Insects as the future of food?

[Laika]

Around 2 billion people eat insects as a regular part of their diet and over 1,900 species are edible such as beetles, wasps, caterpillars, bees and ants.

Eating insects may become much more widespread due to increased world population and pressure on the food supply. Eating insects is a more sustainable alternative to much more intensive meat production and it produces less greenhouse gases due to waste products (e.g. Cow farts).

http://www.iflscience.com/environment/will-we-all-be-eating-insects-50-years/

The Video doesn't need spoilers btw. Its not playing to the "yuck" factor.

Grubs up! Who'd like some?

 

[Revoltingest]

I'll give it a try when bugs are processed into flour used to make donuts.

Baby steps.

 

[lovesong]

But they're so cute.

 

[George-ananda]

I bet they can be made into a patty mixed with other stuff and flavorings to taste acceptable. McDonalds in 20 years may introduce the McBug sandwich.

But seriously I never believe that global warming will destroy human food supplies. There are many, many creative solutions.

 

[Revoltingest]

Hmmm.....I foresee GM insects.
The bacon bug...

 

[Sultan Of Swing]

Around 2 billion people eat insects as a regular part of their diet and over 1,900 species are edible such as beetles, wasps, caterpillars, bees and ants.

Eating insects may become much more widespread due to increased world population and pressure on the food supply. Eating insects is a more sustainable alternative to much more intensive meat production and it produces less greenhouse gases due to waste products (e.g. Cow farts).

http://www.iflscience.com/environment/will-we-all-be-eating-insects-50-years/

The Video doesn't need spoilers btw. Its not playing to the "yuck" factor.

Grubs up! Who'd like some?

Surely there's a better solution than insects. Surely.

If I was on holiday somewhere I might give them a try, I don't know... Actually maybe not.

I'm usually someone who's up for trying everything, especially sea food yum, but insects... might be a step too far? I can't say for sure.

 

[Laika]

Surely there's a better solution than insects. Surely.

If I was on holiday somewhere I might give them a try, I don't know... Actually maybe not.

I'm usually someone who's up for trying everything, especially sea food yum, but insects... might be a step too far? I can't say for sure.

No doubt In the future children will eat there brussel sprouts eagerly when threatened with the alternative of eating crickets..

 

[Augustus]

I'll give it a try when bugs are processed into flour used to make donuts.

Baby steps.

They already are. Flour always contains a few ground up insects.

 

[Chakra]

Surely there's a better solution than insects. Surely.

Plants, maybe?

 

[Sultan Of Swing]

Plants, maybe?

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, I still need my meat!

 

[Godobeyer]

Around 2 billion people eat insects as a regular part of their diet and over 1,900 species are edible such as beetles, wasps, caterpillars, bees and ants.

Eating insects may become much more widespread due to increased world population and pressure on the food supply. Eating insects is a more sustainable alternative to much more intensive meat production and it produces less greenhouse gases due to waste products (e.g. Cow farts).

http://www.iflscience.com/environment/will-we-all-be-eating-insects-50-years/

The Video doesn't need spoilers btw. Its not playing to the "yuck" factor.

Grubs up! Who'd like some?

I never tried that ,I may never will try that,that's disgusting.

 

[PeteC-UK]

Hi Folks

Creatures that are basically the "waste disposal" team are NOT supposed to be eaten as food....Absolutely disgusting propostion....I will tell you as a general rule - spiritually intuitive - if the creature you are about to consume - does not have RED coloured blood - then simply do not eat it...lol..it is not really compatable with you and was not designed to be YOUR food at all..

I will just leave that hanging there and you all can make of it what you will - but will add - if mankind became TRULY spiritual - then they would find that ACTUALLY - they need NOT consume anything like the amount they currently believe they need and there would be no ill health affects at all....I my Self eat hardly anything at all - food of all kinds becmes almost -disgusting -the act of eating - almost disgusting -and I can vouch as fact that NO WAY do we need anything like "THREE cooked meals a day" as the so calle dexperts insist...we do NOT need this "diet" with its five a day portions balanced carbs and all that malarky they insist we need....

