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.

In

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recent years,

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overpopulation in the whole world has raised

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issue of using

such

unconventional

food

as

insects

. Even though

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solution could potentially lead to solving famine in some under-developing countries, eating

insects

may

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harm human health.

In addition

, insect farming to feed large masses of

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might damage our environment. In my opinion, the disadvantages of using

insects

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far outweigh

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. The reasons supporting

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opinion will be discussed below. To start with,

one

evident disadvantage of eating

insects

is

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damages

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to our health. Regardless

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claims that

insects

are rich

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protein, vitamins and minerals, authoritarian and incontrovertible/ indisputable evidence supporting

this

idea is yet to be discovered.

Furthermore

, the fact that

insects

are arguably common

food

in some Asian and African cultures, does not imply that they can become an integral part of other cuisines around the world. Being compatible with

one

culture may not lead to the same result in another.

On the contrary

,

insects

may cause serious issues as many kinds of bacteria that are known to make people sick have been found in them. Another possible hard is that

insects

can be a choking hazard due to their hard parts which include stingers, wings, sharp mouthparts, and spines. These are paradoxically the main disadvantages of using

insects

as

food

. Another clear challenge is related to an attempt to decrease

food

shortages.

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enough sustenance for big communities implies raising and breeding too many

insects

and

this

will inevitably affect the ecosystem. A significant increase in the number of

one

type of species may cause a dramatic ecological imbalance in the flora and fauna and lead to

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disappearance of certain animals and plants.

Thus

, a strive to decrease famine may result in

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and drastic natural balance.

One

possible benefit of eating

insects

is that

insects

require less care and upkeep than livestock.

Therefore

, they could be an easy solution to creating a sustainable global

food

system in the wake of Covid-19. In conclusion, even though there are certain advantages of using

insects

as a

food

source, potential health problems and the

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on the environment outweigh the advantages.