Why is the United Nations calling on people around the world to eat bugs?According to the BBC, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released a report on the 13th called "Edible Insects: Future Food Choices and Their Farming Safety", which focuses on“Encourage humans to eat and raise insects”.
This more than 200-page report was completed by FAO and the University of Wageningen, the Netherlands. It lists more than 1,900 species of human edible insects, including our common caterpillars, bees, ants, grasshoppers, silkworm pupae, scorpions, etc.
The report says edible insects have many advantages, such as fast reproduction, less pollution, and high protein and mineral content, and the key is that they can also greatly help fight the still widespread hunger problem around the world.FAO Director-General Da Silva previously pointed out that 870 million people are still hungry in the world, and the fight against hunger needs to continue after the expiration of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals in 2015.
FAO head and one of the authors of the report Mueller explained that nature provides humans with a lot of food, and bugs are one of them, but their potential is far from being developed.&ldquo: "We are not saying that people should eat bugs, but encourage people to eat more (worms)”.Mueller also proposed that in the future, humans will breed edible insects as widely as livestock.&ldquo: Form a mature industrial chain”.He called on foodies and restaurant chefs to promote together“Insect meal”.
How to eat insects?There are different ways to eat insects. In some places, insects are made into soup, which is said to be of high nutritional value.For example, in some areas of South America, people like to catch several scarabs and put them in the pot to make soup.Cooking a pot of delicious scarab soup and drinking it together for the whole family is a pleasure for the locals.
However, when eating insects in most areas, they still choose to fry them.For example, in Thailand, about 200 different types of insects are popular on the dining table. Eating insects has formed a food culture. Fever-fried grasshoppers, cicadas, etc. can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.
As mentioned earlier, insects have high protein and mineral content, which made Brother Jin think that when he was a child, when he occasionally ate insects in food, the adults at home would comfort him:“It doesn’t matter, eating bugs can still supplement protein!”It seems that parents' statements are not unfounded.It is understood that eating insects can not only supplement nutrients such as protein, but also save energy and low carbon compared with other methods. Therefore, relevant people believe that eating insects may become a nutritional food trend in the future.
After understanding the benefits of eating bugs, will you change your opinion on bugs?Will respond to the call from the United Nations, follow the trend and join“Eating insects”Is it a clan?
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