The Crazy High-Protein Snack Angelina Jolie’s Kids Love

“They’re used to eating scorpions, especially Shiloh,” Jolie said. “Shiloh loves a tarantula, loves a bug. They can all eat a bag of crickets like a bag of chips, so they’re all used to it. But I’m learning to cook them better with a little more flair and seasoning” the actress added.

She also recently showed how to prepare and eat various bugs in Cambodia as part of a BBC News interview:

“You want to share a spider?” – Angelina Jolie cooks bugs in Cambodia https://t.co/5mSi3VNErT pic.twitter.com/OZ12DjpyJD

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 20, 2017

As gag-worthy as it might sound, the Jolie-Pitt kids are actually on to a healthy habit—bugs, and crickets in particular, are excellent sources of protein. In fact, a serving of crickets (about 3.5 ounces) packs 13 grams of protein and only 121 calories. To put that in perspective, that’s gram for gram about as much protein as you’d get by eating an equivalent amount of eggs.

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If you want to take a page from the Jolie-Pitts to fuel up for your next workout, you’re in luck: Insect-based foods, from cricket flour to cockroach milk, are starting to go mainstream. (So, no need to go bug-hunting in your backyard!) Are you brave enough to try it for yourself?