With the Earth's population rising along with methane gas admissions, Proffesor Arnold van Huis suggests a healthy alternative that may not only help decrease impending word problems, but also satisfy our appetites.
Huis has dedicated himself to convincing the world to eat insects. He gives lectures, tastings and cooking classes, highlighting the benefits of an insect-rich diet. According to Huis, bugs offer more protein than beef, cost less to raise and consume fewer resources.
Having some cooking experience myself, I think eating insects is a great alternative choice of protein. In most cases, people only consider eating a tiny fraction of food that is available in the world today, while everything else is considered taboo. Pigs, cows, goats, and sheep make up most of our meat consumption. We eat no amphibians, no reptiles, a small number of the fish species, and of course no insects being the most common species. Insects make up such a vast population of the earth (estimated to be in the billions), that it's a wonder why we wouldn't consider these creatures as delicacies. Eating insects may be a taboo concept in America and Europe, but serving bugs is nothing new in locations like Latin America and Asia. People have been eating bugs for centuries, and really we’ve probably more to fear from foodborne infections than from having bugs in our food.
Despite the cultural avoidance of insects, Huis and others are committed to convincing us to eat bugs. It would definitely be challenging to make the consumption of insects less appalling or not limited to being tourist food. Certainly many Americans would not be open to such a drastic dietary change, but marketing insects to the food industry is a viable source of protein in the near future.
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