Edible insects (beetles, caterpillars and wasps) are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday (13 May), they come with appetizing side benefits: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and livestock pollution, creating jobs in developing countries and feeding the millions of hungry people in the world. It won't be surprising that everybody may have to start eating "buggers" for breakfast one fine day when the crunch comes. Similarly, it may be very common for a visiting head of state to crunch on insects at a state dinner hosted by his counterpart in the future. Bon appétit! UN urges: Eat more insects! (Seriously) http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/un-urges-eat-more-insects-seriously Would You Eat Caterpillar? UN Recommends Insect For Food http://onenaijatalk.blogspot.com/2013/05/would-you-eat-caterpillar-un-recommends.html Edible insects Future prospects for food and feed security http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3253e/i3253e00.htm UN recommends eating insects as a way to fight obesity http://www.allvoices.com/contribute...ends-eating-insects-as-a-way-to-fight-obesity FAO recommends edible insects as environmentally friendly food http://video.xin.msn.com/watch/vide...cts-as-environmentally-friendly-food/yqh47syw
It will be a very long time before I will add bugs to my diet. Buy I also recognize that that's a cultural bias with little basis in objective reality.
The following video clips, particularly the entertaining talk by Marcel Dicke, may change your mindset. Just bite and chew the fried insects without looking and thinking about them, and you may find them tasty. Marcel Dicke: Why not eat insects? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6GimGZz6a8 Eating Insects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f7I_HAm4d8 Eating Grasshoppers, Bugs and Larva in Thailand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWrwWDFVH_4 Would you eat Insect Burger ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEv5Of3NfE0
