2 billion people are already eating insects a part of a regular diet, along with celebrities. Restaurants are even serving edible insects now!
A big reason why so many people are flocking towards the idea of edible insects is due to their incredible nutritional profile as well as their sustainability. Insect farms are currently one of the few farms that can actually grow vertically. With current deforestation and climate change ( Amazon fires
) Many are looking towards alternative Protein sources - Insects just so happen to fill the need of nutrition as well as sustainability.
Unfortunately there are still many who experience the Yuk factor and just aren't ready for edible insects. Insect powder such as Cricket Powder/flour is very helpful in introducing insects to people. Many are more prone to trying edible insects in the form of powder in smoothies and baked goods and slowly working their way up to whole insects.
I have 2 interesting Blogs discussing nutritional and environmental benefits from eating insects.
1)
https://chirpnation.co.uk/blogs/crickets/superfood
2)
https://chirpnation.co.uk/blogs/crickets/deforestation
Have you heard about new Research which showed that Crickets have 5x the Antioxidant power of Oranges! Quite amazing hey.
https://chirpnation.co.uk/blogs/crickets/crickets-are-the-new-go-to-antioxidant-superfood
A further study analysed crickets and gut health and found that eating crickets actually reduced inflammation and overall improved gut health :
https://chirpnation.co.uk/blogs/crickets/ibs
Crickets can improve Gut Health
Edible Insects are really panning out to be an incredible High Protein Superfood!
