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.

Since

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population

populaton

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keeps growing, countries are trying to supply the rising demand

of

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for

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food

. Some

people

think that governments should make good use of edible

insects

as a part of

food

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supply;

however

, some

people

believe that consuming

insects

can cause damage to our health and may affect

our

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apply

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nature

. There are several advantages of eating

insects

.

First

of all, many

insects

have

large

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amount

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amounts

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of protein which can offer enough energy for human bodies and maintain our health.

Moreover

,

insects

are smaller than other domestic animals

such

as chickens, pigs, and cows, which often emit

large

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amount

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of carbon dioxide.

Therefore

, if

people

change

thier

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their

diet from domestic animals to edible

insects

, the

emition

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emission

emotion

of greenhouse gases will decrease in the future.

Last

but not least, in

urban

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an urban

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area

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areas

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, some

insects

may affect human activities.

For example

, many bees' needles can cause serious injury to

human

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humans

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or release

poison

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a poison

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that can kill an adult. Under

this

circumstance, if

people

eat those

insects

, they can earn

the

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energy and decrease the number of those

insects

at the same time.

On the other hand

, there are many disadvantages

of

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consuming edible

insects

.

To begin

with, some

insects

are

poisoness

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poisonous

for

human

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body;

therefore

it is easy for

people

to catch and eat before enough education

of

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about

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this

kind of diet.

In addition

, since

insects

are almost the lowest

preys

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prey

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in our

nature

, it is possible that catching them without limiting the

amount

may cause

unreturnable

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an unreturnable

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disaster

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disasters

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of

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for

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our

nature

.

Also

, if we started to feed these

insects

in a large

amount

, once they have been abandoned by merchants or disgusted by

public

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the public

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, they may affect

local

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the local

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nature

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natural

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food

chain. To sum up,

although

some

people

prefer countries use edible

insects

to

substitue

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substitute

scarce

food

resources, I think it is preferable not to consume

insects

. For me, the merits of eating

insects

clearly

outweighs

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the demerits.