>I'm wondering what happens to the beeswax when it is cooked and eaten. Is it as
>bad for you as any other animal fat? Does it pass through the gut undigested?
To the best of my knowledge, it is undigestable and so passes through. I
believe the wax moth is the only creature capable of digesting beeswax.
As such, even if it could technically be looked at as a fat, it isn't going to
have any animal fat-type effects on you.
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