The UN report encourages people to eat more high-protein insects, which are nutritious and environmentally friendly. (Photo/taken from BBC, UK) Insects have high nutritional value.
According to the report of the British BBC, it seems unacceptable and strange for westerners to eat insects, but in fact, more than 2 billion people around the world regard eating insects as a routine, and more than 1900 species of insects are eaten by people around the world.
The report recently published by the Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations also pointed out that in many parts of the world, insects are even delicious food. For example, in South Africa, caterpillars are high-grade food, which is expensive. Every100g of caterpillar, the content of protein is as high as 28.2g and iron is 35.5mg, while that of protein of mantis is 20.6g, calcium is 35.2mg and iron is 5mg.. Wasps, beetles and many other insects are also rich in many nutritional values.
Convenient to eat and environment-friendly.
The author of the report even said that insects are an excellent source of nutrition for developing children or people with unbalanced nutrition, and also help to fight obesity. It is suggested that insects should be included in the restaurant menu, and more kinds of insect recipes should be designed to make more people accept insects.
Besides, raising insects is more environmentally friendly than raising livestock. Taking crickets and cattle for example, under the same yield in protein, crickets need less feed than cattle 1 1 times. Moreover, the greenhouse gas emissions of most insect droppings are much lower than those of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep.