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WHY I SHOULD EAT SNAIL.

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  Health Benefits of Eating Snails   By  Adam Sinicki  | Nutrition | Rating: The French have always been a little more adventurous than the rest of Europe when it comes to their diets and there's no better example of this than 'escargot'. Escargot are 'snails' in French and are eaten out of the shells with tiny forks after being covered in garlic butter. I can vouch for them being really rather delicious, but are they good for you? Spoiler: the short answer is yes… Health Benefits of Snails Like many other creepy-crawlies, snails are actually very high in protein while being low in carbohydrates. A 100-gram serving of snails will give you an impressive 16.5 grams of protein (around 9 less compared with chicken) and only 90 calories (less than half the amount of chicken). Better yet, snails contain only two grams of carbohydrates – even when you take the butter into account seeing as it doesn't add any! Snails don'