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.

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getting
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day by day, while it decreases the accessibility of food which is related to population. To provide food to the
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especially
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in, developing or poor countries, the government should find new solutions
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as consuming edible
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.
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, some may not prefer
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consumption, due to its taste or the health effect on a
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body. In
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I will consider both advantages and disadvantages of consuming
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. The two main advantages of eating
insects
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are it feeds
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easily and it
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allows
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new job
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in
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sector.
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, changing
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eating habits may be
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in order to just fill your stomach.
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, in the long
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it will save many
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dying
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from starvation
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even
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taste is not good it includes
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amount of protein and in
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regular
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it can be healthy
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, after the consumption of bites
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widespread, some entrepreneurs would get
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sector, and it
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recruitment opportunity.
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poorer country can be
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of
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starving
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and poorness.
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,
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habit comes with
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bad sides. The major drawback can be separated
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two main parts, the psychological
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effects
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affects
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effects
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of consuming edible
insects
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, and
physical
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the physical
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results
after
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consuming these creatures recklessly.
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have eating habits since we choose settled life. And except
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cultures
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most
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the races would not choose consuming
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, if it becomes compulsory to survive some
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may think it is not
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and
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effect
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of
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start to observe.
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,
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should be careful about
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how it must be consumed. They should make various research to conclude arguments about the unhealthiness of these
insects
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. Without research and
information
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people
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may suffer from consuming
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,
although
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make
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a habit of eating
insects
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so many positive
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effects
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affects
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effects
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to
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people
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and it is still not considered
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. It involves many risks right now but it can
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after enough research and circumstances. For a now, I wouldn’t prefer to consume these
insects
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but if
government
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informed me about what kind of benefit it is, my opinion might be
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.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • food scarcity
  • edible insects
  • nutritional benefits
  • cultural barriers
  • psychological barriers
  • mainstream food source
  • carbon footprint
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • environmentally sustainable
  • economic benefits
  • local farmers
  • health safety
  • allergies
  • pesticides
  • pollutants
  • ecosystems
  • biodiversity
  • regulations
  • hygiene
  • unforeseen consequences
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