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With more of us looking for alternatives to eating animals, new research has found a surprising environmentally friendly source of protein -- algae.

The University of Exeter study has been published in The Journal of Nutrition and is the first of its kind to demonstrate that the ingestion of two of the most commercially available algal species are rich in protein which supports muscle remodeling in young healthy adults.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is that surprising? I feel like that’s the least surprising option. Cricket flour was surprising.

[–] rosymind@leminal.space 4 points 10 months ago

I tried dried cheese-flavored crickets once. 0/10; the legs got stuck in my molars. Also, tastes like straw

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