Why I Want To Eat A Bug

What is a Taboo? Taboo- Something that is avoided or forbidden for religious or social reasons. (dic) The taboo that I am looking at is about insects. The reason why I am looking at this topic is because I wanted to have a better understanding on why people eat what they eat like insects. Entomophagy is practiced in various places all over the world. People all over the world eat different types of food’s. There are many people who eat different foods including insects. Yes, insects as it may sound crazy and weird to them it is normal. As we know that insects have been around for many years and over the time there has been new insects introduced into this world and old insects dying out because of the environment change. There are some people who have been willing to eat insects and some people who just will not eat insects by any means necessary.

Yes, eating bugs help the environment, but you might not know what type of bugs are edible. Another reason is that some bugs can give you a disease like

The central idea of the article is we eat bugs but not enough to notice. In paragraph 7 from I Hate To Break It To You, But You Already Eat Bugs by Kyle Hill says “So, I hate to break it to you, but you already eat bugs. Not nearly enough for you to recognize it or to potentially harm you, but down the hatch they go.” This show that we already eat bugs but eat so many that we know. Bugs can even be in your digest system. In conclusion we eat bugs but not enough to notice. If you will eat chocolate then you have just eaten one pound of bugs. People all around the world eat bugs for millennia, and one day they will return the favor. Maybe eating bugs is not a bad thing after all. Wouldn’t you

Does the thought of eating bugs make you cringe? I hate to break this to you, but you 've probably eaten thousands of bugs in your lifetime. In fact, you’ve probably eating a few this in week alone. Janet Raloff, a supporter of entomophagy, or the practice of eating insects, points out in her article “Insects: The Original White Meat”, that the “FDA rules allow up to 60 insect fragments on average in a composite of six 100-gram chocolate samples. For peanut butter, it 's OK to have up to 30 insect pieces per 100 grams” (Raloff). Basically, there are insect particles in all of our processed foods. On top of that, insects are used in food coloring and even in lip products such as lipstick. This is nothing to be grossed out by. The human species have been eating bugs as a way of life for hundreds of thousands of years, and it has served us quite well. Edible insects will change the world because of the positive effects they will have on the economy, the environment, and most importantly the global food supply and the health our population.

The article, Ghana newest source of food is bugs, by Chris Matthews explores that, Ghana people eats bugs, they eat the bugs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, but that is not all that they eat, they also eat regular food. The way they serve the bugs is sometimes they fry them or they will even put them in soup. The insects are regularly harvest as parts of diets , some of the cities also will deliver it to your house. There are bugs called weevils and what they do is they will help the farms crops, meaning that they will eat the bad things, so that the crops or plants don’t die.Lastly Aspire hopes that the farmers can work alone and won’t need the bugs to help them with the

One reason why insects should not be served in restaurants or sold in stores because some of them could be poisonous. Edible bugs like an ant could still sting which means that someone can still get stung by them. Also the insects could be very expensive at restaurants, many because they

Imagine a happy healthy starvation- less world. No need to imagine this is a possibility. In our world we have many problems and one big one is world hunger, bugs can be the solution. Many people are already eating them so why aren't we? Bugs are much more efficient than traditional livestock. And guess what? Bugs aren't just good for you but our world as well.

Today is the day we change the restaurant industry for good! I propose that we add a few bug dishes to our menu. There are some fantastic benefits to incorporating meals with insects into our menu. For instance, bugs have huge nutritional value. For example, insects high in fiber, protein, and minerals, but one of the biggest benefits of eating bugs is that they are low in fat. Another great aspect of developing entrees that include bugs is that they are extremely earth-friendly. Farming insects instead of animals take up a lot less space. Also, farming bugs would decrease the rate of pollution in comparison to raising typical farm animals. Meanwhile, insects are extremely plentiful. There are close to two thousand different species of edible

Most people would not be able to eat be able to eat an insect, as they are usually affiliated with dirt, and disease. But, if we eat things such as Rocky Mountain Oysters (Bull testicles) and sheep’s stomach, what is the problem with trying an insect? The main question is, do you think you’d enjoy eating the little critters? Or would you think bug eating is disgusting and would never try it? Normally, people would object to this, as bugs look generally unappealing, however, bugs provide a great source of nutrition as well as tasting good!

While they appear to be small and disgusting, bugs have a strong nutritional value. On page 24 of “Would You Eat This?”, it says that many species are rich in iron, fiber, protein, and other nutrients. “Cicadas have the same amount of protein per pound of beef”, says the article. Also, it says on page 24 of “Would You Eat This?,” that most species of bugs are even gluten free. This would be ideal for people with gluten allergies. So who knows? One day,

According to Rachel Crane’s opinion on bugs, bugs occupy less land than cows and other animals, therefore people waste more meat than wasting bugs. It adds on to bugs, saving the food security and won't be in danger(Crane 8).Without this, the farmers have to kill more cows for their meat sell it to the grocery store and more we buy the more we waste.Another example, is bugs can't get you sick.There is a low risk of the insects infecting humans with diseases when eating them.About 2,000 species of bugs are edible or available to eat(Crane 8).This causes, scientist to estimate 2 billion people eating

Bugs “can be very delicious” because they have a great taste. They already put it on some foods to make it taste good. Bugs “Some studies suggest that insects raised as food may put less strain on the environment than traditional meat sources like cows.” Also “if If more Americans choose to eat bugs, prices will eventually fall. And the nutritional bene t of eating bugs gives us a good reason to do so. Many species are rich in iron, protein, fiber, and other nutrients.”

One of the issues with genetically modified food is that there is often little knowledge about the long term effects of growing and consuming genetically modified foods. Some plants are modified to increase their bug resistance by inserting a gene of the pesticide “roundup” into the plant. This is supposed to decrease the use of pesticides. Unfortunately, bugs that are pests to the crops are becoming immune to the roundup gene placed in the plants and new “superbugs” are being created. Also the

The author of Even Small-Scale Vegetable Farming Requires Hunting Animals, Tovar Cerulli, is a vegan writer and speaker. He begins the article by telling a story about how he found cucumber beetles on his squash plants, and rather than using a pesticide on the plants, he went into his garden before work and squished the bugs he could find. He also talks about the effects of industrial

Cultivating animals and crops takes countless amount of hours and use an abundance of resources; furthermore, it produces waste that can be harmful to the environment. The human population is increasing at an ever increasing rate and scientists all over the world are trying to solve a global issue. It is estimated by the UN that the population will hit 9.7 billion by 2050; undoubtedly, these inefficient and wasteful processes will not suffice. What about insects, there are plentiful in supply and are packed with proteins and other nutrients that the body needs; furthermore, using insects in our main diets will decrease the need for domesticated animals which causes creates problems for everyone; in contrast to insects, which have versatile ways for people to choose from, use less resources, and produce less waste. Lastly, if we decrease the population of insects it will actually benefit society by limiting the amount of infestation and their effects on crops, trees, etc. (DeFoliart, 1992) (Premalatha, 2011) (Verkerka, Trampera, Trijpb, & Martensa, 2007). This proposal will examine the nutrients, environmental impacts, ethics, and effectiveness of an insect diet and will then be presented through a tri-fold board with clear pictures, statistics and information about this topic.