Eating worms is good for you. When Jordan munched on creepy-crawlies on jungle reality show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, viewers squirmed in horror. But they need not have worried. Although it may leave a bad taste in the mouth, scientists have discovered that eating worms is good for you. They greatly reduce the symptoms of inflammatory and sometimes incurable bowel diseases, tests found. Now a German company is planning to release a medicinal worm drink for sufferers of such conditions.