Posted on 08/26/2024 7:30:07 PM PDT by davikkm
Are you ready to “eat the bugs”? For a long time, we have been told that “eating the bugs” is just a “conspiracy theory”, but as you will see below more than 2 billion people around the world already eat bugs on a regular basis. More than 2,000 types of edible insects are being consumed, and bug ingredients are increasingly being used in common foods that we purchase in the grocery stores. In fact, you could potentially be consuming products that contain insect ingredients without even realizing it. So anyone that tries to tell you that “eating the bugs” is a conspiracy theory is not being honest with you. The following are 12 facts that prove that people all over the globe are already “eating the bugs” on a regular basis…
#1 According to the United Nations, there are over 2 billion people that eat insects as part of their normal diets right now…
More than 2 billion people worldwide consume insects regularly, according to the United Nations, which a decade ago began pushing pests as a sustainable super-protein for humans, pets, and livestock that can benefit the environment and create jobs in developing countries.
#2 A report that was recently published in a major scientific journal says that 2,205 different kinds of insects are now being consumed all over the globe…
A 2024 report titled “The global atlas of edible insects: analysis of diversity and commonality contributing to food systems and sustainability,” has identified 2205 species consumed across 128 countries. Published in the science journal Nature, it notes that Asia has the highest number of edible insects (932 species), followed by North America (mainly Mexico), and Africa. The countries with the highest consumption of insect are Mexico (452 species), Thailand (272 species), India (262 species)
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No wonder Mexicans are leaving Mexico
Bugs are largely not Kosher.
A little bit of bug eating has been around in the U.S. for generations, but as a novelty, for example chocolate covered.
Where the hell are the envirowackoes? Eating all the bugs is going to screw up the “ecology”. We’ll be stealing food that belongs to the birds and stuff.
Mmm, love me some maggots and crickets. Not. I had a ribeye for dinner.
I’m eyeing a porterhouse on the grill for this weekend. But would also like a cowboy ribeye.
It’s not a bug. It’s a feature.
When I see the rich people demanding to eat bugs every day, I’ll know they’re not just saying easy words like the hypocrites they are.
Honey?
Regards,
Bugs are full of parasites
Economics 101: find cheapest or even free raw materials (like bugs). Exploit the raw materials, get money.
And that’s largely what this is about. Money. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Those pictures are more appealing than the piles of dead insects for sale I saw in a local Bangkok market in 2008.
When I was riding, I discovered windshields. The biggest benefit, after fatigue prevention, was that my riding jacket and helmet stayed much cleaner.
Years ago I found out that you are eating bugs. The FDA allows so many bug parts to be in the food you eat. They can’t get them all out. Common wheat has weevil eggs in it that can’t be removed all the time.
In 1969 Utapao AFB we would catch rice bugs attracted to the big lights used at night to illuminate the aircraft.
The locals would pay a “Baht” (5 cents) for each female bug. They did not want the males and could tell by the smell what they were.
From what others said (I did not see it) they would bite off the end of the bug and suck out the rice in the bug.
Only bugs I ever ate was in the chow hall at Beale AFB in California. They had a nice display of salads and condiments which were really good with little bumps on them. Then one day I realized those “bumps” were gnats all over the food. I suddenly quit eating salads as a result.
American Indians used to chow down on various bugs. When whining about “frybread” I often suggest they return to an original stone age diet. They don’t like that.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-of-eating-bugs-america
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