Its ALL RUBBISH Folks - IAM the living proof... I eat like ONE meal perhaps every THREE days - not the other way around -am NEVER hungry -am NEVER in ill health - no concerns at all - still fit and toned age 50 and its been like this for years and years and years already.....That amount of food is simply NOT NEEDED at all despite what "experts" tell us - simply get in touch with the spiritual energetic nature and you will see what I mean - let THAT take control as it is SUPPOSED to be in control - and amaze your Self as your body falls in line with MIND and you truly become your own master....Food - becomes almost obsolete - I tell you truth - and if more people were spiritually aware to a decent degree then this planet could indeed sustain us all EASILY.....we are IGNORANT - believe life is short fleeting and temporary - and this makes us become GREEDY and SELFISH - get back in touch with our TRUTH though, and such greed and Selfishness is no longer even appropriate, entirely unnecassary... the very thought itself of eating as we do NOW will indeed sicken and disgust us...

If ever we face a situation then where dirty little bugs are to become the main diet - best advise then - would be to learn to meditate - deeply - and often

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

We all eat our daily ration of Bugs.
Some that get caught up in food production, and some minuscule that are everywhere and unavoidable.
many native peoples eat a variety of bugs and have done so since the dawn of time.
Wild foods like locusts and honey are Biblical.
Most civilised people have been taught to find insects dirty and repulsive, even though they are highly nutritious.
It is certain they will find a way into our regular diets, in some form or other, over the next few years.
As will an even greater reliance on fungi and various bacterial products,
The higher the position on the food chain the more wasteful and costly the production of food products becomes.

 

[Laika]

Hi Folks

Creatures that are basically the "waste disposal" team are NOT supposed to be eaten as food....Absolutely disgusting propostion....I will tell you as a general rule - spiritually intuitive - if the creature you are about to consume - does not have RED coloured blood - then simply do not eat it...lol..it is not really compatable with you and was not designed to be YOUR food at all..

I will just leave that hanging there and you all can make of it what you will - but will add - if mankind became TRULY spiritual - then they would find that ACTUALLY - they need NOT consume anything like the amount they currently believe they need and there would be no ill health affects at all....I my Self eat hardly anything at all - food of all kinds becmes almost -disgusting -the act of eating - almost disgusting -and I can vouch as fact that NO WAY do we need anything like "THREE cooked meals a day" as the so calle dexperts insist...we do NOT need this "diet" with its five a day portions balanced carbs and all that malarky they insist we need....

Its ALL RUBBISH Folks - IAM the living proof... I eat like ONE meal perhaps every THREE days - not the other way around -am NEVER hungry -am NEVER in ill health - no concerns at all - still fit and toned age 50 and its been like this for years and years and years already.....That amount of food is simply NOT NEEDED at all despite what "experts" tell us - simply get in touch with the spiritual energetic nature and you will see what I mean - let THAT take control as it is SUPPOSED to be in control - and amaze your Self as your body falls in line with MIND and you truly become your own master....Food - becomes almost obsolete - I tell you truth - and if more people were spiritually aware to a decent degree then this planet could indeed sustain us all EASILY.....we are IGNORANT - believe life is short fleeting and temporary - and this makes us become GREEDY and SELFISH - get back in touch with our TRUTH though, and such greed and Selfishness is no longer even appropriate, entirely unnecassary... the very thought itself of eating as we do NOW will indeed sicken and disgust us...

If ever we face a situation then where dirty little bugs are to become the main diet - best advise then - would be to learn to meditate - deeply - and often

If your objection to eating insects is that they are a waste disposal system, there's something you should know about your tap water...

