Arthur, Ill, proudly the Amish capital of the state. It also has one hell of a pumpkin patch.

Josh has enjoyed dipping his toes into a variety of careers since graduating from the University of Alabama, the most rewarding thus far having served as a youth director in southern California for four years, and his broadcasting career which has garnered two Emmy awards and three Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Josh enjoys loud rock music, Tom Hanks movies, dogs that like to cuddle and long runs. He is also always in search for America's greatest cheeseburger. Follow him here if you would like to be friends!