Insect as Food: A Sustainable and Nutritious Alternative
INSECTS AS FOOD Exploring Entomophagy: A Sustainable Protein Source Insects-as-food (Image from Startpage.com) After the looking title, you might feel like vomiting I guess, and in the situation of COVID-19 pandemic who wants to eat those types of foods and why people like to eat that, many questions come in the mind, I am also one of you totally pure vegetarian but I am curious about this and really it's important to know why insects are food for many peoples … Let’s just start with the word “ ENTOMOPHAGY " what is it??? Insects-eating-as-food (Image from Startpage.com) Then the answer is “The practice of consuming insects are called entomophagy” and it is estimated by FAO ( FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATE ) that the two billion people are used edible insects as part of their diet and more than 1900 insect species are used as edible insects. Consumption of insects in different countries: