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.

The scarcity of

food

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

people

believe that using

insects

for

food

purposes would help to increase supplies due to their availability and cooking simplicity, while others are of the opinion that it would mostly bring negative consequences in the form of diseases and bird extinction.

This

essay will analyse the advantages and disadvantages of

this

. One of the striking benefits of consuming

insects

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

insects

. If talking about

food

consumption, the number of

insects

significantly exceeds the human population which would allow

people

to balance out the decreasing supplies of

food

. Another positive aspect of edible

insects

is that they could be easily cooked. It is no secret that

people

prioritize their time spent on work over household activities

such

as cooking. Using

insects

would decrease the time for

food

preparation and it would allow

people

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

food

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

This

could easily lead to the development of problems with digestion

such

as gastritis. Whilst insect preparation would encourage

people

to cook more at home and avoid getting sick.

On the other hand

, the drawbacks of edible

insects

may include not only the transmission of diseases but

also

the extinction of birds.

Firstly

and most importantly, because of the range of

insects

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

insects

might carry viruses or poison. Unless

people

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.

Secondly

, every creature of nature has its own place on the

food

chain.

That is

to say, humans as carnivores should consume meat, while

insects

are the nutrition of birds. Breaking the

food

chain and consuming

insects

may result in increased bird fatality. In conclusion, including

insects

in human

food

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

However

, the controversial side would claim that along with diseases, insect consumption can bring about the death of birds.