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Hi Folks

Creatures that are basically the "waste disposal" team are NOT supposed to be eaten as food....Absolutely disgusting propostion....I will tell you as a general rule - spiritually intuitive - if the creature you are about to consume - does not have RED coloured blood - then simply do not eat it...lol..it is not really compatable with you and was not designed to be YOUR food at all..

I will just leave that hanging there and you all can make of it what you will - but will add - if mankind became TRULY spiritual - then they would find that ACTUALLY - they need NOT consume anything like the amount they currently believe they need and there would be no ill health affects at all....I my Self eat hardly anything at all - food of all kinds becmes almost -disgusting -the act of eating - almost disgusting -and I can vouch as fact that NO WAY do we need anything like "THREE cooked meals a day" as the so calle dexperts insist...we do NOT need this "diet" with its five a day portions balanced carbs and all that malarky they insist we need....

Its ALL RUBBISH Folks - IAM the living proof... I eat like ONE meal perhaps every THREE days - not the other way around -am NEVER hungry -am NEVER in ill health - no concerns at all - still fit and toned age 50 and its been like this for years and years and years already.....That amount of food is simply NOT NEEDED at all despite what "experts" tell us - simply get in touch with the spiritual energetic nature and you will see what I mean - let THAT take control as it is SUPPOSED to be in control - and amaze your Self as your body falls in line with MIND and you truly become your own master....Food - becomes almost obsolete - I tell you truth - and if more people were spiritually aware to a decent degree then this planet could indeed sustain us all EASILY.....we are IGNORANT - believe life is short fleeting and temporary - and this makes us become GREEDY and SELFISH - get back in touch with our TRUTH though, and such greed and Selfishness is no longer even appropriate, entirely unnecassary... the very thought itself of eating as we do NOW will indeed sicken and disgust us...

If ever we face a situation then where dirty little bugs are to become the main diet - best advise then - would be to learn to meditate - deeply - and often

While I agree that we all eat far more than is required for healthy living. I do not agree that the colour of blood is in any way relevant.
Neither the mind not spirituality has any place to play in actual nourishment, but only in so far as what is chosen and how much to consume.
In the same way the cat family can not metabolise vegetables to fulfil their dietary needs, as they are specialist carnivores. A cat fed a vegetarian diet will die. As will a Dog fed with Chocolate.

As Humans our dietary needs are complex as we can not produce some necessary metabolites ourselves. We can live healthily on a strictly Vegan or vegetarian diet, while we could not live on one solely of meat. Some Humans have acquired the ability to tolerate lactose in milk, and also Gluten found in cereals, though there are still many that can not digest either.

 

[Iti oj]

Around 2 billion people eat insects as a regular part of their diet and over 1,900 species are edible such as beetles, wasps, caterpillars, bees and ants.

Eating insects may become much more widespread due to increased world population and pressure on the food supply. Eating insects is a more sustainable alternative to much more intensive meat production and it produces less greenhouse gases due to waste products (e.g. Cow farts).

http://www.iflscience.com/environment/will-we-all-be-eating-insects-50-years/

The Video doesn't need spoilers btw. Its not playing to the "yuck" factor.

Grubs up! Who'd like some?

Probably going to happen I'm not convinced it's need. plant based diet imo

 

[Revoltingest]

They already are. Flour always contains a few ground up insects.

But hardly enuf for this unsophisticated palate to enjoy their taste.

 

[Kuzcotopia]

Yes, I have eaten insects and with the right seasoning, are delicious.

This is only a cultural problem. Lobsters and oysters are considered a delicacy now, but they used to be considered as a last resort for the starving poor in coastal regions.

If anyone objects on religious or aesthetic reasons, they you should be for intensive family planning and sex education for all humans. . . This is the future.

 

[Revoltingest]

Check out the donut factory. When I worked in a factory which packed muesli, oats and rice, I learned first hand how much pigeon and mouse shyte, and roach parts, people in the west eat every day.

But the quantities are too low to enjoy them.

 

[Thief]

anyone remember the movie?.....Soylent Green