Protein from Insects... could this catch on in the west?

[PTB]

Just read 2 articles on using insects as protein sources. Apparently, many are high in protein and vitamins and outside the West are consumed voluntarily by billions.... could we be ditching whey and even plant protein for these crunchy, and apparently tasty critters?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...-bugs-beetles/

http://www.precisionnutrition.com/eating-bugs


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[black-elephant]

Many in the West perceive a stigma with eating insects.

[Curt James]

I read an article somewhere about the amount of bugs allowed in our food... how many pounds of insects we all eat in a year, estimated.

O.o I don't remember the number, but it wasn't, like, one grasshopper only.

(Googles)

Some people – quite a lot of them, actually – eat bugs on purpose. The rest of us consume them by accident. And we're not talking an ant or two here, a stray aphid there. No, it's more like a pound or two (453 to 907 grams) a year [source: Eplett]. Here's another fact that might be surprising: Most of those bugs are in processed and packaged foods, not fresh-from-the-farm produce.

The Food and Drug Administration has surprisingly specific guidelines about exactly how many bug parts can be in certain foods. Your 8-ounce (226-gram) glass of orange juice, for example, can legally contain five fruit flies. There could be 50 aphids, mites or thrips plus some caterpillar larvae in 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of frozen spinach. Thrips, tiny winged parasites that are up to an eighth of an inch long, hang out in apple butter, and frozen asparagus, broccoli and Brussels sprouts [source: FDA]. And that's just for starters.

More @ http://animals.howstuffworks.com/ins...every-year.htm

[Geoff Roberts]

I would use it. Insects are often a main protein source for diesel ass gorillas and other primates.

There is a 100% chance it would be way better for you than plant protein. Plant protein is just a stupid oxymoron used by... morons. Pretty sure if humans were meant to consume large amounts of plant proteins.... than plants would have high amounts of protein ... call me crazy!!!

[black-elephant]

Chocolate covered locusts.

[Slinger]

Had the grasshoppers fried with garlic in Thailand. Like popcorn