Not only is the milk a dense source of calories and nutrients, it's also time released. As the protein in the milk is digested, the crystal releases more protein at an equivalent rate to continue the digestion.
蟑螂奶不僅富含熱量和營養物質,同時也具有時間控釋性的.當奶中的蛋白質被消化,晶體會相應地釋放出等量的蛋白質來繼續被消化.
"It's time-released food," said Subramanian Ramaswamy, who led the project. "if you need food that is calorifically high, that is time released and food that is complete. This is it."
研究負責人薩布拉馬年·拉馬斯瓦米說："這是時間控釋性的食物.如果你需要高熱量、具有時間控釋性并且營養全面的食物,那么非它莫屬了."
It's important to point out that this dense protein source is definitely never going to be for those trying to lose weight, and probably isn't even required for most western diets, where we are already eating too many calories per day.
需要指出的是,這種高蛋白質的食物并不適合想要減肥的人,也不適合大多數西方人的飲食,因為西方人每天已經攝入了太多的卡路里.
But for those who struggle to get the amount of calories required per day, this could be a quick and easy way to get calories and nutrients.
但是對于那些每天努力要獲得足夠熱量的人來說,這將是他們獲取熱量和營養快捷而簡單的方式.
"They're very stable. They can be a fantastic protein supplement," said Ramaswamy.
拉馬斯瓦米說："它們十分穩定,將會是極好的蛋白質補充物."
Now the researchers have the sequence, they are hoping to get yeast to produce the crystal in much larger quantities- making it slightly more efficient (and less gross) than extracting crystals from cockroach's guts.
目前科學家們已經測定出了結構序列,他們希望用酵母大量生產這種蛋白質晶體,相比直接從蟑螂腸中獲取能更有效率一點,也比較不會令人惡心.
英文來源：sciencealert
