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?

Nowadays it is necessary to find alternative sources of

food

, since the constant growth of the world population. Insect-based

food

is popular in some Asian and South American

countries

.

However

, they are not considered healthy by some people who

also

think that consuming

insects

would negatively impact the environment. In the majority of Western developed

countries

, eating

insects

is not part of their culture and that's why people are not inclined to introduce

this

kind of

food

to their diet.

Furthermore

, it is commonly thought that

insects

are unhealthy, despite the high amount of protein that they have. Some, think that killing

insects

may threaten some habitats that are already at risk because of global warming and human activity.

However

, I think that eating insect-based

food

has a lot of benefits.

Although

edible

insects

are not popular in certain

countries

, they are part of the diet of some Asian

countries

like Thailand, and China and some South American

countries

such

as Peru. If these

countries

have introduced

food

-based

insects

for thousands of years, it means that it is perfectly safe to eat them and

therefore

it is just a matter of culture if European and American populations do not will to eat edible

insects

.

Furthermore

, if we replaced with insect farming part of beef and poultry farming, which are well known the be among the major causes of global warming due to their huge CO2 emissions, we may take a huge step forward to a more environmentally friendly world. In conclusion, I think we should be more open-minded towards new habits and destroy cultural barriers that are just the fruit of stereotypes and disinformation.