Adding Insects to Our Diet Here Can Have a Positive Impact on People’s Lives Worldwide
You don‘t have to eat an insect to understand why our perception of insects as food needs to change
Eat an Insect? Ooh, Ich!
I know. I’ve heard it all before. People here in the West have an aversion to eating an ancient food our ancestors ate and billions of people eat today. Insects are a healthy protein-rich food source available to just about anyone anywhere. It’s environmentally friendly, raised humanely, and offers a low-tech business opportunity to people around the world.
Adding insects to our diet makes sense.
But, I know… Ich!
Despite initial reactions, I’ve witnessed many people master this mental challenge when they were sure they would never eat a bug initially. A majority of the time, once they try it, they say something like “This tastes good”.
Honey. Not all insect food tastes as good as bee vomit but you’ll surprise yourself at how good they do taste if you have the mental power to overcome your unwarranted cultural fear of eating insects.
There are around 2,000 different insects that are considered food and every one tastes different.
