To meet the growing need for food to support an increasing population, a country should make use of edible insects as a food source. However, some people believe that insects are not only unhealthy but harvesting them will also negatively affect nature. What are the benefits and drawbacks of eating insects? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.

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population
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keeps growing, countries are trying to supply the rising demand
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food
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. Some
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think that governments should make good use of edible
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as a part of
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food
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supply;
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, some
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believe that consuming
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can cause damage to our health and may affect
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nature
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. There are several advantages of eating
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.
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of all, many
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have
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amount
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of protein which can offer enough energy for human bodies and maintain our health.
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,
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are smaller than other domestic animals
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as chickens, pigs, and cows, which often emit
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amount
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of carbon dioxide.
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, if
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change
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their
diet from domestic animals to edible
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, the
emition
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emission
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of greenhouse gases will decrease in the future.
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but not least, in
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area
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, some
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may affect human activities.
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, many bees' needles can cause serious injury to
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or release
poison
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that can kill an adult. Under
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circumstance, if
people
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eat those
insects
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, they can earn
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energy and decrease the number of those
insects
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at the same time.
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, there are many disadvantages
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consuming edible
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.
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with, some
insects
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are
poisoness
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poisonous
for
human
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body;
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it is easy for
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to catch and eat before enough education
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this
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kind of diet.
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, since
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are almost the lowest
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in our
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, it is possible that catching them without limiting the
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may cause
unreturnable
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disaster
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disasters
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of
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our
nature
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.
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, if we started to feed these
insects
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in a large
amount
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, once they have been abandoned by merchants or disgusted by
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, they may affect
local
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nature
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food
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chain. To sum up,
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some
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prefer countries use edible
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to
substitue
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scarce
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resources, I think it is preferable not to consume
insects
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. For me, the merits of eating
insects
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clearly
outweighs
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the demerits.
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