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.

The scarcity of

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supplies has been one of the alarming issues in the world. Some

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believe that using

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for

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purposes would help to increase supplies

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their availability and cooking simplicity,

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others are of the opinion that it would mostly bring negative consequences in the form of diseases and bird extinction.

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essay will analyse the advantages and disadvantages of

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. One of the striking benefits of consuming

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is their high abundance. Indeed, every country could be proud of its own variety of

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. If talking about

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consumption, the number of

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significantly exceeds the human population which would allow

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to balance out the decreasing supplies of

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. Another positive aspect of edible

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is that they

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be easily cooked. It is no secret that

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prioritize their time spent on work over household activities

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as cooking. Using

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would decrease the time for

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preparation and it would allow

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to focus on their work. One common example is an average man who can order

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delivery or just miss lunch because he does not have time to stew the meat for hours.

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could easily lead to the development of problems with digestion

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as gastritis.

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preparation would encourage

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to cook more at home and avoid getting sick.

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, the drawbacks of edible

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may include not only the transmission of diseases but

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the extinction of birds.

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and most importantly, because of the range of

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, it is difficult to determine the hazardous ones from the whole. Some

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might carry viruses or poison. Unless

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are proficient at insect identification, they could come across poisonous scorpions or the like. Cooking these could end up in the unfortunate death of humans.

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, every creature of nature has its own place on the

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chain.

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to say, humans as carnivores should consume meat,

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insects

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are the nutrition of birds. Breaking the

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chain and consuming

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may result in increased bird fatality. In conclusion, including

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in human

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resources would bring positives, namely easy availability and simplicity in cooking.

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, the controversial side would claim that

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diseases, insect consumption can bring about the death of birds.