The Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute reports that domestically produced mulberry pupae are effective for nutritional supplementation and maintaining muscle health.

Domestic silkworm pupae have been found to have a positive effect on nutritional supplementation and maintaining muscle health in the elderly. The Rural Development Administration's National Institute of Agricultural Science revealed that these results were obtained through a test conducted last month on 27th with Gachon University, utilizing domestic silkworm pupae for human application in the elderly. Researchers from the NIAS and Gachon University had 36 healthy elderly individuals over 65 years old consume domestic silkworm pupae powder, one sachet per day, for four weeks. They found that lean body mass, excluding fat from total body weight, increased by 2.6%, muscle mass by 2.5%, and protein mass by 2.1%, with all muscle-related indicators significantly increasing compared to the control group who did not consume silkworm pupae. Daily activity performance ability and trunk muscle mass increased by 1.7%, left arm muscle mass by 4.4%, and right arm muscle mass by 3.2% compared ...